DVD rental price of $4? If you are talking about American dollars, that makes no sense whatsoever, as a RedBox rental is less than half of that amount.

Yes, yes we did

Thanks for mentioning this. I worked at Tecmar in that era, we had a lot of great add-on products and made a lot of money on expansion boards, graphics cards, tape drives, etc.

With an industrialized process for converting hemp into fuel, it wouldn't be that hard to know which duly registered farms were growing the crop for fuel purposes.

I think the GP might be comparing apples and oranges there, anyway. California allows the drug to be used for medicinal purposes, while the two other states recently began allowing it for recreational purposes.

Hmmmm, maybe you should look at the size of China's army...

They are, however, influenced by copyright law, I am sure.

Hmmmmm... Who said that my "done right" solution takes longer or costs more than the newbee's "good enough" one?

How sad for you! I'm 50+, and still find coding to be "thinking out elegant solutions to interesting problems"

The Ford Pinto was an awesome car! Well, except for that whole exploding fireball thing...

Hogan's "Code of the Lifemaker" is a great read

I loved the first three of Cherryh's Foreigner series, but the later ones were not as good IMHO

How does that help them if they have a "fake" account? If they still have a "real" account, then MS has their "real" data.

Are the alleged criminals from Spain, or did they move themselves there, knowing the legal situation?

No, I did not RTFA!

I have noticed that when I take it, I am more "motivated". I get up out of my chair and do stuff, rather than surf, say, slashdot.