2019 will be the year of Linux

For anyone interested in the concept of the space elevator, The Fountains of Paradise (1979 Novel) by Arthur C. Clarke, is a must-read!
It's a very well-written novel that focuses on many of the technical aspects of building a space elevator.

I actually got mad while following live tweets of Pogue's talk. But then I thought, "Well, this is going to fail in few months anyway," so then I felt better.

Why not a nice round number like 1024?

I still have a subscription to the physical version of Wired, and the content is top-notch - when I do read it; but I usually don't read it in that format. It's all online, and sitting down with a magazine is just not something I ever think to do anymore. I will very likely not renew.

Yeah, that's why I said "most." I wholeheartedly agree that Empire was right-wing nonsense.

Let me clarify a bit. I was raised in a very conservative Mormon home. I am very the opposite of that now. So I may be judging him through a different lens than some people. As far as 20 books: I've the whole Ender series, the whole Alvin Maker series, About half of the Homecoming series, and 4 or five others.

Agreed that he's overrated in general, but the original Ender novel is excellent. That being said, I have read about 20 of his books, and a funny thing is that Card's personal view are not at all evident in most of his books. I know he's a Mormon and everything, but the characters and situations in his stories often convey a very progressive and rational outlook on the universe.

Yeah, that's very similar to Tempe, AZ which is actually where I live. The ASU folks are fine, it's everyone else in in the greater Phoenix metro area that are the problem.

I lived in Calgary for 15 years. I know it's not the coldest place in the world, but it's too cold for me.

I relocated from Calgary, Canada to Phoenix, Arizona about 5 years ago almost entirely for the AZ weather, which I love. I absolutely can't stand the backward politics and social attitudes here though. I too am looking for possible alternatives in the future. I would like to find somewhere with consistently warm weather, progressive social and political attitudes, and reasonable immigration policies for a Data Analyst with a Master's degree. Does such a place exist?

I used to use this exact same argument to tell my friend why his 16-bit Sega Genesis was worse than my 8-bit NES. Really I was just jealous.

This is great, but it has become a moot point for myself and others who have long since abandoned cable television.

The ribbon was absolutely awful in 2007, especially for power users. With Office 2010 we could finally customize it, so instead of awful it became annoying but usable once thoroughly configured.

I'm a caucasian Canadian citizen living in Arizona on TN-status as a Management Consultant, and I have a valid Arizona driver's license. I doubt that I will be randomly asked for my immigration papers. I somehow don't think that I'm the reason Jan Brewer, Joe Arpaio and company came up with this law.