Shut them out how? If the US government can use the IP at will, how will Google shut them out exactly? These contracts are set up so each party comes out ahead. The US has a vested interest in having companies make profits off of government funded R&D so long as the US can use any government funded results as they see…

Government most certainly can use such IP and give it to others. In most cases, they own the right of free use of any IP developed with government funding. They usually encourage the company that developed the IP to commercialize it and profit from it, but they also maintain the rights to use it in most any way they…

I was part of an AI development laboratory. We worked extensively on the logic and math associated with expert systems, natural language, and vision. This was a period of phenomenal rethinking of some core logical and philosophical approaches to AI, like (on the HW side) Danny Hillis’s Connection Machine, David…

I worked on some of these efforts back in the day. I had a great time, and we really felt like we were breaking new ground with some of the technologies. As a side note, I remember chatting with Ed Feigenbaum on an elevator going up the Seattle Space Needle, and being profoundly happy to learn that he wanted to go…

Two notes:
Adding pepper before cooking does add a nice flavor that is deeper than adding it afterwards.

A team I used to work with did a quick analysis of chartering your own plane. At the time (in the 90's), the breakeven point was about 7-8 people. If you had more than 7 people making a trip, it was actually cheaper to charter your own plane. I don't know what the numbers look like now though, after 9/11 and…

I used to do a hybrid version of this, working remotely with frequent trips to the corporate office. My wife currently does this now. I realized I was traveling too much when all the travel support people (TSA agents, flight attendants, etc. ) recognized me rather than the other way around.

I want this to be resolved by an old style English boxing match. There must be mustaches and breeches worn by both parties.

Those cops can try all the want, but there will only be one true goatse.

Right off the bat, #1) is wrong. As the linked article admits. The vaccine doesn't give you the flu, but it can damn sure make you sick due to side effects. The CDC states as much as does the linked article. Though the linked article tries to side-step this by saying you aren't really "sick", you just "feel under…

I've grown in to mine. At first I didn't use it much, but it's quite good for mobile project management, email on the go, expense tracking, etc. It's much easier to deal with than a laptop, with better battery life.

Everyone should follow the money. The people that stand the most to loose by curbing carbon emmisions, and the most to gain by increasing temperatures sure are spending a lot on the issue. Granted, climate researchers are as petty and egotistical and money grubbing as any research group, but that's not really where…

Interesting take on having too many virgins. I know of other large-scale raffled events that take legacy into account. If you've been before, your odds of winning are higher. Maybe they could do something like that?

That's some royal cock blocking right there.

Two guys in makeup were then heard to mutter, "Fucking Women. How do they work?"

I do like their breakfast when it's early and I'm in a hurry. But after 10:30, if I'm hungover enough to want something like that, I probably also want to sit quietly in the corner and have someone wait on me.

I'm just winging it, but I soar what you did there.

I had to make an unexpected landing due to my son's small bladder at a very small regional airport. As my son ran for the toilet, and passed by all the old grizzled pilots hanging out at the FBO, they all yelled "You'll make it boy!"