Indeed, especially considering that the real cost of those items would be insulting as a raise in pay.

All they do is delete the shortcuts on the desktop and run windows update.

And they don't even do that reliably.

This is not actually bad quality flamebait.

Especially for Slashdot.

You can find plans for aluminum foil and cardboard reflectors in many places as well. Here's one now!

http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template/

They work great.

Ibuprofen is metabolized in the kidneys and gets you the same result.

Greenpeace isn't in the ecology business. They're in the high profile environmental crusade business.

If things changed, they'd be out of business.

Is better than the one you left at home.

Just throw it away. Recycling in it's current form is a crock anyway.

Your local waste management company is well equiped to deal with bits of plastic and metal.

I'm just not sure it's a very good one.

There isn't much lef that is meaningfull for them to do before it turns into a real damn computer.

You don't have to be a crack programmer or have a team of them to publish great software on a deadline.

Yes, it helps. A lot. And in a serious large scale development effort you want as many as you can get...

But it's good to be able to be useful without having to be elite.

Fact is morality goes out the window when board members look at the dollar signs. Rationalization fully takes over and we get what we have today. There is no leverage won here, just cash.

Its a reason to exercise the 'replace' option in the 'repair or replace at our discretion' portion of your warranty agreement.

Thousands of people in a small area trying to live together reasonably well?

Smoking is nasty smelling. Telling yourself that your smoking doesn't affect any one else is a ridiculous.

Maybe not, but it doesn't excuse not honoring the warranty.

I don't think anyone is demanding they work on it. They're just as welcome to replace the device.