Was it slackware? Can't remember for sure.

Anyway, I remember downloading the dist, in "sections" (e.g., X11), each spanning a number of floppy disks with a grand total of 70+ floppies. Then from there I installed linux. If all went well, it usually took about a day to get it up and running, start (download) to finish (first full boot). (Keep in mind, this was in the day of ADSL.) Horrible.

These days, I grab random different ones I've seen recent reviews for and download and boot just for fun. Typically I just download the iso's and point a virtual CD drive from vmware or some virtual pc and boot and install. Much nicer, usually less than an hour.

Faves: Suse, Mandrake->Mandriva, Knoppixware (to save friends and family lost corrupted Windows data), Ubuntu (3 years ago, not today). Mint.

shouldn't sound be added to make is sound more real??

How does this affect the butterfly effect? This could be chaos!

There are few if any issues w/Apple having monopoly in phones.

The issue comes up when Apple (or any other Microsoft) uses their monopoly in one area to leverage their position in another (think "shutting off the air supply to Netscape").

Yes!

substitute in his thesis,

and substitute to:

and you have a perfect argument for me and the school system not requiring History.

Even better,

and we've eliminated the need for any required subjects.

"I am not good at", or "I don't want to" are not good arguments for not requiring learnin'.

(-e**(i*pi) st post)

I'm going to jump off-topic here, but gawd, I wish I had mod points to mod parent up. Knocking Gartner down a peg (hurray) and an Arlo Guthrie cameo in the same post. Love it. Okay, mod me down.

Does this mean panhandlers now need cell phones?

Not sure that that's even legal -- would be surprised if it held up in court.

I worked with a group that insisted on naming printers and servers with a rigid scheme to identify:

• city
• building
• floor
• wing
• room

Said it was dumb. Six months later when we moved across the lake to downtown Seattle, with all of the named equipment, they agreed.

Use creative names, and it doesn't hurt if they're a little fun. Contrary to popular belief, the names catch on, become easy to remember and everyone knows which host/printer/machine you're talking about.

no mod points.... psuedo-modding parent +1 - insightful

you are being taken advantage of.

If you compare that money against the total government expenditures, I'd guess percentage-wise they're spending far less on gadgets from their budget than the average consumer. Maybe we should be congratulating them.

Of course, there may be buried beneath all the other expenditures many gadgets that don't show up as itemized and measurable.

I think the better question is, "Can anyone think of an example where someone has been hacked in such a way whereby the hacker does so to make the hackee look like a sexual cad?" I can't think of a single instance where the hack has been to that end. Probably is one, can't think of it. Nope, nothing comes up. Idiots. More idiotic when they start down the implausible denial path. Didn't sound plausible day one. And Weiner looks more ridiculous now than he would have. Now he's a cheater and a liar. Bad at both.

And, yeah, IT community, hackers specifically, are an easy scapegoat. Sucks that people would buy the story/claim of hackery. Blows that the media lets it slide. It's a head shot the IT community doesn't need.

intelligence enhancement, and may hold improtant clues...

Like, speling?