and you completely free to use noscript. but don't expect my source code. no, you're not entitled to it, period...

If software (and generally computer) business worked like Richard Stallmann envisions it we wouldn't be even half way where we are now. Still waiting for GNU Hurd...

Or, you know, you can NOT use my site if you don't like my javascript... that's the only thing you're entitled to...

Let me explain to you how this works: you see, the corporations finance Slashdot, and then Slashdot goes out... and the corporations sit there in their... in their corporation buildings, and... and, and see, they're all corporation-y... and they make money.

enjoying a tv show/movie/band - ok

being obsessed with a tv show/movie/band - not ok - and it doesn't matter whether the show is MLP or Star Trek. I don't see a difference between a brony singing the MLP theme song in public and a Trekkie going grocery shopping in full Klingon mask...

yeah, because alcoholism isn't destroying families every day...

While I don't use linux on desktop anymore I still check linux compatibility on all the HW I buy - you never know when you'll need TRK or backtrack. Not to mention if steam for linux/steam box kicks game producers into providing linux ports I might even return to linux desktop some day (in the time of lots of ram and multi-core CPUs it's not such a problem to run windows in a VM for win-only stuff).

I have a NSD powerball (250Hz) and a Prohands Pro medium finger exerciser (tension of 7lb per finger). I use the powerball when I feel my wrists are getting sore (after all day behind the computer or playing the guitar) and the finger exerciser when I'm thinking at work (I'm a programmer so I do a lot of that :) ).

> It's not blocking foreign businesses. Don't do bad things and you don't get to pay fines. So if I own a restaurant I should promote the menu of the restaurant across the street to avoid antitrust cases?

it's not just the no numbers. the way the hours are marked, the hands look EXACTLY the same... Not to mention it awfully looks like the clocks we used to have at school that was built during communist era in Czechoslovakia (except the red second hand - it didn't have the circle at its tip)

> Seriously though, if you didn't set up your Grandma's machine to be remotely administered by you when you installed it, then you probably aren't qualified to be using slashdot. yes because my time is abundant and I can take care of a wide network of computers for friends and family... I'm always thrilled when I see the linux crowd oscillating from "it's for everyone" to "but not so much". > Windows crapware But I remove the crapware at the beginning, give her limited user rights and am set... The crapware on windows computers is usually "value-ware" from the manufacturer of the computer. Clear install of windows 7/8 has no crapware and mainly, windows DOESN'T install crapware as part of a regular system update...

most companies have factories in China - does that make them Chinese companies?

I feel your pain :). We got an iPad 2 for our office for development purposes. Our art director was thrilled and wouldn't let go of it. Then my other colleague started trying out games and was thrilled. Then it was finally my turn. I decided I will read one ebook I had for some time. So I approached this "problem" as I would on android - I dropped the ebook on my dropbox and installed dropbox on the iPad, I logged in and... found out I can not just download the files into the iPad... I started googling around on how to achieve this, saw the word "iTunes" in all the links on the first page... I returned the iPad to our art director and apart from testing I don't use it at all...

I don't know about you but I have never clicked on the start menu. the windows key has its purpose you know.

and how long have you been using linux? if "ALSA" and "jackd" don't ring a bell then the answer is "not long enough to get the reference"