Can't you just block it through the firewall?

Most artists don't make dick with the "new music industry". Poor fans should listen to the radio and stop expecting to be handed our music.

Bad architecture, plain and simple. Why on earth would you expose your persistence layer to the public?

It was quite transparent in the books. The kids had implants for god sake. Everyone knew. This is just silly.

Why don't we limit speed based solely on needing to conserve gas? Can't complain about gas prices when you don't even try to keep them down.

http://xamarin.com/test-cloud They have a "data center" of phones that they have somehow virtualized. Cool stuff really.

Asparagus in a closed environment sounds like a horrible idea. Can you turn a fan on in the lavatory on a space station or bio dome on a space rock? I mean... ewwww.

I feel a lot less intelligent for having read this.

How about a SETI casino? House odds to generate funds on the ET gamble.

Oooo. They created a site that connects to a web service and lists stuff. I suppose if we gave them a couple more weeks they will have verified income, immigration status, national security checks, and waded through every states muddled regulations for insurance. It's not a portal. It is a commerce site for a very complicated widget.

The answer is obviously LISP. I don't know a thing about the details of the problems. I do know all problems can be solved by a magical language. LISP and, ummm, Ruby, and PERL. Yeah PERL. That's all they need. Problem solved.

Sigh

Comodore PET in Junior High. BASIC. Pretty progressive for a Junior High School in Cohoes NY. My final project was ASCII art animation. A Spaceship flying across the screen, then finally blowing up.