The decoy was built by the creatures in the next bush over. Three poison arrow frogs behind a blind, aiming at the spider coming up behind the decoy.

Actually it seems to be "everything not-LINUX is evil". I was going to say "everything that the non-Technical consumer likes is evil", but I'm not sure that fits in the Microsoft case. Maybe "only the perceived underdog is not evil"?

Microsoft.

True that you have to have Exchange Server, but there is web access to OC as well. Works just fine from my MAC at home.

A flat 10 sales is "quite smooth". Still means nothing.

The interesting thing I read was that the workers of the fake stores thought that they were actually Apple employees. That calls into question their "Genius Bar".

to get rid of that piece of crap Vista.

Couldn't you fix the "rental" model so that the video is available for X number of days past download. DirecTV OnDemand does this now (with the DVR). I can re-watch the movie for (I think) 5 days after "purchase". The old DIVX had self-destruct of the contents back in the 90's didn't it? (or was that the 80's) And let's face it, nothing is going to stop the pirates anyway.

>> speedo swimsuits, Have you ever been to a European beach? I think we could have done without these.

That would be one way to start a myriad of lawsuits. Apple, or any other hardware/software manufacturer, can not start blocking sites willy-nilly. It would be considered a free-speech violation most likely, but particularly, in this case, anti-competitive. The Feds would be on them in a second. And talk about the bad PR. Even for iOS products, while they may make it very difficult to get 'non-Apple approved' software on the devices, there are jail-breaking methods available. I think Apple may always keep a back-door open like that, to get around any future anti-competitive, or anti-free market claims.

to load the programs?

translate geek-to-English? THAT would be magical!

Thankfully Steve Dahl and his Insane Coho Lips army dispatched Disco for the most part on July 12th 1979 at Comiskey Park, with "Disco Demolition" (or as he now calls it DD). Saving the youth of America.

You had street corners! Lucky guy. I had to sit in the muddy tracks left by passing horses and rant about topics that came to other peoples minds! And oh, if only I had a lawn.