You seem to have a very sketchy understanding of "double jeopardy". It's not the criminal "episode" that matters, it's the specific act which can be called a crime. Carrying a gun and shooting a gun are two separate acts, even if they both occurred during the same "episode", and if either of those acts occurred…

designs that were greenlit before he assumed his current position, liability for which much still rest with the company now know as Old CarCo LLC.

I've never been all that good at network stuff ... so why can't p2p work on a vlan or subnet? And what diff does wired versus wireless make if it's IP either way?

C'mon, where's your sense of 'collegiate experimentalism'? Try everything once, twice if you like it ;-)

What, no Halon dump? That's not a data center, that's a broom closet with electronics. ;-)

I've been in IT for a while, and I used to read Bastard Operator From Hell regularly. One of the earlier stories introduced a new tool in the hands of the BOFH and the PFY ... it was an 'excuse generator' ... I can't recall if the earliest version was paper based or an app on the server, but when they had to make an…

So the only difference between a cappucino and a latte is foam? If that's true, then the world of coffee stirrers is even more pretentious than I thought and Starbux clearly has some 'splainin to do as to why I have to tell them no foam when I order a latte, as per your description my latte apparently shouldn't have…

Cappucino is an Italian coffee drink made from espresso and heated/steamed milk. A "latte" is an American coffee drink made from espresso and heated/steamed milk. If you can ice one, you can ice the other.

The only thing missing is a Roomba or cat in the background ... you know, to be the thing he tripped over in order to cause this epic spill?

About my statement of 'never buying based on targeted ads' that was specifically referring to targeted ads from Amazon.

You know who else has been doing targeted ads for years already? Amazon. Are you telling me that you've EVER been persuaded to buy something off of one of those ads? I never have, not in any way shape or form. Especially since all they ever advertise to me are products "similar" to what I just bought or browsed ...…

(Full Disclosure: My family has had three of them).

Do we have an approximate size for this? I.e., Sprinter, Caravan, or perhaps like that neo-Minibus concept from a few years ago? I for one WANT something stylish in the smaller utility/people-carrier segment, but hate and despise SUVs and the horrifyingly ugly vans being puked out by Ford & Nissan et at.

Do they even import Red Stripe anymore? I know that the original brewing company was bought by one of the big 3 (I think it was MillerCoors but I ain't sure) at some point in the past few years, and now it's brewed stateside, and the label says Jamaican STYLE Lager. It's just not the same.

I just read an article on the People's Court within the last couple weeks, wish I could remember where I read so I could link it for you ... but the gist of what you said is very close the reality except for one key component: the judgement in the TV court shows is in fact a legally binding arbitration. You cannot…

Fair 'nuff ... but the depressing picture I was working with was not of living "near" a city, it was of living IN the city, the way city livin' is shown on tv shows with people living in big dingy dirty crowded metropolises like New York or Chicago. Even the jewel of Cali (i.e., San Fran) is still too cramped,…

If I were in the position of that "nosy neighbor", I would neither look away nor apologize.

Yeah, I remember being 22 and wanting to get drunk / get laid every waking moment.

Speaking as a life-long 'burb dweller, you couldn't pay me to live in the foul cramped hell that is dense city residentiaries.

Just to be clear ... I did not mean you'd not still be at the company five years hence ... I meant that (assuming you are working in a for-profit American corporation) whatever the makeup of your core team currently is, it is very unlikely that the exact same people will all be working together more than 18 months…