As a person with an addictive personality, I have to say it's my opinion that legalizing all drugs is a very bad idea unless the government is willing to pump a steady stream of unlimited drugs into the population for free...all drugs. If not, then the war on drugs, the war on addiction really, will still need to be fought. The people who cause problems for everyone else with their drug use will still be looking for a high.

That being said, I'm not completely against marijuana legalization, although it won't be the panacea many make it out to be. You won't be able to grow it, after all, you cannot make your own liquor. The government can't tax something you grow easily. And, in my first-hand experience there are definitely affects of long term use yet to be realized.

I use it for both personal and business since 2006. It's very useful to me for everything including generating invoices and reports. I've also found it very useful at tax time.

Unless the average car buyer is thinking:

"This Toyota does the same thing, it just does it better, faster, and/or more reliably."

That's why I use Linux, and drive a Hyundai (-the warranty), and that's why the handful of average users I know have switched. It's not because Linux does something that the others don't.

Geez..I've been using Ubuntu for 2 years exclusively both at home and at work. I better switch soon! I had no idea it wasn't ready!

Unless you put something such as this in the license agreement (from the XP Home edition license):

"18. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND REMEDIES. Notwithstanding any damages that you might incur for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, all damages referenced herein and all direct or general damages in contract or anything else), the entire liability of Microsoft and any of its suppliers under any provision of this EULA and your exclusive remedy hereunder (except for any remedy of repair or replacement elected by Microsoft with respect to any breach of the Limited Warranty) shall be limited to the greater of the actual damages you incur in reasonable reliance on the Software up to the amount actually paid by you for the Software or US$5.00. The foregoing limitations, exclusions and disclaimers (including Sections 15, 16 and 17) shall apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, even if any remedy fails its essential purpose."

I'll be sure to sue Microsoft for my $5.00 when they stop supporting XP.

I can see the average mom and pop user now. "Copy and paste the Wha?"

I installed the plugin using the link in the summary for Firefox 3.0.5 on x86_64 and restarted the browser. When I go to http://www.pic2009.org/page/content/live I get the message "Moonlight was compiled for 1.0 support only. This page requires 2.0 support. I don't care to watch the inauguration, just was curious to see if it really worked.

I assisted both my mother in law and her sister in switching from Windows XP to Ubuntu. They are both novice computer users and both had computers that were riddled with malware. After about half an hour each, they were off and running and haven't looked back. They love the fact that they can install all the software they need from one place and have both installed new hardware, which just works.

I just replaced the Windows kiosks here at my place of employment with Ubuntu kiosks because of the browser redirecting to a page prompting for credit card information. These machines became infected with malware and the kiosk user was not a privileged account, but the malware was able to infect the machine anyway.