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"The reports of any Billionaire's sad and loneliness have been highly exaggerated."
Billionaire != (sad && lonely) 
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Well, if you're unhappy, go and take a bunch of that money and help the people who need it. Build a home for the homeless. Give food to the starving. Start a community. Be social, the real deal, not that virtual crap. You won't be lonely anymore. And there's no greater happiness than knowing you probably saved some lives. Just my two cents.
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And help fund the colonization of Mars.
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Guerrilla Coder wrote: And help fund the colonization of Mars.
Uh...colonization of Mars? Already done.
Check your news.
We're working on colonizing Rhea now. Saturn is lovely on the horizon.
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FIorian Schneidereit wrote: go and take a bunch of that money and help the people who need it.
This is the part that has actually made him more sad.
You see he has found:
1. You cannot help all of the people all the time -- it's too big even for a Billionaire.
2. You cannot help some of the people any of the time -- it's too convoluted even for a Billionaire.
And there, he sits...
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Due to quantum effects, it's possible to build a quantum computer that computes without running—or as the scientists explain, "the result of a computation may be learned without actually running the computer." Think of what it could do if they turn it on!
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"This is obviously a meaning of the term 'without running' of which I was previously unaware." -- Arthur Dent
If it's producing results, it's running.
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That's what she said.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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The claim not only alleges that Google favors its own products over competitors' - even when the others are more popular - but also that the sponsored links shown on the search engine are heavily skewed by the amount of money paid to Google. Next up for the Google ATM
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In other news, The Pope is Catholic, and Bears Sh*t in the Woods.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I didn't know a privately held and operated company was required to display search results in a particular order. Oh wait, maybe this is one of those 'balance the budget off companies that actually do stuff' things fail governments like to pull from time to time.
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A recent rash of malware has helped hackers steal over 250,000 Apple accounts, the largest theft of its kind. The malware only affects jailbroken devices, but if you get pwned, hackers can not only peek your password but also make App Store purchases without your permission. "Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak, so don't you be around"
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but apple products can;t get malware...
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A two-year tenure at Google gave a team of people the productivity skills to start their own venture. Trick #0: getting paid by Google for two years
Also, I think "Conquergood" is the greatest D&D character name eVAH!
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#4 is especially important. Each meeting should start with or have a goal, then each individual (if appropriate) should have next steps or tasks to accomplish.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Agreed - the number of wasteful meetings I've been in is sad.
I wish people would add the salaries of everyone at a meeting and use that as a benchmark if the meeting is needed.
TTFN - Kent
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The group has published a new list of security recommendations that range from moderate to paranoid. Welcome to the year of Linux security
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Time to check the list, find out whether I am paranoid enough 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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They recommend using noscript, an addon whose default behavior leads 99.9% of web sites unusable and which is beyond the capability/patience of 99.9% of users to make work on sites they visit. (Figure 99% of users can't, and 90% of those of us who can can't be elephanted to waste that much time doing so.) OTOH a site mirroring an plaintext only mailing list that was written in the late 90s will work fine. Clearly written by someone out of touch with the real world. They probably figure that FF+noscript is more capable than Lynx in a terminal window and therefor good enough by definition. 
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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Remote teams are becoming more popular for development departments, but could they also hold the key to improved productivity? "Your mouthwash ain't making it."
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depends on the developers around you.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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It will be counterproductive if you are not on the same team.
If you are on the same team, then it might lead to improved productivity if you designate an area specially for the tasks you do, and to gather there when working. Not only will there be specialized, dedicated machinery, there will also be co-workers that you can interact with, in ways that go beyond IM.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Quote: “Co-location opens interruption floodgates”. Other team members sitting in the same room along with managers “who are suddenly in the room” all contribute to a disruptive environment for developers.
Aside from a single person who loved to send a question to all team members, wait just long enough that if I dropped whatever I was doing to respond that I'd be about 1 sentence into a replay, and then walk over and knock on my doorway; this's never been a real problem for me. Said person always showed up at my desk because I was 20 feet away (and possibly less likely to snap at him verbally). The people who were 10 or 20 times more likely to actually be able to answer his questions (I was only peripherally involved in the same part of the app that he was and thus rarely knew the answer to his questions) were ~150 feet and a stairwell; or 250 feet, a stairwell, and 3 security doors away. 
Were we remote, I'm certain his neediness would've transformed itself into calling me at the drop of a hat instead. 
Quote: Self-inflicted interruptions are also mentioned in the form of notifications via social media or internal communications.
Yeah, working remotely will do so much to reduce this burden.
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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