I never realized that the standard for C++ hadn't been updated in 13 years... Seems like a long time for a language that popular. Then again, if the standard doesn't change, old code should be supported for a longer period of time. Any thoughts on if this is a benefit?

people take things that haven't changed in forever, and bring them up to date. Not to say that this is necessarily the greatest thing to happen to clothing , but it's great to see people evolving every day items...

As a matter of fact, I would sit and verify user accounts all day for whatever money it made me, if it meant that people creating accounts on my site were actually interested in my content and not just there to post some kind of inflammatory remark and never come back. And there are all kinds of different ways to verify accounts. Craigslist verifies accounts with a phone call. Another reader said his wife has the user requesting an account send her some information about a location in their area that only a person living there would know. Of course these are just examples but there could be all kinds of different solutions depending on the content of your site. Of course making users jump through hoops to create accounts is unnecessary, but sometimes the quick fix isn't the answer either...

Have your phone solve the puzzle before you start, don't look at it, solve it yourself and then use the phone to check your answer?? Just trying to think of how this is useful... But really, most of the time the puzzles come with the answer anyways...

Agreed. Even though it's "just a video game", the dedication it takes to practice like you need to to get a world record says something about your character. I'd give this guy a job in a heart beat...

that website administrators will have to actually verify user accounts?? Might mean more work for admins but isn't that a fair trade off for quality content?

I was stationed in Biloxi, MS during Katrina and the comm there was terrible. Of course the first thing to go were the phone switches, which made everyone else panic... Funny thing is we had internet the whole time. I think today with the advances in smartphones, the lack of a phone wouldn't have been a huge issue if we could have kept a wi-fi signal up. Good thinking from the Aussies...

Look at sites like peepcode.com Their content is 100% DRM free, but is sold as a subscription based service. I recently heard an interview with Geoffrey Grosenbach, the owner of Peepcode.com, and he said pirating isn't a huge issue Of course some of his material is pirated but he says that if people steal the content, and like it, they're more likely to come subscribe to his service. At worst, it's free advertising...

I think with Honeycomb being the first iteration of the tablet specific Android OS, we'll start seeing major developments in the next round of OS's... Once they work out the obligatory round of new product bugs.

Agreed. Doctors are experts in the human system, not information systems. They may have no clue what a piece of tech does, let alone how it works or what kind of effects it might have on other devices. Best leave this decision to the geeks.