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From what I've heard, there isn't likely to be a Xbox LIVE Gold subscription subsidized version, at least not initially, which would nix the low-end, ~$300 price point. $499 is the likely retail price.

Companies can have a legitimate concern about a potential employee's social media presence. A civil rights organization, for instance, probably wouldn't want to hire someone that constantly posted racist material on Facebook.

YouTube doesn't require Chrome to play, so I'm not sure why it is telling you that. It may be suggesting it since Google=YouTube=Chrome, but I know with 100% certainty you don't have to use Chrome. It does require an updated version of Flash, and not just Shockwave, but it sounds like you have that covered.

After bitcoin's loss in value earlier this week, I don't know if you are still interested, but if you are: How to mine bitcoins: http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/08/how-to-mine-bitcoins/ How to get them the old fashioned way (buy them): https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Buying_Bitcoins_(the_newbie_version)

I grew up in North Carolina, so I may be a touch biased. In the public schools, our teachers would bring in small TVs during the ACC tourney and leave it on all day with the sound off. I did ok in school, got into a couple decent colleges, and turned out more or less ok. It's a minor thing. Why try to take every bit of joy out of work?

I happen to have done both - I went to a medium-sized state university undergrad (Go Catamounts!), and an internationally recognized university for grad school (Go Irish!). From a student's perspective, I definitely saw a disparity in resources, which would be expected. The quality of professors was fairly comparably, somewhat to my surprise.

A few years ago I went to lunch with a friend. It was a Wednesday, and I said something along the lines of, "Thank goodness it's Wednesday. Only two more days left of this." He looked at me, and after a moment said, "Two more days? You mean thirty more years." I felt as if someone had thrown a glass of cold water in my face.

It's getting there. Most of the current high-end devices, including the iPhone 5, iPad and Galaxy S III support 5GHz. I would expect within a year it will be pretty much universal on new devices, even though it isn't now.

I would just wire up a power outlet and mount it on your bike. You can wire it directly to your battery (use in-line fuse) and mount it pretty much anywhere. Then you won't have to worry about it. At all.

For starters I wouldn't worry too much about John McCain's position on anything.

Er, maybe.  First off, there is always the catch-22 that most companies want to hire developers with experience, but you can't get experience unless someone hires you (or you do work for yourself).  Secondly, the job market varies so much from place to place that what is true in California wouldn't necessarily be true in Chennai.