He wrote PulseAudio which I had to live with for several years.

Or offices with dozens of typewriters which the sound was based on. People use to work in those offices all the time. Get over it.

They should be giving the Nobel Prize to the guys inventing these!

Actually this comes at a interesting time for me. I am looking for an LED lamp. Basicallly something that can focus bright light on something or provide low ambient light for a work area. I found some interesting lamps ( uncluding "solar powered" lamps --Wha? ), many even poweredc by USB.

The thing is when I look at reviews I often read things like " was great for the first two/three/four months, then just died.".

Wars work better.

It might be hard to sue the employer but he could sue Comcast for tortuous interference.

go work for Apple. Oh wait Apple wouldn't have you. Microsoft then.

Yeah I look forward to the day that happens.

It does if by competent you mean start a project, convince enough people to make it standard in linux distros then leave it half finished...

The problem is those competitors are hiring in China and India. While being a capitalist at heart, I recognize this as a flaw with capitialism.

Nah. Those were moderate.

The show you wanted to watch for that real psychedelic experience you needed to watch one of variants of the BJ and Dirty Dragon Show. Now that was bizarre!

Now that virtual currencies are getting some traction, Gates waqnts to jump in so he can get credit for being an early backer.

When Bruce Perens was getting questions from slashdot, I asked whether Obamacare should have mandated the use of open source software.

He replied with some BS answer about how great Obamacare is because his children with preexisting conditions can now become independent contractors.

I admit that modifying the system so that healthcare is not tied to your job is a good thing, but it shows how pathetic and how much greed has pervaded politics.

He should have instead focused on what the question was about: requiring open protocols, and open software as a part of Obamacare would go a great way to alleviating cost problems in certain sectors.

Make no mistake that I think that companies should not make money developing medical software, but they should not be making artificially large amounts of money by erecting proprietary walls.

When I first read the headline ti came out as "underwear landslide" not a pretty picture.