I'm sure in 2001 that hamburger was fine. 8 years later, if it's still around, it's probably growing mold and smells like urine. It might be time to get a new hamburger...errr.... browser!

This is totally fine. Volunteer developers can care about whoever they want. But just don't complain when the majority of the population has no desire to use software that wasn't built with them in mind.

I remember when I was in first grade I got on the wrong bus and ended up at the bus garage at the end of the line. This was probably about 20 years ago when subdermal GPS was just a twinkle in some obsessive parent's eye. Getting a whole bunch of kids in one place is like herding LOLcats, it's tricky and children are slippery.

You know what happened? I was confused for a while, then someone drove me back to school. I don't remember how it all played out but I must have gotten home eventually because I remember finishing 1st grad. That was it. End of story. Stuff like this happens and it's not the end of the world. And I remember it was kind of interesting as a little kid to see where all the buses when after they were done dropping kids off!

Parents, think about the most interesting memories of your childhood. I bet a lot of them involve doing things your parents didn't know about. RAISE YOUR KIDS TO KNOW WHICH MISTAKES ARE OK TO MAKE!

You're right, Apple should have probably learned their lesson about taking their time and getting features correct rather than trying to have the most features on the block after the whole iPod thing blew up in their faces. "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame." (2001)

Innovation makes science great. Marketing makes technology great.

2 years from now having 0 years real world experience and a masters compared to 2 years experience and a BS sounds like a no brainer.

10 years from now 8 years experience and a masters sounds pretty good compared to 10 years experience and a BS.

Also, let's be clear YOU SHOULD LEARN DIFFERENT THINGS FROM A MASTERS THAN WHAT YOU WOULD LEARN WORKING. The type of job you could apply for would be different.

Let's say the job you are hiring for is that of a technical lead on a distributed computing system. You have 2 candidates. One has 3 years of Java experience. One has a masters and did their thesis on distributed systems. Which candidate would you suspect would provide new high level technical ideas to the project?

You know, I've never quite understood the outrage of people over TAs teaching most undergrad level courses. Is a professor with research interests in neural networks really going to be better at teaching an intro to programming class? For the basic concepts TAs (grad students) have probably thought about these materials more recently. If you have a question about a concept in the class you're teaching, most TAs will be able to answer it. If you want to talk about something beyond the scope of the class, a professor who focuses on that subject matter will be more than happy to go on and on about their area of expertise. That's the value of universities. People with expertise are available if you want to seek them out.

Winning the Indy 500 doesn't mean you'd be a great drivers ed teacher. In fact it probable means you haven't thought about turn signals or speed limits in years.

Where did they find enough college students who don't use Facebook to get an accurate data set?

In other news.... Sales of tapes are down as well. Experts believe this to be the first signs of the end of the music industry, nay the end of recorded sound all together!

Look, I hate IE6 as much as the next developer, but it's important to recognize the difference between the thought process that goes into making comercial products and making new tech ideas. MS figured out how to make the most money they could off technology. They are (were?) damn good at that.

But despite all the seemingly stupid tech decisions they've made on many consumer products they still have some brilliant people working for them, esspecially in R and D. I have a hard time thinking that the PhDs doing research for Microsoft are unaware of the mistakes/limitations of IE (in all its forms). Yes, the funding for this research comes from Windows and Office, but it has more of a chance of seeing the light of day than something done in a strictly academic environment.

For better or worse, MS is going to try to do whatever is going to be best for MS. Hopefully the big brains that they have at their disposal will be able to make a good commercial case for better ideas so that the general public can reap their benefits.

Hi. I'm here as an ambassador from the general public. For some people technology is a tool, not a lifestyle. Some people like posting pictures of last nights party for their friends to see. Some people think Twitter has a legitimate use (it doesn't but it's still fun sometimes). Some people blog because they enjoy it and don't care if they have thousands of readers. It's all just a way of communicating and, in some cases, archiving part of your life. It's fun to look back at my old personal blog. It's fun to look at old pictures from college on Facebook. Is getting over excited about these things silly? Of course it is, but people like what they like and these "social networking" tools let people do what they like.

Asking why people stay in touch with friends via Facebook rather than calling them on the phone is like asking why someone would install Linux when their computer already came with Windows. What seems silly and a complete waste of time to some has value to others.

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A guy named Frank Fish decided to be a marine biologist? How original.

Do you honestly believe that most people under 40 get most of their TV online? I think you need to take a step back and reacquaint yourself with the general population again.

Is this really a freedom that people are clamoring for? Not people here on /. but the general public. How maybe people would just get edgy about buying a PC that might not play nice with their computer at work and then get mad that Best Buy has tacked on a $40 "OS installation and setup fee" when they decided to play it safe and get Windows anyway?

Most people don't want to think about their OS and the alternatives don't offer them any added value. People want to be able to use Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. People want to be able to get to the web version of their work email (which tends to look weird when they don't use IE)

The people who want to use some flavor of *nix know how to install it (or can learn). The people who want OSX will buy a Mac. The number of people who will get bent out of shape for having to pay the "Windows Tax" because they didn't want to build a machine themselves is too small for the market to care.

Microsoft doesn't need to be "cool". Most people will NEVER buy an operating system. People will get the version of Windows that comes on the next computer they buy.

The VAST majority of people who think that Vista sucks think that because the technical people in their life have told them that it sucks. Windows needs to be "just fine". As long as Windows 7 gets a collective thumbs up from the technical community, the average user won't think twice about buying a new computer with Windows 7 on it and those in charge of budgets at companies will be less apprehensive to approve an OS upgrade.