Probably younwere meant to capitalize the p in Product.

Personally, I prefer its succesor, Wheel Mouse Optical. It had a very functional scholler (until they wear out).

But intellimouse is awesome, and no-one has surpassed Microsoft Mice except maybe the Kensington trackball I had way back when.https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/01/08/2052233/discontinued-and-unreleased-microsoft-peripherals-revived-by-licensing-deal#

I agree that random selection of at least some of our political leadership is a good idea.

The problem with short terms is that it shifts a great deal of power to a politically less accountable professional bureaucratic class. This shift happens because the mechanics of governance are very complex (needlessly so, perhaps, but also unavoidably so), and the newcomers will as yet have no idea who to call when about what, let alone when and how to bring issues to the floor.

It cuts a helpful way, too, when the inevitable bad lottery winners come in, they will be less effective at anything.

To be successful, the bureaucracy has to also be good people (government *by* the people). And we get there by having good lionâ(TM)s clubs, good schools, good grocery stores, good churches, etc.

In this case, usenet posts might be a better solution.

The issue is less nefarium and more political processing. Most regulators in the epa are evidence based, science driven, and aligned with the obvious goals of the department. But political leaders are beholden to their various constituencies, only one of which is voters, and so pressure epa (and other departments) to make all the changes they can, leading to bizarre, inefficient, and counterproductive results.

Bad reporting, see my reply above. The decline is compared to 600 years ago, it has only occurred in the last 185 or so.

This is a fine example of bad science journalism, possibly intentionally made so by an editor with sponsor or ideological sensitivities. Itâ(TM)s understandable that a casual reader would infer there has been a steady decline over the last 600 years.

The actual report, summarized here https://www.carbonbrief.org/re..., shows the real data collected. The decline is unprecedented in that it has not been seen before in the previous 600 years. Snow shows a consistent avaerage and variability until early in the 19th century, when the âoeunprecedentedâ decline begins.

Maybe in the EU, which seems to give a little bit of an actual darn about consumers and regular citizens. Here in the good ol' US of A, these changes are totally enforceable.

And the cool ones are moving to OK?

Except that, ana average pc user interprets âoepcâ as the thing on their desk with a keyboard and monitor, and âoeletterâ as a thing that comes in the mail.

Iâ(TM)m not parent, and I donâ(TM)t share thir views, neither do Inahare yours.

I donâ(TM)t have information enough to comment on Dresden, but I do point a finger of judgment at the decisionmakers who dropped the nukes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Civilians are often just victims of their governments, they donâ(TM)t deserve the sufferings of collateral attack ever, under any circumstances.

That they, among other things, spawned and promote the culture that gives rise to unregulated behemoths? And foster the tech bro libertarianism that helped aaron reach is untimely demise?

The sad cut here for us olds is that soundjam, which Apple acquired, was solid and fun.

Not sure your data source there, Wikipedia's numbers are different. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

US is still high, granted, but the disparities across Europe not so stark as you indicate.

1. This is average wage, and the number is pushed higher by a few extremely high income outliers. Median and mode numbers would be a more valuable comparison.

Even so, a small wage reduction for good trains and healthcare seems a great tradeoff.