http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/01/11/delicious-but-dangerous-tsa-stands-by-cupcake-confiscation/

CCIE Routing & Switching labs can mostly be virtualized now (switching is still a bit problematic but you only need about 4 3750-X switches not that expensive), it still is a very difficult exam I barely managed to pass on my second attempt. If you look around online you can also virtualize most of the CCIE Voice lab as well, with the exception of the voice gateways but the cost for these isn't too bad either. The worst of it all is the amount of time investment required to pass, it's just pure insanity. My R&S took a solid 8 months of preparation for two attempts, each exam attempt I also took two weeks off prior to the test and dedicated all of my time to 100% practicing. Honestly, looking back on it all....CCIE certification is NOT worth it!

It's the original classic pole arm!

The Black Hole was "Faust" in space, I didn't really see it as a Star Wars rip-off. Also Maxamillion was far more terrorfying to me as a kid than Darth Vader ever was, a cold, unstoppable, silent killer robot that got up close and personal that would eviscerate you with spinning ginsu blades! The ending was totally surreal art-school with biblical overtones and space-opera mixed in, I'm shocked Disney even let that film through.

Not true, many instructors (Sensai, Sifu etc) will tell you to stare at the centre of your opponent's chest. The eyes can lie, if look at the centre of the chest you get a better field of view of how an opponents limbs are moving which can allow you to react better against a feint or a true attack.

Is it just me or do all the photo's of the people wearing that thing look like they're squinting in massive pain. That or they're in the process of evacuating in their trousers due to immense 3D excitement!

And already people are trying to plan their new energy infrastructure, and nuclear power opponents are using this tragedy to push their agenda's. This is part of the real shame, these people need food, water, shelter and medical aid now...they're not ready to plan new infrastructure or fend off environmental activists.

The cost of the item has little to do with whether or not people will steal it, have you ever ran a garage sale before? People try to steal everything, even if it's only 5 cents.

WTF do you think the technology in an alarm clock is design for! Ummmm DUHHHHHH to interrupt my FSCKing sleep!

No you don't necessarily need to upgrade your network. Classify your traffic, isolate the users with the greatest network demands and apply traffic policing to restrict their throughput.

I feel you are a bit optimistic in your latentcy figures, are you taking weather into account? I had to setup a satellite data feed a couple times in my career, anytime the sky became thick with clouds, a bad rain or snowstorm the signal strength degraded significantly. 10-12ms was rarely achievable.

I'd like to see what happens if you expressed your opinion on this system being an inefficient waste of money to the parent's who got their children back from this system. Seriously what price tag do you place on life? One child, allowed to grow up, has the potential to change the world.

Science, schmience! Don't you know this is the end of the world as we know it? Hollywood, H.P. Lovecraft and the Mayans predicted our doom. This green cloud is elder god Azathoth growing, and slowly devouring the universe. Grab your tinfoil hats folks, pack food into your backyard bomb shelter and call NASA to find out when we need to duck and cover!

Take any ol' t-shirt cannon or spud gun and shove a life jacket into it done!

I haven't seen the title of System or computer operator used since the late 80's. Maybe it's common in your neck of the woods? However most of the places I have traveled System Administrator is the standard title. You want to know what really gets me angry? Most companies use the title Network Administrator for what really is a Windows System Administrator role, my ability to setup VPN, OSPF and BGP has nothing to do with exchange or active directory.