All I can think of when watching that video is how sweet the control software must be for that thing. That and "step up on the probe-u-lator".

Wait, you are complaining that they didn't show you a commercial? Sounds like heaven.

It really is a shame. Eink, for textual media, is superior in many ways to LCD. Before Amazon released the Kindle Fire there was rumor of them developing a color eInk reader. Amazon was the driving force behind eInk screen development. I am not saying that the eInk Kindle was open. But, now Amazon is just another multi-media pusher trying to get you to lock in to their bastardized Android tablet.

Shocked I say!
Well, not that shocked.

Seriously. Who didn't see this coming?

For many it is the file size not the resolution that determines which one they will download.

Not all definitions of cull involve slaughter.

cull
verb
1. select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources.

noun
1. a selective slaughter of wild animals.

Why in FSM's name are the Ubuntu version hardware specs lower?

I love reading about the complexities of the plant kingdom. Plants that communicate. Plants that delay eating for a bigger meal later. All cool things from organisms that have been evolving longer than any vertebrate.

Yet another fact to support panspermia.

Bill Gates' TED talk "Innovating to Zero" is a great talk on this subject.

Assuming that you are negotiating your contract you can very clearly outline what is and isn't part of your hiring. Don't pussy foot around the subject. If you don't want to share your IP then explicitly tell them they are just examples of past experience.

Fire trucks also have several power take-off accessories like water pumps that may run for hours fighting a large fire. In the context of this article if the turbine generator can supply power for all the accessories for an extended period of time then you should be OK. But that is definitely not going to make the cost of the truck cheaper.

Why tack on the Micro Focus news? That is news all on its own and only remotely related to this topic.

Often the only reliable up-to-date documentation is sadly the source code itself.

PHP or Java?

PHP has a number of CMS frameworks built in it.
Java has the JavaEE stack.