ATL-f2 gconf-editor /apps/metacity/general/button_layout edit text to put : in front of string should read :minimize,maximize,close One more thing to add to the list of things I fix every time I Install Ubuntu

That's stupid. But, give us an address book in Thunderbird that will sync seamlessly with Gmail and I'd be deliriously happy.

Either buy a proprietary system or pay to do it yourself. You pays your money and you takes your chances.

Computers, cell phones and other network connected devices are a fact of life. They will be come more ubiquitous and more integrated into our lives than they are now. Academia needs to adapt and learn to deal with them not ban them. If students can't discipline themselves to pay attention in class despite the distraction, they deserve to fail. If instructors can't motivate their students to learn despite the distraction, they do not deserve to teach.

...was almost as valuable as that of the hacker(s) who brought us the Climategate files from East Anglia. The crime of the Latvian Bankers is small potatoes compared to the scam those capitalizing on feared but unproven anthropogenic climate change are running.

...the iPhone OS and OSX will merge (OS-XI) and the MacBook and the iPad form factors will merge. In the future all Macs will look like the iPad, they will all run Apple manufactured chips, and the only content and programs they will run will be from an Apple app store. Steve will then have realized his dream of being able to take a cut of everything that happens on an Apple device. And it will be a consumers choice to be alright about this or not. I'll probably be sort of alright with it on a (jailbroken) phone, but not on my main computing device.

... my Wii does not output in 1080p, will movies streamed by Netflix display in HD? If not, why bother?

The current internet installed base infrastructure that would need to be ripped out and replaced is so large that this kind of redesign will never happen. Change has to come in incremental steps, each with a significant, well identified payback. What's technically possible does not matter nearly as much as whether change will make or save money.

...because I prefer the convenience of electronic purchasing (vs. going to the store or ordering on line and waiting for delivery) and reading (my books are on my iPhone and always with me). I have never pirated a book either electronically or with a copy machine. If authors wish to sell to me they had better have their books in electronic format. I suspect I am not alone.

...stuff was worse than the anti-tech stuff. Dances With Wolves in space. Bah. Hollywood hates the culture and technology that allow it to exist. Don't waste your money, go see Sherlock Holmes.

will be my first. I have seen some entertaining ads (for example during the Super Bowl), but never one I considered useful.

"Also, rumors about similar tanks are in the works... that are so overengineered that they tried to break it and couldn't (experimental model)." I for one welcome the arrival of the Bolos.

...let God sort 'em out. At least that's my policy.

...built in, in line spell check, now that every other frikin' browser on the planet has one. And how about the ability to make permanent exceptions for sites with mismatching SSL certs so I don't get a warning message every time I access webmin on my linux server on my home network? Seriously, most of the time I'm on the web I'm in Gmail or on a forum. Spell check is not a luxury, its a necessity. Speed and Acid 3 compliance do not keep me using Firefox, spell check, and adblock do.

...tell you how much electricity your TV set can use or how much water your toilet can use per flush, has the power to do anything.