Even Google embraced the open floor-plan concept,

I think that the difference is that Google seems to do it correctly. I've worked in both Google offices and in other companies that did "open floor-plan", and I noticed a few things that Google does right:

• It's open within small groups (~12-15) of desks with higher walls separating the groups. This generally means that you have a team sitting together with open communication and you don't have to worry about noise/distractions from other teams.
• They have meeting rooms of various sizes, from non-bookable phone rooms (often used for personal calls) up to larger meeting rooms. People are encouraged to grab a meeting room if they're having an in-depth discussion with multiple folks.
• Common areas (kitchen, cafeteria) are separated from work areas. This means that visual/auditory/olfactory distractions from those areas are minimized, while still providing a place for people to get together and chat informally.
• There are quiet areas for people to focus. Most office have quieter "library" style areas, as well as "wellness" rooms with comfortable chairs/dimmable lighting. I have migraine issues, so the wellness areas were invaluable to me.

That's not quite accurate. If you've shot at someone/been shot at in the past 15 minutes then your ship will go to a safe spot but won't disappear for a while (15min?). For that duration your ship will be in space and can be scanned down and destroyed by someone with the appropriate tools.

They have a number of those in my city, and I love them. The numbers are big enough that I can see it from a distance and when the counter hits 0 the light goes yellow. I wish they'd put them in more intersections around here.

Strange, I am a Canadian citizen who flew from Toronto, Canada to California in August and I was not fingerprinted at all. Perhaps it's only people who are from non-NAFTA countries?

According to the summary it links user IDs to the IP of the server they were on, not the client's IP.

Perhaps it's just a more permanent way of indicating that it's a handicapped spot? Wheelchair symbols painted onto the pavement like they have here in Canada can fade with time making it unclear that it is/was a spot. It's a bit harder to not notice when you've got a big orange thing sticking up from the pavement.

Or just an increase in the sale of mirrors.

I believe UNCO is the code they use for 'unconfirmed' bugs; mostly cases where a bug report has been submitted but it has not been looked at yet by a member of the Mozilla team.

You can still do that these days, though you'll probably need a non-stock monitor mount in most cases. One of the DBAs where I work uses 2x24" monitors running in portrait mode, 1080x1920.

Don't see how the security is any better than a direct https link between Exchage and your phone.

I honestly am not familiar with Androids/iPhones - do they have the option for remote lockdown/wiping of the device? I know this has been used a few times where I work when someone has managed to lose their BlackBerry or has decided to not return it after being let go from the company.

Not really, it's there in both names. ;)

I think that may run afoul of the new policies as well:

All add-ons must be distributed free of charge. Developers may not create "premium"; versions of add-ons with additional for-pay features, charge money to download an add-on, charge for services related to the add-on, or otherwise require some form of monetary compensation to download or access an add-on.

Whoosh.

Definitions of certifiable on the Web:

        * fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)
        * capable of being guaranteed or certified; "a certifiable fact"
            wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

        * That can, or that must be certified; Mentally ill to such an extent that involuntary institutionalization is appropriate; crazy
            en.wiktionary.org/wiki/certifiable