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Ubuntu Replaces F-Spot With Shotwell 361

Posted by timothy from the such-pretty-pictures dept.
climenole writes "Finally! The much discussed F-Spot vs. Shotwell battle is over. The new default image organizer app for Ubuntu Maverick 10.10 is going to be Shotwell. This is a much-needed change; F-Spot was simply not enough. Most of the times when I tried F-Spot, it just keeps crashing on me. Shotwell on the other hand feels a lot more solid and is better integrated with the GNOME desktop. Shotwell is also completely devoid of Mono."
Government

Bill To Ban All Salt In Restaurant Cooking 794

Posted by timothy from the too-stupid-to-live-as-long-as-possible dept.
lord_rotorooter writes "Felix Ortiz, D-Brooklyn, introduced a bill that would ruin restaurant food and baked goods as we know them. The measure (if passed) would ban the use of all forms of salt in the preparation and cooking of food for all restaurants or bakeries. While the use of too much salt can contribute to health problems, the complete banning of salt would have negative impacts on food chemistry. Not only does salt enhance flavor, it controls bacteria, slows yeast activity and strengthens dough by tightening gluten. Salt also inhibits the growth of microbes that spoil cheese."

Comment Re:I'm so glad I bought a Droid (Score 2, Informative) 233

by christianT (#30431380) Attached to: "Nexus One" Is Google's Android Phone

Your bill doesn't go down because the majority of Americans don't understand that they are paying for their "free" or "discounted" phone over the life of the contract. They think they really got a free phone or a discount. They figure their monthly bill is strictly covering their monthly usage of the service. Therefore, the cell phone service providers can get away with it.

Comment Re:Dear Pranknet (Score 1) 543

by christianT (#29033091) Attached to: The Outing of Pranknet

[Disclaimer: I'm expecting few to read this, so I haven't spent much time editing the post so I apologize to any poor soul who reads the following disorderly thoughts]
Really...Really??? Who do you think provides money to the soup kitchens and homeless shelters? That's right, it's rich people. What makes you think that rich people don't deserve to have the money they have? The majority of "Wealthy" people (at least in the USA) are people who worked hard for the money they have. They deserve every penny of it an more. Most of them are people who have put in endless hours in order to grow their small businesses into something that makes them profit and provides jobs for others. Those who aren't small business owners, are simply people who lived on less than they make, and saved as much as they could, and after living frugally and saving for 20 or 30 years, they are now multimillionaires. Then what do they do with that money they have saved and invested? They give it to churches, they give it to soup kitchens, they give it to the poor and needy.

Class warfare is a foolish thing. The rich have no reason to hate the poor. The rich have no reason to "attack" the poor. I would wager that any ware that exists between the poor and the rich was started by the poor. Not the poor in general, but the poor who are too lazy to try to get ahead. The poor would be much better off befriending the rich as a rich man will always be willing to help his friend, but if the poor make themselves the enemy of the rich, all the rich can do is defend themselves, and to some people that is going to look like an attack.

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