If you are applying for a job, and you have any question as to whether or not something might keep you from getting hired, why would you risk it? It's so easy just to create a new email address. Don't risk losing the job over something so easy to fix.

If you're looking for a reason, it's about money. The skepticism comes from governments trying to impose new taxes while propaganda machines try to convince people that we're all gonna die if we don't do something NOW. Typically, when someone tries to rush/scare you into parting with your money, there is some sort of scam involved.

And therein lies the problem with this whole "debate"; there's too much money changing hands. It is easy to understand the skepticism behind politicians and economic institutes talking about scientific issues.

So instead of moving slowly, opening up the data, and removing any doubts on the issue, we're hearing propaganda such as "Save the Earth before it's too late" and other garbage.

Any time someone tries to rush you in to action, especially when it involves money, you should be skeptical.

Not necessarily true. There are risks associated with new employees, as well as costs for training. Plus, it could mean that deadlines are missed. So basically, by giving your boss an ultimatum, you are forcing your boss to consider whether or not it is worth the costs and risks to get rid of the "squeak." A new cog could be even squeakier than the last.

With that said, pick your freaking battles for goodness sake. It's good to have a job in these times; consider your options carefully before giving it up. Plus, you don't want to jeopardize the relationship between you and your boss by giving an ultimatum. Look for better solutions; that should come naturally to good programmers anyways.

The reason for detecting a cloaked object has nothing to do with whether or not there actually is a cloaked object present. Rather, the reason has to do with your situation, such as if you are in a hostile environment or trying to defend something. So, I would imagine if a stone was your detection scheme, you would be hurling stones constantly in random directions to see if it bounced off something that isn't there. And if you're lucky, you might hear someone cry out in pain :)

A good product has better results for a company than advertising...

Shocking!

Actually, IE 8 passes the Acid 2 test (yes, they are last, but its an improvement). Not to mention that Microsoft contributed 2524 test cases to the CSS 2.1 test suite. I'm a web developer, and I know the horrors of developing for multiple browsers (especially IE), but I have to give Microsoft some credit for their interest in standards in this coming IE version.

Also, the acid tests are just one indicator of how well a browser does standards. To make it the defining standards test would not be completely fair. More info on that here.

Interesting. Although, not only IE8 has this problem; IE6 appears to crash out as well. The latest Firefox handles it fine. It's nice to have a simple way to discourage IE users. ;)