...and now I am a pansexual vampire.

Music: it's as bad a Hitler.

I know, right? This "broken arrow" story isn't particularly new. I suppose the FOIA docs provide more terror-inducing details, but it is not a secret that a B-52 broke up over NC and drop two big nukes that failed to detonate.

I have seen Apple tank without Jobs before. It looks like they are doing it again.

Jobs was a superior product guy and a despot with unchecked power.

There is simply no one at Apple to take his place.

So it may take 5-10 years for Apple to diminish to irrelevance again.

Larry is right: we have already seen this movie before.

Technical point: Microsoft isn't run by Bill Gates anymore. This is Ballmer's fault.

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We lose so much MONEY on payroll that we should FIRED whoever came up with that idea.

What's wrong with paying in company scrip or gift certificates?
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It is certainly true that non-bank check cashing is a blight on poor communities. Debt cards that in-practice have the same fee structure do not help the situation.

In the case of something like McD's, they should simply issue cash. Yes, the corporation loses out on "playing the float," but that's just found money anyway.

When I first got into computer for REALZ in the 90s, I let them consume me. I think that is a natural first reaction to the power of technology.

But after a while, I realized I needed a better balance in my life and learned a secret: you can choose NOT to look at the computer. Or email. Or IRC. Or IM. Or Facebook. Or slashdot (sorry).

When I hear experters fret over the dehumanizing affects of technology, I laugh. Some people just don't have enough patience. The rebalance will come to the majority soon enough. In the 50s-80s, the technology monster was TV. Before that, it was radio. Now it is smartphones. Soon it may be smart glasses or smart wrist watches.

However, being an alarmist sells papers.

"No person shall be considered for any public office who cannot sign up for a free web mail account and send an email by his or her self."

That should reduce the political idiocy by a third, I hope.

I am a big proponent of NASA. I would like to see the budget increased. I would do it with cuts in the military and corporate subsidies (particular to oil companies).

Then next time a stupid survey asks "would you like to increase spending" I really wish there were a follow-up question "what would you give up to see this happen."

Heck, I give 110% at my job and SO SHOULD THE BUDGET!

Wow. 109. You should eBay that sucker. :-D

We need to progressive reforms to save us from this Gilded Age of Bacon Barons!

You can see Bill in the documentary film Objectified, which is about industrial design. Really, it's a must see for folks who read this site.

http://www.objectifiedfilm.com/

I quit a job with a manager who didn't think that "work-life balance" was valid.

Even in the face of a terrible economy. Engineering requires a functioning brain.

Perhaps the world would be a better place if more people took time off.

Twitter is working to make their developer ecosystem not smaller but more selective.

1993 is currently 19 years ago.

Goodnight from Old Guy News Tonight!