Slashdot brilliance...

Sometimes you get good advice on the net:

I would suggest you avoid Cobol programmer, though. I had to learn that godforsaken son-of-a-whore language in college and would rather eat glass while being raped by an angry Mike Tyson on top of a pyre of burning feces than to ever have to deal with it again. But some seem to find it a somewhat less suicide-inducing-please-god-give-me-the-strength-to-pull-this-trigger-and-end-it-all prospect than I.

as seen in this thread:

Ask Slashdot: Where Are the Open Source Jobs? - Slashdot

OK, I guess I'll avoid Cobol.

A suggestion on how to protest against SOPA ...

Keep the government out of the internet.

I endorse the protest in this article:

If Facebook Won't Stop SOPA, We Can Do It For Them - Forbes

How smart are people at MIT?

When I was 17, I wanted to go to MIT.   I applied, but I didn't get in.  Life took me in a different direction.

Recently I came across this insightful post that speaks about the challenges of MIT.  I think it is sage advice for any kind of challenge:

Inri137 comments on I'm not as smart as I thought I was.

Somethings are best explained graphically...

This Is Not The Net You Thought You Knew | TechCrunch

This article focuses attention on the non-http aspects of the "web":

This Is Not The Net You Thought You Knew | TechCrunch

True, and interesting that he doesn't really even mention the annoying, failure prone, but highly popular flash websites.

I welcome additions and extensions to what we now know of as the web, but I am suspicious of "replacements".  Too many companies are eager to "lock-in" customers by creating closed (and often flawed/inferior) implementations.  The web is a lot of things, but the most critical is that it is genuinely decentralized.

MacGyver actor Richard Dean Anderson looks clueless as his car breaks down | Mail Online

Never break character!

MacGyver actor Richard Dean Anderson looks clueless as his car breaks down | Mail Online

More Info on the Mythbusters' cannon ball...

Seems like the MB gang are going mum about this:  Twitter Posts removed...

Also, there is this excellent graphic: