Hard linking of files yes, but hard linking of directories no.

This is important for Time Machine space saving because instead a directory full of hard links to files it's one hard link to the directory. Each link takes a bit of space, dropping several thousand of them saves a lot of space on the backup drive without losing any information.

Thanks for the invite!

BTW, how do I invite my friends, just add them to a circle?

My personal take on "Geek" is that it is an in-depth knowledge and enthusiasm for a particular subject, whether that subject be computers, books, engines, figures, trading cards, manga, or history is merely flavors or subcategories, those first two items pretty much make up the entrance exam for being a geek.

The specifics aren't really spelled out, the general understanding is that we will ascend to meet Jesus 'in the clouds', so ducking airliners here and there... From there we go to be with Him in heaven.

The exact location of heaven isn't spelled out. My personal theory is that it is actually outside the universe, outside of space-time (one easy way to get a human body to live forever). However that is mostly personal speculation, I'm sure there are theologists who would better answer your question.

And yes, I am a Christian, I do believe the rapture will happen, I expect to mow the lawn and do some other chores over the weekend, and going to work Monday.

Now this is some intelligent planning! I'll get my friends lined up for that, and maybe give them a spare key. I'll also give them free writ to loot as they please as long as they keep the cats fed. :D

I got the same numbers 1.96, running Firefox 4 on a 1.97gz Core2 Duo

Anecdotal, but that may be a similar issue to the 20.21... everyone reports the same number... when I get more time I'll try it on a few other hardware platforms to see if the number changes.

You know, I was about to refute your claims but then I actually looked up the temperatures involved... turns out an out-of-control reaction will get up to around 2700c (5000f), and the melting point of concrete is only around 1000c (1800f) making melting through the bottom of the containment vessel a possibility...

Right now they have it cooled in water, preventing it from getting to those temperatures, so as long as they keep it cool and under water we're ok... ish... yah...

True, but a cheep router is handy for it because you can use it then toss it in the dump. There are many out there that are relatively cheep and can be modded with custom firmware.

Set a router up with the right firmware, configuration, and connections and I can easily see a VoIP engineer using it for that general purpose, then tossing it in a dumpster never to be seen again.

Though it is a very fine distinction, Apple isn't receiving any of this information, it's simply being stored.

From the Article

Is Apple storing this information elsewhere?

There’s no evidence that it’s being transmitted beyond your device and any machines you sync it with.

As bad as some may play it, without Apple receiving this information it's simply information that is stored, not "Big Brother"/Apple monitoring your every move.

At this point I don't think that NASA is in any way able to push forward in space exploration. Though we are in for some 'dry' years in space I really think that this will be the best move, get NASA out of the way and allow private corporations to get into the mix.

If you really want something interesting on this topic, look at Burt Rutan's talk on TED. He makes some very excellent points on the pace of space exploration and technology and why NASA just isn't helping the situation.

Hmm, you spout off on some stupid controversial opinion without even checking if it has anything to do with the topic on hand, yes you are a troll.

Though part of the fault is that whoever made this summary is also a troll, DarkComet is a Remote Administration Tool (Emphasis on TOOL) similar to VNC, SSH, etc. There is nothing about this that is Virus or Trojan related.

As I recall, Win98 didn't have USB support, that came with a service pack or Win98se. Even then there were drivers that had to be installed for every USB device, including keyboards and mice.

Even then it was at the mercy of the motherboard manufacturers who didn't bother putting USB ports in many of the low-cost boards of the time.

3200x1200? is that dual-screens? I doubt that's the intended marked they are pushing for with Light Peak. Though this is my own speculation from reading the articles about it my understanding is that Light Peak is mostly intended for Laptops, which don't usually support dual external monitors. There are a bunch of the higher-end laptops that support dual with the laptop screen being one, however that's still only one monitors worth of bandwidth over Light Peak.

Looking around, the benchmarks I'm seeing for most hardware RAID solutions is around 100MB/s to 250MBs, the only RAID solutions I saw that went as high as what you are describing are very expensive Server class RAID solutions. Again, this is not the target audience for Light Peak. You don't connect a Server-class $10,000 RAID to a laptop.

It looks like Light Peak isn't for you, none of the examples you are describing has anything to do with the target purpose and use cases of Light Peak.