This is highly personal, but I always recommend that you spend as much money as you can reasonably afford on a computer. This doesn't mean just throwing away your money, because you of course want to...

I have talked to a few programmers, and the consensus seems to be that, if I expect to br programming some years from now, I should learn C#, so that's what I'm studying. I am mainly self-teaching...

IT is a good field to get into, but not as good as it once was. I've been in it for over 15 years, and I have seen salaries not just level off, but drop. These days, the best way to earn a good...

It's not "impossible", it only seems that way when you use math and logic. I happen to have worked in the car business for a number of years, and that is exactly what has happened there. Only nicely...

Obviously that's an oversimplification, but even if that statement were true, that doesn't mean desperate people can't be deceived by the promise of something "better", even if what they wind up with...

No, my problem is economics, although education does have a lot to do with it (and I mean academic education, not so-called "common sense", which is what you seem to be talking about).

And I'm not...

Well, this thread is so long that I'll probably duplicate something already said. Still...

I think the current affair that worries me most, of those mentioned, is the economy. My concern isn't so...

Please let the person speak for his/herself. I don't mind having my viewpoint attacked, but there was an ad hominem comment that was out of place. That's how flaming gets started, and I wanted it to...

I don't disagree, and I'm sure I have a less-then-full idea of the actual costs of bringing a product to market, but it seems to me it's not much different from the car market. The cost of...

It is hardly possible that you could possibly know enough about me to make or snidely imply any personal statements about me with any accuracy at all, so I must assume you are attacking me personally...

I submit to you that this is already happening. Software prices are already far higher than the effort to create them justifies (this is of course my opinion), and that cost is already driving theft....

Well, zeroth, I don't think you fully understood what I said. I'm not arguing both sides of the point (and even if I was, who says I CAN'T?) I did in fact say stealing software is not right, but when...

No, the argument is solid, because it doesn't propose that stealing is right, now does it? And it's still true, even if you don't agree with how the concept is used, that your failure to secure your...

If I leave my door unlocked and theives come through and steal my stuff, that's not right, but there is no consequence of it being illegal unless they get caught. Part of the blame, however, has to...

I saw a program a few weeks ago (can't remember where or what the name was) that acts as a repository of information for people like me who build websites for others, take care of hosting and...