Maybe the reason the location of the cable was "secret" is because the cable was laid without proper procedures and paperwork.

Maybe there were no fancy detection systems, just a couple of guys waiting in an empty lot around the corner and a middle management guy in a murky office somewhere praying for the cable not to get cut and hoping that he will avoid the shitstorm coming his way. It's not like the construction site was a secret and it's not like those things pop up overnight.

There is also the possibility that the study defined the netbook as the article does:"low-cost laptop computers that are optimized for simple tasks like surfing the Web and e-mailing." This includes the whole market of 15 inch, ten pound laptops that most of us don't consider a netbook.

They are taking preorders. The tablet part by itself costs 299$, the tablet + keyboard (netbook) is 399$. The shipping is supposedly included in the price.

Exuse me, are you being sarcastic? If so I apologise.

First you say that one shouldn't mention their sexual orientation without a reason and then you say you are gay. Maybe for you, making a point on Slashdot is a reason enough to mention it, maybe for her seeing it on her profile is a reason enough. Some find Jews uncomfortable to be around, should we also abstain from mentioning ethnicity or nationality because of some hateful individuals?

The term "substantial" trust fund, coming from the same person saying that the few hundred quid the kids got paid is a lot because it is three times the average salary of someone living in the slum, doesn't mean much, does it? Also the trust fund will be available to the children actors only if they stay in school until they are 18. Too bad that until then they will be living on one meal a day in makeshift shacks, one can only wonder if they will last until their 18th birthday to enjoy the "substantial" amount of money that has been put aside for them. Interesting, that Fox doesn't setup funds like that for their child actors in the States...

Yes, let's all be merry and celebrate the distributor's generosity. The fact is, that the kids still live in tents while the movie is making copious amounts of money (almost 160 000 000 $ so far).

Also, the diffusion of responsibility is a wonderful thing: those guys made more, those guys made less, those guys just work here, those guys have mortgages to pay and those just followed orders.

Sweet justice that governs this world doesn't cease to astonish me. The kids from the slums that played main parts in the movie get paid with chump change, the movie is a success, gets 8 Oscars, the kids get a plane trip to the US for the Oscar gala and get dumped in the slum afterwards, producers sip lattes and count the profits, people are touched by a beautiful story of love while stuffing their faces with nachos, the kids are forgotten, continue to live in poverty.

Ahhh, the circle of life.

Johnny "magnetic fish tank" Staccone, a cleaner for the Gambino family

Or maybe, "2008, der Linuxdesktoprechnerjahr"