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Why?

That reminds me of my old boss expecting email to be the same as an answered phone call. There was a problem in our system that he wanted me and a co-worker to solve by working late and he sent us a both an email. The was close to the end of the day. I didn't read the email until the next morning. He yelled at me for not putting in the extra effort and leaving it to my co-worker. The really funny part was that his office was only 20 steps away from my desk and he could have dialed a four digit number to reach my desk phone. And this was back in 1994.

I don't use a case for my 3GS. I always keep it in my pocket (not the one with my keys). However, I bought my wife a rubber case for hers, since she keeps it in her purse with her keys, lipstick, pens, pencils, etc.

I think the "Little yellow guy" is the Street View icon.

Node uses a thread pool also. From Ryan's JSConf slides:

"Blocking (or possibly blocking) system calls are executed in the thread pool. Signal handlers and thread pool callbacks are marshaled back into the main thread via a pipe."

The "slant" in this book is that he is pro-free market and anti-central planning. He states that the free market is the most efficient way to allocate scarce resources. The book explains why this is so with many varied examples.

By allowing the price of water to go up, it would encourage more people from outside to fulfill the increased demand. By limiting prices, the government is not just telling sellers they can't sell a product at a higher price, they are telling people that they cannot buy something they are willing to pay for. Prices are a very efficient way to allocate scarce resources, in this case potable water.