John Pistole should man up, show some leadership, and release his bodyscan to the public to demonstrate through actions not words how these scanners aren't a big deal. John: we're waiting for the pics.

yup. another handy tool is ngrep: http://ngrep.sourceforge.net/

for app-level protocol stats and/or high-end situations i'd attach an extrahop product: http://www.extrahop.com/products/

no, these people just feel so entitled that they want to be able to party party party AND feel (not actually be) well-educated. anyone who works harder than them and learns more is threatening to this feeling.

I wholeheartedly agree, but admittedly, partying may in fact be the main purpose for which some of these people are there, not the education. Ask the business school students whether they got more from their classes or the connections they made.

I have a few friends who are in business school and the sole reason they went back (undergrad business in Stern) was to network a little bit and make connections. In terms of class and learning, they knew going in that there was not much to offer.

I'm going to business school (enrolled yesterday), and did so because I noticed that even though I'm much more qualified than some colleagues, they're getting ahead because of their connections.

And I believe it's a human fact of nature and understandable. (also, qualified doesn't mean I actually am a better fit or better worker, just that I studied more).

My reasons for going for Business school are that if I show that I'm hardworking, qualified and an acquaintance, I can shoot for the jobs above my current "glass ceiling".

If it fails or I'm so inclined, I'll go the startup/enterpreneur route :) (I'll probably try both shooting for the CTO position and enterpreneurship on the side)

Akamai needs to wake up and realize that their technology hasn't been a big differentiator for a few years now and change their pricing to reflect that.

you wanna use the word tithe then you're going to be brining in a lot of connotation baggage. not a fan.

Haven't you ever heard of the church of emacs?

I'm not wed to it--no pun intended. It seemed fitting, but feel free to start a discussion about changing it on the newly created group: http://groups.google.com/group/fosstithe

why would anyone want to be the next php?

Because it's deployed on nearly every web server and has ubiquity. If you're building a web app and you want people to be able to run, chances are good if you build it in PHP, people can run it. Would be nice to say the same thing about server-side JS.

Because nobody wants to be the next Rails.

I think I'm lost on the joke; nobody wants to be the next overhyped (and polarizing) framework that is beloved by a large niche of programmers and launches a new segment of the industry?

Care to clue me in? (being honest; maybe I missed some news recently)

I think he means Ubiquity when he refers PHP. Not necessarily technical.

because it is a cinch for sysadmins like me to support in a bureaucratic IT environment

Need more? See: http://www.fusionio.com/products/ioxtreme/

Even more than that? OK, how about: http://www.violin-memory.com/technology/capacity-flash/

want something beefier? check out http://www.fusionio.com/products/ioxtreme/

even beefier than that? perhaps http://www.violin-memory.com/technology/capacity-flash/

it's too bad nobody neutralized the authority figure and liberated the prisoner.

According to the video posted by another commenter, those who refuse to continue giving a shock are given explaination about real experiment. And then the "victim" comes in to the subject, in a good health.