Thanks

It would be nice to get a source every once in a while when people start throwing out numbers and "facts"

Thanks MPAA, I hadn't heard of this software, so I just grabbed a copy. Works great!

Posting it to my server now.

This big difference between what you and I are are saying is that humans, people and money are all physical things. Good, evil, Heaven, Hell, God and the Devil are all ideas and beliefs.

Exactly, there are no neutral actions. I left out the word "morally" since it's very definition is the distinction between "good" and "evil".

I don't believe in either concept, but It just seems illogical that there can be a significantly larger amount of people that believe in "Heaven" than believe in "Hell" or vice-versa.

But then again, people are weird.

If there's good then there's evil. If there's a God then there's a Devil. If there's a Heaven then there's a Hell.

How can there be one without the other?

You definitely need to try if that what you want to do. It can be done. There may not be as many opportunities now as in the mid-late-90's, but there are still A LOT. Particularly in here in Chicago, SF, Austin and Atlanta. There are tons of startup that are looking for talented Software Engineers that will work for lower-than-industry wages in return for an opportunity to get experience (and a lot of then offer great experience, even though some of their products may not be so great.)

I graduated with a degree in Journalism (along with taking several CS classes) in '96. I had been a programming hobbyest since I was a kid, but never had an interest in pursuing it as a profession because it seemed boring and, frankly, I just didn't fit in with the culture. Then came the Internet and the culture changed! (for the better in my opinion).

As other posters have said, when I got out of college I worked for really cheap and initially for free. I was able to get an internship at a weekly newspaper under the guise of being a writer to satisfy my Journalism degree, but they really wanted me for my development skills. So I worked for free for three months and then was hired on full-time at a salary about 60% lower industry standard for an entry leve Software Engineer. Did that for a year and half and cut my teeth and then put my resume out there and was able to get on a project at another company working custom implementation of JSP, before JSP even existed, at a standard salary for an entry level Software Engineer.

I've been in the business for sixteen years now and have never regretted making the decision to turn my hobby into a career.

I've been using Wikipedia for years and I've never seen any porn. Can somebody help a brother out?

The ''sending a public electronic message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character" law could have been rolled-up into the pre-existing "issuing a threat that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character" law.

No wonder law school is so expensive.

A bill like this would be an admission by the United States what we can no longer compete in the same manner that we've done for the past 236 years. Everyone all the way back to our great, great, great, great, great grandparents have been able to compete in the world using what was more or less the current patenting system (and build one of the most prosperous counties in the world during that time, by the way).

But now we're admitting that our generation can't do it.

"CIOs are being dismissed by CEOs as too techie and not aligned with business activities."

One of the main purposes of CIOs and CTOs to represent the technology side of the business at the executive level. I work for a client that has no CIO or CTO and middle management is supposed to step up for the technology-side, but their not at the same level as the CEO and they're afraid to tell the executives the truth. CTOs and CIOs report to the board so that they have an equal standing with other executives.

It's a good thing that the House killed this bill.

If a potential employer asks to see your Facebook page then you'll have a pretty good idea of their other official (and unofficial) policies. I'd like to have as much insight as possible into the employers intrusive tendencies during the interview process than after I've been hired.

Think of it as a litmus test.

I'm not sure about your other programming skills, but you've definitely mastered println() function.

Elite by Firebird was an awesome! It was definitely way ahead of it's time and should be on the top 10 for sure. I can't even imagine how many hundreds of hours I played that game.

Moebius: The Orb of Celestial Harmony should be on the list too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moebius:_The_Orb_of_Celestial_Harmony