Basically, there is no free energy. Hybrids are not automatically greatly more efficient (except perhaps in stop and go driving). There is some advantage in that the engine can often...

Bruce makes a lot of good points. Except where there is full control over the hardware (plant entrance for example), biometrics suffer from the...

Standardization is in many ways the opposite of cult. It's not about performance, not about best of breed, but about conformity.

People (and businesses) may make those choices, not out of...

In addition to agreeing with some of the other comments that in many areas, MS is merely adequate rather than noteworthy, there is the component (which is not necessarily a...

MS has mixed grades. SQL Server is great, Outlook awful, and Word & Excel somewhere in the middle (Word 97 was the best)

The best thing that could happen to MS...

Franchising is good for fast growth but in the end gives you less control over service and product. My understanding is that Starbucks has legacy franchises in airports but the...

I've been in the room while managers seemed to be picking a development consultancy by hourly rate! sheesh

code using improperly disposed cursors can cause blocking. Study your procedures.

I think forums (fora?) like this one actually are a much easier venue for people than question and answer sessions. One can think before responding or raising a point, one...

I don't know what country some of you folks are in, but in the USA, no one is arrested for political activities. NO ONE!! The only people that are arrested...

John Smith is a convicted pedophile. Spends 5 years in prison. Earns a degree in anything. Gets out and comes to your neighborhood and applies for a job as an...

it is, of course, illegal to base employment on political parties, religous or ethnic associations.

I recently came upon this link:

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1175159036800

Apparently checking for criminal records or poor credit history can open companies for action by the EEOC.

First off, it's not always a good idea to try to make your career the same field as your passion. It introduces a real chance of catastrophic burn out, and...

"Background checks can be used to weed out the criminals but only the ones that have been caught."

i.e. the 'dumb' criminals.

In truth though, checks...