In college freshman physics we were given an assignment to determine how deep the snow had to be to keep you from killing yourself. Apparently this is a classic task to give freshmen in order to make physics more amusing (as if you needed to do THAT!). IIRC, you don't need as much snow as you would think.

This is the Pruneridge Rd. site, right? HP only acquired that 20 years ago? I live in the NY area, but I think I've spent a cumulative year on and off at that site over the past 19 years that I've been with HP. It's been a ghost town for the past 3-4 years now, since Unix has gone by the wayside. Hope Apple gets some…

Crap! Bought an LX3 just over a month ago! It's the perfect camera for the way I use a camera (light, fast, and versatile), so I shouldn't let gadget jealousy affect me.