First thing you have to know is that popups are a Java application, and you really cant stop them altogether. What Ive done is download the non-Java version of the Opera 7 browser which prevents popups from funtioning. The Mozilla browser has an option where you can suppress popups, but this only seems to work on webpages that you specify.

I saw a thing on BBC news about how Aeroflot is trying to upgrade their image. Part if this is getting better looking uniforms. So they had fashion designers in russia all submit uniforms and had a fashion show to decide the winner. Is it true that Aeroflot has had the reputation as the worlds rudest airline?
Heres a link about all Aeroflot is doing in this sevice impovement program:
http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/7013-8.cfm

Ashley- I feel really sorry for all you UK people who pay through the nose for phone modem. Here in Mexico, which is considered a developing country, for $50 USD a month I get both my basic cable tv and my 256 kb/s always on cable internet connection. Like my parents used to say “be thankfull, as there are those less fortunate”.

I found this page on glider club costs in the US. This webpage is about 8 years old, but still its shows how inexpensive soaring can be in the US.
http://acro.harvard.edu/SOARING/soar_sites_us.html

Originally posted by Sherlock
Well actually that’s the opposite of the truth, that’s what the IT industry lobbies want the government to think but actually US universities are producing TOO MUCH programmers.

I did mention in my last post there is currently a glut in the CS field.

BTW, that “Flight control software?” thread is really wild and woolly isnt it? I hope you found the actual 300+ long thread rather than one of its little update offshoots. I took small part in that thread under the name arquebus257WeaMag.

Can someone outline what qualitys make a good cellphone. Ive never owned one as Ive never really needed one, but I plan on getting one in the next few months. I main interest is internet connectivity which I dont think has really taken off yet.

I made a mistake on the title of that thread, its actually called “Flight control software?” and its currently on the second page of rec.aviation.military at google groups, so you dont have to so a search. As for me knowing about foreign tech labor in Canada, I dont know. Arent you Canadian? I can tell you the reason that the US imports so many people in the science and engineering fields is simply because US universitys are no longer producing enough people in these fields. I have heard there is currently a glut in the CS field in the US BTW.

sherlock- I dont think programing in the aerospace industry is as glamorous and cutting edge as you might think. First of all there has been a huge downturn in defence work since the fall of communism 14 years ago. Second, they use alot of embedded hardware and software using languages like assembly, C and Ada. Also your dealing with time critical issues which means you almost have to be an electronic engineer rather than just a CS major. There are alot of other more cutting edge programming jobs nowadays especially in graphics. Infact Canada is in the lead in this area and In my opinion you would be crazy to leave that country. There was a thread a short while ago on rec.aviation.military called “military software” where a bunch of guys in that field talked shop. You might want to do a search of that thread at google groups and email some of these guys.