Yes, because this free market will somehow manage to write its own books. There will never be a need to generate new content, ever.

C and/or C++ will get you further than any other "modern" language.

Join an open source project that strikes your fancy, or find a niche and start your own.

These are my top three franchises...

- Fallout 3 & New Vegas
- Borderlands 1 & 2
- BioShock 1 & 2 (and Inifinite, coming soon!)

Well, plus the entire Valve catalog, but I guess that goes without saying.

It's too bad Resara shut down. Hopefully someone will pick up its pieces.

We have a particular software from a particular vendor who only pushes an update once a year. We've already pointed out several bugs and quirks in the software that have become "feature requests" for the next release (due in January 2013). On the other hand, we also have software from a vendor who pushes an update every six weeks, and then we have to get that update installed for every user that has the software because every update changes the file format and it isn't ever backward compatible! . So, if you're a major software vendor, my suggestion would be to favor structure and stability over frequent and minor patches or releases, but not so infrequent that it doesn't seem like you're paying attention to your market.

I wish I could afford a new or even slightly used car. And we've yet to start on the whole "having kids" thing.

I'm pretty much screwed either way...

This news came to Slashdot via "The H Open".

Buy a Resara device (http://resara.com/) or roll you own (http://resara.org/).

You'll get file storage, an Active Directory-compatible domain, DNS, DHCP, etc.

Agreed! This is an opportunity for us to protest with our wallets. Not only will I be actively pursuing non-UEFI motherboards, but I will also be actively campaigning my colleagues, coworkers, friends, and family to not buy non-UEFI machines as well. Microsoft is trying to fix a system that isn't broken. They shouldn't have to rely on securities at the hardware and BIOS level to lock down their new operating systems. They should just, you know, build a more secure operating system...

I'm surprised I'm the only one suggesting this: Android Management

Phone calls are already encrypted. Text messages stored on the phone will be encrypted if the phone's system storage is also encrypted. Data traffic can be encrypted by forcing the use of VPN back to the company's local network (and as such, web filtering, etc. also applied).

Why am I the only one saying this? Setup Greyhole, throw a bunch of disks at it, and enjoy! And to all those saying "those drives are going to die soon", you can actually tell Greyhole that you consider a drive "broken" and it will still use most of its storage (albeit redundantly) until it does die and have to be removed.

I think I've been watching too much Person of Interest.

There's also PhoneGap.

http://phonegap.com/

Enyo was just released as open source, and is practically the same framework. It will even run on desktop browsers!

http://enyojs.com/

http://coova.org/

Ubuntu Server + CoovaChilli + DD-WRT = an easy and free captive portal system

WARNING: this is not a drop-in solution, some customization and piecing-together required. Throw FreeRADIUS or CoovaRADIUS into the mix for easier user-level authentication.