I have a real faux Android tablet called an HPTouchPad. It's sweet!

There are a massive number of public domain PG Wodehouse books available. Always a good, light read.

From the Content Verification Program Application page:

"I understand that this tool is only for submitting notifications of alleged copyright infringement, and abuse will result in termination of access to YouTube."

So has YouTube terminated Universal's access yet?

Anyone remember the portrayal of US Fed programmers in Snow Crash? So scary it must be true!

...but that doesn't make you wrong.

Ever seen this? It was spammed to quite a few people around August 21, 2001. Sorry, I didn't think to save the headers - but I did look at them and the message seemed to originate from Bahrain.

http://pastebin.com/GaYuHHRi

analog version of Photoshop? Oh, yes, back in the day we called it

4) Darkroom

So on the way to and from work I count the number of people on cell phones talking or texting. It's really SCARY!

Today I saw this guy - while driving - pull out his iPad. One hand to hold the iPad, one hand to tap and pinch. He was driving with his elbow.

I quickly - but safely - changed lanes to get the hell away from him. I hope the person he will soon rear-end will be OK and is in need of a new car.

Wise question. Simple answer. 3rd party data collection is cheaper for the carriers.

CEO: These constant warrantless wiretap requests are a pain in the ass. It's only going to get worse.

CTO: There's a app for that, y'know.

"...not yet obvious to someone that patents and litigation do more damage..."

CEO: Are patents and litigation do more damage to free commerce than blatant and slavish copying?

Consulting Lawyer: Preposterous!

Lobbyist: Never!

CEO: OK then. Carry on.

"As for FB, my bet is still that it goes the way of MySpace before too long."

I'm hoping for something more mature, but the internet has this way of recycling ideas...

"There was a kind of ghostly teenage DNA at work in the Sprawl,
something that carried the coded precepts of various short-lived
sub cults and replicated them at odd intervals."

I misread "Europe" so I thought NASA was sending landers stuffed with cash to bail out the EU.

I disagree completely. Apple has ALWAYS been generous with foreplay and stingy on post-techotial cuddling.

What gets me is we had this exact same conversation in 1956, 1968, 1977, 1984, 1989, 1995, 2002. and 2009.

The Hugh Pickens change, but the story remains the same.

Resign? Ha! Send the idjit back to school!

Suddenly I'm all for mandatory skills testing... for school board members!
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Great job! You got every question right.

Waste?

If you have been a real Star Trek fan then there have been significant changes in your brain that allow you to better understand social justice, equality, currency-less societal structures, diplomacy, human-alien sexual congress, and the advisability of wearing red apparel.

Not a waste at all!