companies taking on large debt while betting on infinite/large growth is a whole 'nuther topic.
but certainly not a legit justification for avoiding R&D.

sure, they don't have the money for the R&D, but it's a position they cannot justify.

wasnt SD supposed to have been the uniquely identifiable memory stick for copy protection?

sweaty armpits in the close confines of an airplane *is* terrorism.
he should not be allowed to board :)

actually NOT wearing a seatbelt could harm someone else.
the theory is the harness keeps you more in front of the wheel providing
more opportunity for you to retain/wrestle some sort of control over
the vehicle and reduce collateral damages.

you didnt have to have a kid...

awww, i was hoping the streaks were lasers being fired at some alien menace

well, it was all Bush's fault at the beginning, so why wouldn't it be at the end?

oh, :) for the impaired.

i notice this post like 15 minutes ago, and STILL no frist post?
aliens abducted everyone?

how do you know that job applicant was white?
heh heh, couldnt resist...

the fact you knowingly allow someone else to continue using your name online would make
me wonder if i really want you working for me. you seem 'irresponsible' in employer speak.

script kiddies capable of learning - fast.
pretty much every resistance movement *started* with misteps and 'amateur' methods,
then they develop into the level of skill and efficiency required for their particular mission.

kinda like calling everything you dont like "terrorism" ??

my garmin has a very annoying misfeature. i run with it fairly zoomed out, i like to see a bigger picture.
i'm driving a tractor trailer and many times i need to QUICKLY determine alternatives for a vehicle than cannot
be quickly maneuvered.

so this misfeature of garmin's is to automatically zoom IN as you near a turn. WORST POSSIBLE TIME,
it's at turns i need to know the bigger picture. whether the turn is physically unattractive for the truck,
or simply posted with a "no trucks" sign. eg: turn right instead of left at the same intersection and "go around
about way" or go forward a block or two and come in from the the other direction, etc.
but in this age of non euclidean street planners, one does NOT assume you are going to be able to find
a 'next turn'. suburban streets built in the last 20 years rarely (it seems) have rational shapes or interconnects.
i need to see a map. definitely don't need to see things zoomed in to the lines in the pedestrian crossing.

and this misfeature will fight you if you try to zoom back out while moving.

no way to turn off that auto zoom-in misfeature. grrrrr.

it bothers me that a judge can issue orders of any kind based on a PRESUMED belief of privacy.
if the stuff is truly not private, no orders are needed to get it.
if orders are needed, then obviously it's private.

larger insects for "human consumption"...
ummmmm, which side of that is doing the consuming? :)