I recently made the switch back to Microsoft Office. I'm sad to see that OpenOffice is still as bloated, slow and unresponsive today as it's always been. Calc's graphing capabilities are spectacularly worthless - taking full seconds to respond to interface clicks. I'd personally remove it from the list.

Gina, Ah... it's in the print version. I don't have access to our (my office's) online WSJ account. Sorry. I can try to clip and scan it if you're really interested.

Impressive. I just got done reading the article on this in the WSJ. Yours is far superior.

Rule 34; there is porn of it.

You know that you're being interviewed by someone who's not a developer when you get these kinds of questions. Sure, having a grasp of the language is necessary... but having memorized every object and its method from Microsoft's VAST collection of objects is... insane. Large corporations are fun. They waste time…

Brad: Nice! Thanks for the info.

So... pretexting is social engineering. Social engineering makes sense, as you're attempting to use your engineering tactics and ploys in an attempt to get something out of someone; bringing it into a social context... but what's the logic behind the name "pretexting"?

I want to second the V8 Fusion, and add in the V8 Splash and Smoothies. While I'm sure that there's loads of sugar in Splash and Smoothies, they are some of the tastiest juice drinks I've had in a long time. No apple or grape juice within sight and I don't feel like I've just downed five tons of sugar when I'm done.

Very nice Gina! I've always been an avid fan of wget. It's saved me any number of times from having a particular site disappear just as I was going to reference it in a report. I always keep a wget mirror of sites I reference for just that reason. However, I had never thought of using it to grab delicious tags. …

I find it interesting Mr. Needleman is saying we should stop using google because it doesn't have a laundry list of features. Isn't part of the draw of google and their software the simplicity? That's what's kept me with them over the years, is that their search page is a search page. Nothing more. I don't get…

Wow, nobody's mentioned more fans! We all know that more fans == faster computing.

In to second MrsIrB on the point about helping other students. Not only does it improve your face in front of the professor, but it also helps you remember the material better when the test comes. I always make it a point to get together with someone to study and talk about the material before any big exam.

Lydgate brings up a good point. I was not thinking of students at private universities at all. Hats off to them and their parents for (presumably) bearing the full brunt of their scholarship.

@MeEducated: That's precisely what I was referring to! The concept that every student is simply a part time burger flipper! I'm the Chief Engineering Officer of a company which produces quality legal research software in competition with WestLaw and LexisNexis. Uncle Sam takes over 50% of my paycheck in the form of…

I also take umbridge to the fact that simply because someone disagrees with the state and attitude of modern colleges that they are an idiot. I adore learning. I always pride myself in that I know a little from every field. I love science, computing, economics, administrative theory, pyschology - I love it all. …

I really do despise the "holier than thou" attitude that most college professors put on. It always amazes me how many will tell you all about how it is in "the real world"; but then when grilled it comes to light that they went straight from their uni. graduation back into the uni. system to be employeed as an…

Sounds like Microsoft still doesn't have the bugs ironed out yet. :) The recent previews seemed a whole lot like < alpha quality code, not the betas that they claimed to be. This is one upgrade that I'll be definitely staving off for awhile.

@heavylee-again; It's not possible to install a retail copy of OSX on a homebrew machine. That's part of my complaints (above). You're stuck purchasing expensive Apple hardware.

That article always reeked of the "Linux is more expensive than Windows because of TCO" bonanza we were seeing a few years back.

I do love that you can use Intel-compatible parts with the newer Macs.