Actually, it's that the highway toll operators should not be able to forbid Toyota from making a car that works on UP's tracks. Right now, the Bay Area Toll Authority says, "Toyota, you are not allowed to sell Corollas that can run on anything but our toll roads, not even ones that run on other people's toll roads, never mind railroad tracks." Notice how the RAZR had several versions, one that worked on each type of network, and can be used on any carrier? Right now, it is okay for carriers to forbid that, and the small carriers are objecting.

Note, it survived in ice, not necessarily adapted to live in ice. Note that it did not replicate until it was incubated at 5C (41F). </nitpick> Though it was explicitly mentioned as non-pathogenic. I imagine cold-blooded creatures would have more to worry about.

First, you describe as a dichotomy something that is really a continuum. There are other points on that continuum that make more sense.

Second, imagine someone that works or commutes where there is no internet connection, WiFi or otherwise. That person uses the phone as a modem many hours a day every day. When he is not sitting down with his computer, or is not at work, then he uses the smart phone capabilities.

Basically, the point that the carriers are worried about is close to, but not quite, your number 2. It is people that will have a netbook or laptop handy a lot, but not most, of the time. And there are more people there than you might think.

Another possibility that occurs to me is that someone may use it as a primary home internet connection, which then is not needed when the person leaves home. And then that person will want the smart phone capabilities when not at home.

This is useful, as one wants to slow down the screen as it flies out the window in a fit of anger.

You should have put the customer on hold for 2 minutes and 15 seconds as soon as they ask the first question, surfed slashdot in the interim, and then continued with the call as normal. The metrics work, you get a bunch of extra break time, the customer is still helped, everyone's happy.

Turn on safe search: http://images.google.com/preferences You do not even have to be logged in.

Which makes WP sound inaccessible for almost everyone, as the proper codec is not installed on most machines. I know, I know, it's easy to install the right software, but most people will not get past the help page that is rather long. ogg will become widely usable in (not joking) the Year of Linux on the Desktop, because only then will there be a large enough installed base for the network effect to kick in.

MOSS? Quite a piece of work, I must say. And yes, it does work. I was a TA that used it.

One exists?

'If you're IBM, Microsoft and Oracle, your worst nightmare is now visible.'

I didn't realize they had merged.

From her pathologist.

Yep, With paper, everyone will have the right to read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_(programming_language)

In bash, if there are no files in the current directory that match kids*, then the glob is unexpanded.

Interesting. I think that would better imply the proper meaning than "Open Source Software", which to the average person means that the source is available for viewing.

P.S. He talked about "Open Source Software", which is why this stuck out.