Oh but I AM a linux user! Gentoo masochist, through and through :-P
But yeah you're right; Firefox is the default for many distros, even if they have to call it Iceweasel or some such.
Of course, then its competition is Chromium, rather than the heavily branded and marketed Chrome. I wonder how big the Chromium user base is...

I'm pretty sure this is god's honest truth. People who are aware of the technical differences between browsers do not swing the great "market share" % points up or down; they're the extreme minority. Most of the clients I encounter who use Chrome originally received it because it was automatically installed with CCleaner or Avast or whatever and they just didn't bother to uncheck the "gimme da bundleware!" box. That box is usually right next to the "Make this my default browser" box and the "Set Google as my homepage" box. Or they were harassed by GMail or Google.com to "try Chrome; you need it to use all the cool features of our site," and they didn't have a compelling reason not to (especially since they were probably coming from Explorer at the time). And so the habit is built.

Never once have I seen Firefox bundled with anything or asserting itself where it wasn't invited. Someone has to really TRY to install it, and that probably means they know why they might be doing so. It's definitely a "poor marketing strategy" compared with Google's, but which one do we want to reward?

Gerrymandering is the only reason Scott Walker is a candidate at all. He didn't get to be our governor because he's competent or well-liked, that's for sure.

Perhaps one could forgive conservatives for thinking that all scientists are politically-motivated and in it for the money; that's the only kind they ever seem to bring into debates.

This, from the party that is attempting to ban the term "climate change"
Remember this? http://www.miamiherald.com/new... It's kinda recent...

I don't know why "free speech" seems to lose all its value when NOT being used to threaten women.

I'm RIGHT HERE!

The G4 cube was definitely a kickass high-concept design. It just arrived at point in history when people weren't quite ready to accept zero expandability and two USB ports for that price :-P

Times certainly have changed.

How about...
Common Sense Dictates that Human Beings Should Ditch Reliance on Any One Form of Energy

The people in charge of the study might have saved themselves some time if they'd just thought about it first.

If someone insults your mom, and you simply MUST punch them to DEFEND HER HONOR or whatever, then you've already admitted that the word poses some kind of a threat to her. It doesn't. It's exactly as substantial and damaging as you believe it is. Assholes deserve the cold shoulder, anything more is just giving them power and attention. Well, until they start punching anyway. Then the gloves come off.

The website is pretty sparse on the details of what actually happens when this plugin is doing its thing. Unless it's all explained in that paper they posted (which I can't make any sense of, and I'm an IT professional).

Does this plugin simulate a click, or does it actually load the entire target page offscreen, and if so, is there any possibility for recursion here? Suppose there are banner ads on the page being "simul-clicked" on? Does the plugin proceed to them as well? How does this affect bandwidth? And what about security? What happens if that page wants to install the Ultra Monkeys Toolbar in my browser? Is it able to do that? Am I not able to decline or close the offending page before something bad happens because it's all happening offscreen?

Please, developer we've never heard of before, explain to us a bit more why we should trust this plugin. In ENGLISH.

Seems to me if he could get his cat to do it with a specially-designed techno-collar, he probably would do that too. And we'd all be impressed.

Facebook has no compact with its users to offer fair and balanced news (if you'll forgive the expression). They are not obligated to feature any particular array of stories to anybody; in fact, we've heard over and over again how the relevance of items that appear in the news feed is skewed and unpredictable. Nobody should be relying on them for news and I don't think we should expect any more journalistic integrity from them than Buzzfeed.

I don't usually take this angle when it comes to corporate responsibility to the public, but in this case I think people are getting too close to Facebook, when Facebook really just wants to be friends. Or perhaps researcher & test subject.

This has always bothered me: If his name is Linus, then why is it a short I-sound in the name 'Linux'