What are they, miracle workers? Give them more than a couple of weeks to work on the problem.

IIRC Steve Jobs wasn't Chinese.

Interesting. I've had a hell of a time trying to run qnx in a VM. What version(s) have you been able to run in VMW?

The most that can be said is that it is unix-y. Back in version 2 it was something of a cross between DOS and a SysV. There were a few POSIX-ish behaviors but they couldn't claim compliance. Story I've heard (no citation) was that it was written from scratch by a couple of guys in college. It's not a direct descendant of any existing unix.

The POSIX compliance improved in version 4 and IIRC Neutrino (not sure if v4 was completely compliant but Neutrino was) It felt like a unix at that point though it's still not a sysv or bsd.

I have both an iPhone 4 and a G2. Their battery life is comparable both on light use and heavy.

You probably should have stuck with railing against smart phones in general.

Some would argue that Debian is the cow and Ubuntu is the thing that follows cow + grass. =P

Erm.. my brain bled from that math.

Informative. Wish I had points to give.

Replying with citations before I get nailed on it.

Bush announcement

NASA Budget. 2005-2006 numbers.

Fair point. Of course with the economy the way it is/was, the masses were clamoring for the federal gov to slash spending. It seems that slashing funding for space exploration is a far less contentious issue than military spending or medicare or SS (ignoring that it also had little effect). Being a big space freak, that pisses me off more than a little.

I don't know that I'd have expected any different from the Rs on this one though. IIRC, Bush directed NASA to prepare for a mars trip while Congress slightly reduced their yearly budget the following year.

Thank you. The links are much appreciated.

I hope you're just trolling/joking. Just in case you weren't..

If you rotate your Horizontal Cable Organizer by 90 degrees(from --- to | ), it will allow you to run cables vertically(yes, even if the product title has the word 'Horizontal' in it). Regardless of their name, those are indeed raceways. The brand name used might be "Cable Organizer" but they're the same. Here is an example. Raceways are available in many different sizes so don't be put off if that link I provided doesn't match the size you use. Feel free to whoosh me if you were joking.

Interesting. Is there a specific name for this method of wrapping (besides waxed linen/wax string wrap)?

Hmm...

grep 'contact name' phone_book | dial

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Better car analogy... If I let you borrow my car with the knowledge that you habitually hit parked cars and ran..

I don't know that I'd bet on being safe when an owner sued.