This is awesome! I love the trip down memory lane and will be exploring your excellent content, thank you! Really shows why a site like slashdot is so great, just folks helping each other out with fun stuff. Thatâ(TM)s the real Internet!

So much fun and good times with my high school friends on traders and those early door games. LORD was amusing too. I also remember one called something like Solar Realms Elite, does anyone remember that one?

Not too many folks mentioning this, but I think this part had a lot of the ethos and pathos of Picard in an earlier incarnation.

Damn Cisco switches are expensive!

I suspect the inspiration behind many of the big silicon valley companies is individual, when someone has a great idea, it's not likely because of a chance encounter... BUT, the funding, execution, and atmosphere of growth in which that idea is born is a key to whether it will succeed or not. That atmosphere is highly encouraged in Silicon Valley, but it's spreading everywhere, the question is, can we leave the toxic aspects behind?

Any feedback there on how the retention is when you hand write the notes, then go back and transcribe the key ideas?

I don't know, I hear a lot of criticism of her at this point. I don't quite understand how Yahoo! is still in business, other than they got a pile of cash early, spread it around, and now everybody knows the name and thinks they may actually do something on the Internet. I don't remember the last time I intentionally went to Yahoo.

What does Yahoo actually do now? Are they a holding company for other companies? Do they provide any services? WTF Yahoo.

You want to make a cool company? Build a public utility cloud. Offer free service to non-profits to generate buzz. Give away Internet access capped at 10 mb/s and charge a nominal fee for more. DO SOMETHING BOLD, don't just try to re-tread old ideas.

Cheers,
Andrew

Not sure why you went anonymous to post this, but I would put in a strong second on this game. Quick and fun card game that teaches some logic, set theory, and combinatorics on the sly.

Given our rapidly increasing genetic technology, maybe this questions should be:

Which will happen first, an ELE that wipes out humanity, or the creation of a genetically engineered unicorn species?

Dave? Is that you?

If you haven't seen the movie or read the book, why nitpick at this level?

FYI, the stranded astronaut is a biologist, specifically assigned to attempt to grow some plants on mars and test the conditions there. The potatoes are sent along for a special thanksgiving feast on the planet.

I know you're trolling a bit here, but if you want specific evidence of something Carter has done right, check out the Guinea Worm Eradication program. The Carter Center is a major part of this initiative, that is reducing (with the goal of eliminating) a painful and debilitating parasitic condition. Cases of Guinea Worm have dropped from over 3 million yearly in the early 80's to less than 100 so far this year (W.H.O. stats). The Guinea Worm life cycle requires human infection, so once this thing is gone, it's totally gone.

Oh anonymous coward, with your wisdom and cleverness, why must you hide at score: 0?

I just flew in a 787 from California to South America. Significantly more comfortable and pleasant experience! The engine noise was minimal, climate control was more comfortable, and the vibration was greatly reduced, compare to the 777 and 747. Definitely hope to fly on the 787 whenever possible!

Cheers,
Andrew