Yes, that's true. However, I find it hard to fathom why the IEEE would publish it both online and in their paper Spectrum magazine if they completely disagreed with it.

I wonder why the IEEE agrees with them? http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-wo...

It did! It was called the Department of Manure Vehicles (AKA horses) then.

You've been hitting the "of beta" button. That means you become one with beta. Try something else if you want a different effect.

GMail allows all sorts of variations on your email address. Suppose it is j.m.smith@gmail.com. Then j.m.s.m.i.t.h@gmail.com or jmsmith@gmail.com are also valid versions and will come to your inbox. You can also add a + and any text after it: j.m.smith+no_spam_please@gmail.com will also work. Note that many places see "+" as an invalid email character, which means this isn't as useful as it might be.

The quote was "75-mph truth". I think the OP means "reality". Here in Connecticut, the freeway speed is usually either 55mph or 65mph... but if you go at that speed, you'll be passed by 80% of the traffic. The "normal" speed seems to be about 75mph. I've been traveling at that speed with a cop car behind me (and lots of other traffic around doing the same speed) and wasn't pulled over.

And then there's the fact that they appear to *increase* accidents at the intersections where they are placed. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/03/AR2005100301844.html

You're new here, aren't you?

Certainly: evil is in the mind of the beholder.

Is that you, Invisible Steve?!?!

Actually, housekeeping staff keys are often set to expire on a daily basis. The first thing a housekeeper needs to do in the morning is to revalidate their card. If the card isn't revalidated in time, it needs to human intervention (other than the housekeeper) to be reactivates. Source: I used to work for Onity's parent company (UTC Fire & Security, as it was then), and I worked requirements for some of Onity's newer products.

Bill Sethares has some nice work about this question, too: http://sethares.engr.wisc.edu/

We have about 10 where I work. Dev team of about 200 overall. So they are a small percentage, but clearly not mythical.

A poorly defined plan is bad by definition. It doesn't meet the core requirements of 'plan'.

Perhaps not bigotry, but he's certainly been labeled as sexist: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/10/sexism_in_the_skeptic_community_i_spoke_out_then_came_the_rape_threats.html