Now I don't have to see Fox news headlines anywhere online!

An old copy of BeOS will boot graphically off of a single floppy disk and will definitely outperform any other operating system from that era. No security patches are ever needed, because hardly anyone ever heard of it. Security through obscurity. There's still fledgling support from die hard fans and an open source clone progressing nicely. You can find R5 & boot floppy images online. It really does scream on hardware like yours. Should boot in around 20 seconds. It even has a UNIX-like shell. Once upon a time, it was my primary O/S. The 64-bit filesystem never corrupted and it could push a quad Pentium Pro box to near 100% utilization. Nothing has ever matched its multithreading nor its responsiveness since. I was sad to see it go. Coding for it was a dream too... assuming you like C++ more than C.

Or... users speak, some developers fork, and either the main developers listen or the fork succeeds. Open source often offers its complete revision history.

I welcome any neurological diagnosis that is based upon actual brain activity rather than questionnaires that ask "how are you feeling?" EEGs have long been accepted as an accurate method to diagnose epilepsy. The effects of ADD & ADHD on an EEG are unknown to most doctors, but backed by a good number of clinical studies. The field isn't mainstream, but it's still scientific.

I can say from experience that there's something to this. I own a computerized EEG system and use it for biofeedback training. I was skeptical of any positive effects, but they happened. Combining EEG w/ feedback does teach self-regulation at a rapid pace. It works via an unknown mechanism, just like anti-depressants and alcohol.

The ability to sell the exact same item millions of times negates any right to complain. It's one of the reasons I write software... low operating overhead.

So, visually tagging all "sensitive" locations will keep us safe? It won't just tell our enemies exactly what to hit? What about maps at gas stations? The White Pages & Yellow Pages? 411? Google itself? *sigh*

I argue for coincidence. First of all, even Microsoft relies on Linux for their infrastructure. As much as they try, it's just not possible to do many "things" on Windows. I wish I was allowed to go into more detail. Intel does realize the importance of solid Linux support. They are a leader in this area in ways they simply don't have to be. To snub Linux could compromise their foothold on the embedded market, which is significant. It's just not possible that this is intentional. Mistakes happen. I blame the outsourcing, which was probably some middle-manager's perceived ticket to promotion and praise. Companies this big can't always put their best resources on EVERY project. Since Slashdot has made this problem known, I can't imagine it'll exist for more than 30 days. The Slashdot effect is a great motivator in shifting corporate priorities. Seriously. I hate Intel. I do. In this case, however, I don't see that they've done much wrong. They will most likely issue a massive fix and add this component to their maintenance queue. Priorities.

It may not be inflated. Remember what the music industry considers piracy: Copying your library to an MP3 player, burning a CD for your car, putting your library on a laptop, etc. The industry doesn't like the fair use provisions in copyright law, so they frequently pretend like they don't exist.

It's not like the old days, where you buy an 8-track tape for the car and LP for the house... eventually replacing them with cassette tape and compact disc... sometimes more than once. Who's ever lost or broken an album?

Now that people can make their own copies and backups, there's a lot less opportunity to sell the exact same product repeatedly with ever increasing costs. Digital downloads tend to result in only one sale. You can't "break" an MP3 like a scratched CD. Bummer. Time to bring back Vinyl.

Right. Why leak sensitive information now, when you can just misplace some laptops later?