The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Some things are just so simple most people don't bother to point them out. I'm bored right now.

Congress also has the right to regulate interstate commerce. They also have the right to regulate businesses through the criminal code. Something else very obvious, but contract killings are illegal. I'm sure there's money to be made, but that is beside the point.

For the benefit of anyone else reading this(obviously not you since you never will).

The US is a civilized country that respects the rights of ownership. This is not a socialist or communist state. A sole proprietor has the right to discriminate at their will.

Large businesses, corporations, and non-profits do have an implied duty to serve for the greater good of the community. Their positive impact is expected to be in proportion to the size of their business.

But yeah, I do tend to ramble on at times if you haven't noticed. I'm not trying to back peddle, I just forgot about the other side while I writing that.

Yes, I do realize that most linux users are technically orientated. Programmers especially as they need the power if not for compiling then virtualization. And of course, programmers and sys admins have real work to do so having a light weight distro that can allow them to take advantage of their hardware is probably preferable. Now that I want to get back into programming I probably am gonna buy a new computer, definitely at least something that has virtualization extensions. Which still won't be too modern.

I should have said that a lot of people using desktop linux are using it on older computers. I'm also of the belief that theres a hidden percentage of regular users using linux that just doesn't get headlines. If you wanna count POS systems as desktop linux, then the vast majority are still running 32 bit :). I just think it's crazy to assume theres next to nobody using linux on 32 bit systems is all.

And yes, I do think it's short sighted on skype to not have a 64 bit client. The day is getting close to where 32 bits are as obsolete as Pentium 2's. If not just for the hassle they cause people, there missing out on years of testing.

I knew there was something I was forgetting.

No your just insane. Plenty of people are still using 32 bit linux, and I'm sure plenty are still using it on 64-bit hardware even.

I don't even think most netbooks are fully 64 bit yet(I know my friends wasn't when he tried to install a 64bit version of windows on it, and it was just over a year old with an atom processor), which are all the rage if you pay attention to anything other than your big black rig.

Really, no one sane cares about 64 bits for what amounts to an accessory. Which is what skype pretty much is. Are you crying about your mouse not being usb 3.0? I doubt my keyboard is either, and it cost close to a hundred bucks. Hell, my monitors probably still worth more than my computer and 4 tb of storage attached to it, and it was made in 2004! Nice though, looks the same from a right angle as it does from the front. If I were to just leave a picture on it, it would look like a backlit painting, from whatever angle your at! Yes, it is a lcd and not a crt. I have upgraded some stuff in the past decade.

Of course my printer is the oldest of the bunch, it's a laser printer I got for 15 dollars. Nice just being able to print up 50 or 100 pages at a time just for the convenience of it, and not worry about the cost. The local computer store that still has plain VESA video cards on display(along with books on 2.0 linux based distros) in the back was shocked when I came looking for memory for it. I do have an inkjet for the fancy stuff, but I use it maybe once a year. Before anyone crys about the enviroment, yes I do recycle.

Yes I take it personally that people ignorantly assume everyone upgrades every two years for no real reason other than to run bloated software. Which is the great thing about linux, there's more distro's dedicated to being light weight than there are being filled with the latest eye candy. Then again, my old as dirt Pentium 4 is still well within the requirements of the most popular distros. Which should make it obvious that, most people using desktop linux are using it on older hardware.

You make far too many assumptions for me to even try to discuss anything with you.

Where you got ethnic cleansing from, that this was my best example, that liberals wanted to live in a certain place, etc is all beyond me and I'm sure anyone else.

Are you even old enough to vote?

I forgot to mention Northern VA is a lot more liberal than the rest of the state. It's almost a completely different state.

To be more specific, this was Northern VA, Prince William County to be exact.

McMansions are very profitable, so thats mostly what developers are interested in when they have smaller tracts of land. So thats what got built all over the rest of the country.

This was pretty much that last major development in the county. At first, everyone was against it because of all the other developments. People on both side just wanted it done. But the population was booming and something had to be done. So it very quickly turned into the conservatives fighting for a free market vs the liberals fighting sprawl under the guise of protecting the environment.

Lack of will power could explain it, to be honest though, I think no one really gave a damn as far as planning intelligently. Just mindless short sighted politics(on both sides) that goes on in this country all the time.

I wish they would set fire to it, it's gonna be a mess after everything gets bulldozed after all the foreclosures.

This is in Virginia.

I'd be anonymous too if that was the best attempt at being condescending I could come up with.

Liberals spend all their time diverting attention away from everything else and just focus on the income tax. They also screw with the economy to the point that any 'poor' person has to go and beg the government to live.

Perfect example of this would be where I live. Developers saw an explosive population boom in our area, and wanted to build a small town with lots of apartments. All the liberals freaked out and forced them to build endless lines of McMansions, and called it the 'rural crescent'. They claimed they were saving the enviorment, which is a huge load of crap. Apartments house people much more efficiently power wise, and make mass transit much easier. It's absolutely impossible to implement mass transit in this 'rural crescent'. The rest of the county has it now, and for over ten years has yet to be financially stable. They''ll probably never bother in this new area, they know it's just not feasible.

And what about the poor (working class) that can't afford a POS $500,000 house? Tough shit. Maybe you can spend all day in line the one day every 4 years the waiting list for government housing(that doesn't exist) is open.

But hey, maybe the poor will save a couple hundred dollars a year in income tax. But in the mean time they can't afford a place to live, gas to get work through the ridiculous traffic(worst in the nation) or anything else that comes with this 'Utopian, environmentally friendly' new community.

Five year warranties are pretty common, even in power tools and other things with moving parts and high duty cycles. And yes, there are companies that honor their warranties too.

There are numerous studies about the longevity of different bulb types under different conditions(number of times turned on/off, temperature, etc). Start looking in electrical trade magazines.

Really though, there are usually ways to change the bulbs out easily. Most places have their own maintenance staff take care of it, who come up with shortcuts for their building when they need to.

The first useful first post!