Who's claiming Reagan is "this generation's Gandhi"?

Gandhi was known for his non-violence. Mandela was known for his violence, just like George Washington, Obama and Churchill. Now that violence may have been justified, but Mandella was far closer to those men than he was to Gandhi. Hell Gerry Adams is closer to a "this generation's Gandhi" than Mandela.

(P.S. for anyone currently under the age of 30 Communism and apartheid both fell before they were teenagers. "This generation" is an interesting word.)

You're making the assumption that violence from someone you agree with is good whereas violence from someone you disagree with is bad.

No, you're making the assumption that there's no difference between "good violence" and "no violence". I have no problem with Mandela's tactics, but he's no Gandhi.

Terrorists (as in they employed terrorist tactics to get their own way) that rose up in arms against their (ridiculous) government. For profit. I don't think anyone would say Washington was that generation's Gandhi, nor was George 3rd.

Thank you, the post I was looking for :D

95 year old man dies after long uneventful retirement

How many buildings did Gandhi blow up?

We wouldn't do it to pets

You just have to get a kayak

3 years? Don't make me laugh. Most businesses used to have a 3 year cycle at tops. Most businesses I encounter are on 5 or 7 years of sweating assets, and the staff really don't care.

I managed to get a new T410s a couple of months ago to replace my old one which was literally falling apart. I'm not looking forward to 18 months time.

Fn/Ctrl is swappable in the bios, at least it is on the t410.

Except they killed the keyboard with the T430s, either to save a few bucks or because it "looks cool".

Do you shave your beard? Or keep it kept? I grew a Moustache for Movember, very itchy, and I'm glad to be rid of it.

Yes, means my clothes get dry and I don't need to keep an eye on the weather all the time. Drying indoors leads to damp (that moisture has to go somewhere), not to mention the loss of a room

Land of the free eh?

As a country, you think that universal healthcare is a terrible idea, but yo're happy to trample over people's freedoms not to mow their lawn?

You are not the typical person.

And if you only use a PC for eclipse, you're not a typical eclipse user either. I have eclipse open at the moment on my laptop, still own a tablet though.

When I develop I embed myself in the business. I never lose sight of the fact I'm writing code to make the business perform it's job better, which means I understand the business.

The department I used to work for is an internal department in a $7 billion organisation. I left when they decided to bring in product managers, technical analysts, business analysts and the like, none of whom had done a day in the core business, and aren't even based in the same building.

My old department is now being downsized, and a new team that's (once again) embedded in the business is starting up.

Erm, they don't know who's watching digital TV either. Unless you buy a receiver that phones home, which would be dumb. DVB-T is as open a standard as PAL, you can generate a valid signal from your video card.

http://bellard.org/dvbt/

You see I'd be sympathetic if inheritance wasn't brought into it. But then I'm a proponent of a 100% inheritance tax.