I have to say, being in the software business and living here in the bay area for the last few years, you sometimes forget that the rest of the country is going through a jobless hell. This place seems immune.

Though I understand the mood was very very different 10 years ago...

Meanwhile in Ohio, the first Guillotine factory receives enough venture capital to begin production...

Of course, many people there have to drive on Highway 17, and you really can't compensate the human soul for that sort of experience.

Superjail! is in Silicon Valley? Makes a bit more sense to me now.

jso2897: Nothing lasts forever - and what grows fast usually dies fast. Enjoy it while you can, kids.

Yeah.
These computer thingees and the internet are just a passing fad.

jso2897: Not what I meant, son. That "automobile" thing is still going strong - but have you been to Detroit lately?

yeah but that was because the Japanese got really good at making cars.

8 inches: Hector Remarkable: Of course, many people there have to drive on Highway 17, and you really can't compensate the human soul for that sort of experience.

This.


/Lives in Los Gatos.

It's only the part just before Lark and East los gatos that sucks (in the afternoon)

101N (morning) is FAR worse.

gregoropolis: jso2897: Not what I meant, son. That "automobile" thing is still going strong - but have you been to Detroit lately?

yeah but that was because the Japanese got really good at making cars.

...and the Chinese are getting pretty good at making technology. They're already taking over tech manufacturing and the next step is tech creation. Kinda how S. Korea was first just a place to get stuff made cheaply and went on to become a major source for tech innovation. Except China isn't just a little piece of a peninsula.