Though I have travelled many places, I live within 5 miles of where I grew up and within 20 miles of where I was born.

Though part of me aches seeing perfectlly good hardware (which could be used by deserving organizations) physically destroyed when data destruction can be correctly accomplished

This can't be more wrong.

NOTHING corrupts like secret power. Throughout history those that could act in secret eventually used that power for political and personal ends. Those that can hide...

Definitely one of the finest of all snacks.

I don't want to retire. I think we do best when continually challenged, when we need to perform  (this survival instinct has been fine tuned since the first hominids ventured across...

There's a lot of different stuff here.

Sometimes the jerk is simply someone with poor social skills. Sometimes a jerk is simply someone whose quirks or worldview annoy us. Sometimes a 'jerk'...

Quite a thread on the Walmart issue in Schneier's blog.

Opinion quite split whether WM did the right thing:

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/12/walmart_stays_o.html

Is it all the time or just occasionally?

We have one app that periodically builds up a number of blocked tasks, and when this happens EM connection performance is substantially degraded.

This foundation has been a catalyst to risk taking, growth, and prosperity on a scale unknown in the history of the world. As long as this underlying notion that we...

This whole thing is a bundle of troubles, especially for multi-nationals dealing with differing rules.

Personally I think a central timekeeping should be UTC/GMT with local translation done on the fly...

Truly there is no system so messed up that Congress can't make it worse

http://www.overlawyered.com

How about both.

I'd be happy if the main demo were pre recorded because that's the predictable part anyhow and I'd rather not waste time if the presenter has problems

I would...

Sadly I've seen managers, when presented with various (even various offshore) development groups be only concerned with the hourly rate. Some really bad choices were made based on that criteria.

Would...

We just had someone submit a resume, and include among his history of qualifications: TRS-80 programming!!!

for some more horror tales, check out:

http://thedailywtf.com/default.aspx

Go here for the first of a 4 part (be sure to click thru to the other parts) allegedly true story that dwarfs...