I loved the flying toasters on my Mac LC!

My PowerBook Ti was my fav laptop I've ever owned. Kept it until the hinges broke and apple no longer provided OS updates.

These drugs have price tags of > $30,000 per year. Given the modest demonstrated benefit I would suggest overall health and quality of life for Alzheimer's patients and their families would be better served by offering them $30,000 worth of supportive care (ie support cost of memory care residential facilities, respite care for care givers, etc.). But then of course pharmco CEO's might have to give up one of their yachts. Imagine only having a boat only the Atlantic. Just a horror.

A much simpler answer is to, by statute/regulation, make the auditor share in liability. Even though they are being paid by the company, they will think twice about giving their approval to shady books, as their liability would be far greater than the payment they received for the audit.

I'd be very cautious about that sort of destabilization. Russia's nuclear arsenal is still potent, and even a limited nuclear exchange will have catastrophic global consequence (see this for an example of the potential consequences of even limited nuclear exchanges).

Command and control of Russia's nukes is reportedly poor, and gaming out exactly what could happen with broad civil unrest across the country would be next to impossible. I don't think the potential risk of this type of action is warranted.

Closed mental institutions don't exist anymore. Since the late 60's we have, as a society, been systematically closing these vital institutions. This has made our penal system our de facto long term option for people like this with untreatable mental disease.

You are an idiot.

Women between the ages of 30 and 50 (i.e. mothers) have the lowest fatality and accident rates of any other age or gender group.

See here as one example of easily obtainable information: http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topic...

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Sounds like the "beta level simulation" in Alastair Reynolds' "Revelation Space" universe.

What one, what desert? ;-)

Your university degree is a concrete example of your ability to "learn, adapt/grow." Don't discount the value of the time, energy and money you invested in that degree.

I disagree completely. He's not an idiot, he is probably a good programmer, and that is all he wants to be, and there is nothing wrong with that. He is missing the boat, that a broad, general education will take him further, but what I got out of his question is that he wants to be a good and employed programmer. Not everyone needs to know about the Peloponnesian War, or say Chaucer.

People who have the interest and are willing to bear the work and price and acquire a general education have a significant advantage in life, politics and business. The OP, however, doesn't want that, and we don't have to force everyone through the same post-secondary general education to have a well educated and productive workforce.

You are making the mistake that "trade school" is a dirty word. Yes, post-secondary (university) education can be a "trade school" if it focuses solely on core competencies of a particular profession. This also includes medical and law degrees that are seen in the US as the pinnacle of being educated. There is nothing wrong with programs being run by universities that are essentially post-secondary trade-schools (medical schools, law schools, engineering programs). But don't mistake advanced "trade-school" training with a true education.

I agree with you that in the attempt to force a general education on all comers to the university they do dumb down those courses to the point that they are likely a waste of time. If you've ever taken real university general education courses you know that they aren't there to teach the basic mechanics of writing, comprehension, etc. That is the job of the secondary schools. Real university courses are teaching critical thinking and expression, as well a exposing you to a slightly larger slice of the sum of human knowledge.

If you don't see the value of a broad education, you likely don't need one and won't get the benefits of one if offered to you!

I'd mod up to +6 if I could. Vocational and trade education is undervalued in our society. Vocational and professional education programs (including MD, JD, etc) are not general education. The value of broad (read liberal-arts) post-secondary education is easy to underestimate, as it's benefits are subtle. I personally believe engineers with a broad general education will likely be the real innovators, but it's not necessary for much of the real work being done everyday. So for people who don't want the general education requirements we should have high quality programs that provide the necessary technical skills to allow them to work in industry.

This is very cool, but it looks more like a personal helicopter than a true jetpack. Certainly could get people into inaccessible areas, but with how much gear, and you couldn't bring much of anything back (like an injured hiker, etc..). Still, quite a feat of engineering. I hope he gets investors!

I'm not sure how this comment is insightful. If you look at the comment numbers for these stories, the community is interested. Just because Apple seems to offend you in some way doesn't make stories about their products inappropriate. If there were five stories and almost not interest in them (as measured by comments), then I would agree with you, but the community is interested!

If you don't want to see continued Apple stories, stop reading and commenting. If they stop garnering the heavy traffic, then you'll get your wish; fewer stories. But then what you would you spend your time doing, and where would you put your comments?