Those fees are implemented and go directly to your bank, not Visa or MasterCard.

Simpsons quote, Ralph Wiggum. Season 4, "I Love Lisa"

Thanks for sharing! I hope your dad recovers.

If economics is a science, it is a 'science' of hindsight.

The cultural differences are what makes me not worry too much about this issue. When the Chinese start pumping out research that is actually verifiable and not stolen, I will start to worry. Unfortunately, by then, we have probably lost.

As much as I dislike lawyers, they are still great for situations such as this.

I did COBOL and RPG for about 3 years. God, it was simple to debug almost any problem.

They don't leave. They become PM's.

Missouri uses all privately contracted businesses for their DMV offices.

The main centers are still run by the state.

Basically, whatever private firm is handy out the most hookers and blow through lobbyists gets the contracts every year.

Good Unix and SQL skills have served my career well for the past 8 years. Someone is always re-inventing the wheel each week in IT. The foundational pieces haven't changed in 20+ years. I'll leave the new hotness to the kids just out of school. (32 years old)

"In chess, the pawns go first." -- Magneto, Bad X-Men movie

I always saw the math curriculum as a weed out tool for a CS degree. If you don't have the aptitude/want to systematically solving math problems, maybe it's time to re-think the CS degree.

AT&T is required by federal law to produce the White Pages. Its part of their agreement with the FCC for being a telephone service provider. They have to produce them for government entities such as federal ,state, and local organizations. They are not legally bound to have to distribute them to populace unless requested by an individual. Note for anyone interested: your address is stored as GPS coordinates in the listings DB. These coordinates should correspond to the end of the driveway/location of our mail box

My mother's side of the family still farms and raises cattle. We pay market price for the cow and the cost to process it. For a half a side of beef, after processing, about $2 lbs. All the stakes, hamburger, roasts, ... etc you can eat in a year for about $240. I split this with my parents. I get about 110 lbs for my stand up freezer. The beef is grass fed most of the time, but before slaughter, is fed corn. This gives the favor you get at the supermarket.

How about the Gorillas.exe that came with DOS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_(video_game)