TIC. Definitely one of NASA's top 5 accomplishments.

When I saw this about Patrick Stewart, I didn't even think about him in X-Men. I still think of him as Captn. Picard in Star Trek:TNG. And Scrooge to a lesser extent.

Was your daughter featured in Python Magazine recently? I just read an article about a girl who used Python to analyze the colors of leaves of some kind.

Link to this website: http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/

Why are you bashing U2? Because you probably weren't born when they WERE the club scene. Learn your music history dude. If you want to bash the "boy bands" and pop stars, thats fine, but not bands who worked their asses off to become the biggest act on the planet.

Or are you one of those cool kids who likes an act until it becomes popular, then you call them a sellout? If you like artists that are unknown, fine, thats your choice. But just because an artist sells a lot of records doesn't mean they aren't worthy of my listening.

I've seen the small club venues. I've seen the unknown acts. Sorry, but 90% of them suck. Can't play, can't sing. Every now and then, I see some real talent sneak through. I saw John Mayer in 2001 when he opened for Glen Phillips. I saw Dave Mathews when they were hitting the local bars in Virginia in 1993. I saw U2 when they played before 5,000 fans in 1983.

As long as there was a company behind it, there was always potential that it could be bought. Switch to PostgreSQL. Nobody owns it.

Anyone who worries about privacy on the Internet shouldn't be on the Internet. I admire Schmidt for his honesty. I worry more about those who talk about keeping privacy while at the same time profit from it.

Math equations can be brilliant and stunningly innovative yet they can't be patented. Why should software be any different?

I'd love a really good smartphone, like the iPhone or Droid, but until I can get one for around $50 a month for unlimited service with tethering, I'll stick to finding WiFi for my Touch and using my cheap cellphone when I need to talk to someone.

It could use more memory. Maxes out at 4GB. But the bigger missing feature, in my opinion, is the lack of a eSATA port. Connecting external drives via FW800 or USB 2.0 is not ideal for a server. If Apple could fit one or two eSATA ports on the back of the mini, it would be awesome.

I also think the CD ruined the album. Before the CD, you had a choice: buy the record or buy the cassette. Either way, it was a pain to listen to the same song over and over. You pretty much were forced to listen to the whole album. Lesser known songs on the album grew on you because you heard them as much as you heard the hits. Once the CD came along, it was easy to skip songs and only listen to the "hits".

I find myself doing this too. Sometimes, I force myself to listen to an entire album on my iPod rather than just shuffling the songs I've rated.

EA pays for their exclusive contracts with the NFL. Its easier to spend money for that exclusive contract than to spend on development and have to deal with competition.

Yet, the technical or sophisticated user tends to go with a Mac. Why is that? Don't believe me? Visit a developer's conference.

Thats why professional golf sucks. Why should you be quiet? Make a lot of noise, and then we'll see who the good golfers are. Tiger would still dominate, but it would be a hell of a lot more fun.

Don't you realize in the last 6 months, every bit of breaking news was picked up on Twitter faster than any legitimate news source? Where did I hear about MJ first? Twitter. Where did I hear about Iran? Twitter. News will continue. But historical ways of covering the news are dying.