Why would anyone make the effort to port to a non-long term support version (e.g. 9, 10)? By the time your application container supports those versions (some still don't) and your application would be ported to those versions they are already going off support.

The entire support life cycle for Java 9+ along with the change in licensing are just a collection of not terribly bright ideas from Oracle. There's a reason that Azul, IBM, Redhat, etc. are offering extended support for Java previous versions.

The new Java LTS version (11) has only been out for a few months. The interesting question will be what is the usage of Java 11 a year or so from now.

What really needs to happen to regain trust in crypto algorithms generated by the US is to split the NSA into two separate organizations. Move the role of securing US government communications and computer systems into a new agency. Then assign the spy on foreign nationals role to a separate organization under the CIA.

While it would still take a long time to regain the trust of allies, this is a necessary first step.

Not even close. Compare the Wisconsin 2012/2016 numbers. Trump slightly under performed Romney, who lost Wisconsin (1.405m vs 1.407m). Clinton on the other hand, under performed Obama by 240k votes (1.382m vs 1.620m). Also note that Wisconsin had the lowest statewide presidential vote turnout in 20 years.

Clinton's problem was that a sizable chunk of the Democratic vote either stayed home or voted third party. Michigan and Pennsylvania had similar problems. I highlighted Wisconsin as that is where I live.

The issue here is that the summary is misleading. The actual article (I know, who would look at that) says the family's "perfect weekend" would cost $2328. So yes, you could certainly fit in several weekend trips to nearby state parks for much less than the "perfect weekend".

Considering that the average age of an auto in the US is eleven years and increasing, that is probably overly optimistic. Manufacturer projections are that they will be only selling 1-2% EVs by 2020, so anything beyond 20-25% by 2030 is unfortunately unrealistic (based on what the manufacturers will be producing if nothing else).

Actually the US has a shortage of doctors as well. Which is why many hospitals were complaining about the new US travel restrictions as they adversely impacted their staff.

Refs: NY Times, Wired, Boston Globe.

So even though our systems costs significantly more. We don't have better supply or better results.

In many states it does work that way. Recently in Wisconsin, our Republican Gov and Legislature had to reimburse Planned Parenthood over a million dollars for legal expenses when the latest anti-abortion law was thrown out.

The problem is you still have to have someone who can front the legal expenses as you go through the multi-year legal process.

Actually if you look at the Gartner numbers (broken out by brand), you will see that Android owns the low end market with off brands. If you just compare Samsung vs Apple at the high end, it is about 63% to 37%. So while still a commanding lead, it isn't the overwhelming majority when you consider Apple's target customer base.

Actually he was correct. The actual number based on US Dept of Transportation reports is 9600x for a semi compared to a passenger car - source.

You should realize that he is also benefiting from the US government more than either of us as well. Without the infrastructure and legal system of the US government he wouldn't have been able to accumulate all that wealth. No one would like to go back to the era where you needed your own private army to protect your wealth.

I'm not seeking to "punish" anyone, I am just pointing out that people who think that the wealthy are actually providing the vast majority of the funding for the US government are wrong.

Actually it's both. There is a portion of the payroll tax that is taken out of your paycheck for both Social Security and Medicare. There is also a portion of these taxes that is paid by the employer.

However these taxes are capped to approximately the first $117,000 of earned income, not income from capital gains or dividends. So for someone like Mr. Ballmer, they are just round off error.

Need to stop with the idea that 100% of the government's revenue is from income tax. You should realize that the amount of money from income tax is roughly on par with the amount of money from payroll taxes - revenue breakdown.

Now realizing that since payroll taxes are capped, meaning they are essentially round off error for the top 1%. So realizing that the top 1% with their 28% of the total income in the US are really only paying about 20% of the actual tax revenue doesn't sound quite so unfair anymore.

Allow the government to install back doors on our crypto only after the same back doors are installed on all the government crypto systems.

It is only fair that if the government thinks they have a need to monitor the people for criminal activities, that the people have even more of a need to monitor the government for malfeasance and criminal activity.

You are correct, that should be Mbit. Must have been too early in the morning to post. An extra $50 = 50Mbit, down to an extra $20 = 20Mbit. Still wasn't worth it even for the 20Mbit. Now if the 50Mbit service was an extra $20/month I may have taken it. But can only deal with what's offered.

I had the option of upgrading to Time Warner's new top tier of 50Gbit download speed and passed. Of course, they wanted an additional $50/month for the upgrade, so roughly a total of $100/month for the service.

At that price it wasn't worth it. If the upgrade were more reasonably priced, I would consider it.