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While it doesn't appear to be mentioned in the Wikipedia article, some analysts in the wake of WWII attributed more enemy deaths to the original Liberator than to all Allied automatic weapon fire in the war. I guess you had to be there.
Rambo Tribble writes: The BBC has posted a gallery of images showing storms on some of our solar system's other planets. The pictures are both intriguing and stunning.
Although it may be hard to know an individual's history, if they have ever uttered the words, "I don't want to learn anything new," they're done. It doesn't matter if it's programming, educating or most anything else, once someone rejects further learning they are a drag on the organization they serve. Those seven words are, perhaps, the best test of burn out.
Rambo Tribble writes: Cern, where the World Wide Web was born under the guidance of Tim Berners-Lee, is recreating the very first web page to ever exist. Included in the effort are plans to use the original hardware, as well as software, that gave birth to our beloved WWW.
By your calculation, a smart physicist, understanding the forces and their outcomes, would never choose to bungee jump, but some do. Why? It's the experience, Mr. Tyma, the experience.
Rambo Tribble writes: The Microsoft employee, Adam Orth, who suggested that Xbox users just deal with the "always on" characteristic of the new console is no longer with the company. At this time, it is unclear whether Orth was fired or resigned. One thing is clear, Microsoft will have to up their game in arrogance training to match the industry leader's more nuanced affronts, like "Just don't hold it that way."
... may derive from the popular hew and cry about Android being "fragmented". Of course, this might open the door for Microsoft to plead, in the future, that their offerings are schizophrenic.