Ummmm... LPARs have been part of the System z line of IBM Mainframes for some time now. So the ability to run multiple operating systems concurrently on a single piece of hardware is not new.

Yup, the big money being made from WoW is to steal a person's login information. Log into the compromised account and 'trade' the characters property and gold to another character, friendly with the attacker. The gold is then sold for real life money through a third-party website.

I'm sure someone can come up with the step-by-step directions on how to profit, but I'm feeling lazy atm.

I'm not going to say nobody gets fired from IBM. However, from the perspective of a non-IBMer who has friends and contacts with IBMers around the country getting told your position is being cut isn't the same as turn in your badge on the way out. You usually get a couple weeks to a month to slide into a different job. The project you may be working on now may not be important enough to keep it staffed the way it is. But go find another project to work on and you can do a lateral move and keep on working. That's why (IMHO) IBM doesn't want to talk about how many jobs they are cutting because not that many people may really be out of a job.

In the Houston Chronicle this morning there was an interesting blurb about the delay. Basically, the networks want to delay the switch-over because they don't want it to happen in the middle of the season. They are afraid of losing viewers (and thus advertising dollars) from people who aren't ready for DTV. They'd rather wait until spring/summer when they are airing re-runs.

Yup... when I moved into town I found a house a half-mile away from campus. That way I could walk to school rather than drive or take the bus.

A friend of mine works at a store and had his hours cut back along with his co-workers. I asked him if there were fewer customers coming in. He said not that he could tell. Then why is his boss cutting back on hours? Because the news says there is a recession.

How many other pointy haired bosses are reacting to the news and not to what is actually going on with their business?

Can someone tell me why people pay per text message still? Verizon doesn't charge me per txt regardless of how many I send or receive or who I send them to and who their provider is. I'll admit, it's wrapped up into my $99 data/phone plan I have. But still, if people are worried about getting charged out the wazoo because they like to text people, get on a plan that includes unlimited text messages.