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I got lucky and got waved through the PreCheck (I refuse to type it with the cute check mark) line when it was first starting. You can leave your shoes on, your laptop can stay in your bag, and I think liquids can stay in your bag too, but I could be wrong on that one as I make it a point to not have any liquids in my carry on.
It was nice, but I wouldn't pay for it. Maybe if I travelled every week and it was more widespread.
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Yeah, I wouldn't pay for it either. I am eligible for the program since I have a SENTRI pass[^] (expedited processing when crossing the border from Mexico into the US), so I might give it a try next time I go on a plane.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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You might like PRO*C .
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Half a protocol is better than none!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Microsoft and Samsung are frenemies—both competitors and partners—but the tone of the relationship edged closer to the enemy category on Friday: Microsoft has sued Samsung, alleging that the mobile device giant is trying to illegally back out of the Android patent licensing contract the two firms signed in 2011. Ship a new Windows Phone, and maybe we'll skip the lawsuit...
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Steps up campaign against the U.S. company with public warning. "Microsoft estimates that 90% of China uses some form of pirated software on their computer"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Microsoft estimates that 90% of China uses some form of pirated software on their computer"
We're Flintstones kids, one billion strong ... and counting.
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By pointing a video camera at the bag while audio is playing or someone is speaking, researchers can detect tiny vibrations in it that are caused by the sound. When later playing back that recording, MIT says that it has figured out a way to read those vibrations and translate them back into music, speech, or seemingly any other sound. Mental note: make sure all bags of chips in meeting rooms are empty
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A couple of decades back, scientists figured out that they could train a laser at a window in a conference room and pick up the conversations inside by measuring and transcribing the vibrations of the window pane so this idea is nothing new.
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Other than it not needing a laser (so the cost to implement has dropped by many orders of magnitude), sure.
TTFN - Kent
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I'd imagine the biggest cost in this scenario is software/processing/expertise rather than the laser or camera.
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How would they do if I were eating the bag of chips?
Probably not too well, since my wife cannot understand me when I'm doing that in the same room with her.
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Exactly! So, for security mind you, we must eat all the chips!
TTFN - Kent
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Looking for a great technical skill to develop to make you all the more marketable in today’s increasingly fast-paced industry? Have you considered COBOL? "That is not dead which can eternal lie,"
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I took COBOL in school...never used it for anything...maybe I should dust off my old textbooks 
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I googled "learn cobol" and the first site that comes up is a university site which tries to entice you to learn.
Anyway the following page has numerous links to the materials online at the University, but the really funny thing is that there are many items marked
New 2002
hahaha... and look at the design of that site, you can tell it was "turn of the century HTML design".
http://www.csis.ul.ie/cobol/course/Default.htm[^]
"Things are getting better all the time."
"It couldn't get any worse!"
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Looks like they're breaking down the doors to get in on the ground floor of that opportunity...maybe I should write some Code Project articles and establish myself as an 'expert'
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I didn't keep my COBOL and Fortran books, but I have an Ada book. 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Quote: 1.5 million new lines of COBOL code are written every day
5 billion lines of new COBOL code are developed every year
What's wrong with these two bullets? Why has my perception of the credibility of the rest of the article just crashed harder than a y2k bug? 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Its potential is huge; so are the obstacles. Almost as many standards as things
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I'm still not sure we've seen a killer app for this. The smart meter is pretty close but it doesn't really need an internet of other things to talk to.
I can see electric cars having a wee chat to work out the best time of evening to do their charge cycle maybe? However most of my things (microwave oven, lights, TV etc.) really need my presence to be of any use to me...or am I missing something?
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Docker, a new container technology, is hotter than hot because it makes it possible to get far more apps running on the same old servers and it also makes it very easy to package and ship programs. Here's what you need to know about it. "Can you repeat the part of the stuff where you said all about things"
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Today I am excited to announce the release of three important updates for Visual Studio developers. Now with... uhm... OK, JSON brace matching seems nice?
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