Solaris is still around, and probably will be for a few more years. For whatever reason, Oracle loves the idea of running oracle on sparc Solaris. I guess it's rather "enterprisey."

That should be Apple's new motto. Most people do not like to have to decide on an item out of a large selection.

you were talking about Boston, but then I realized it was Middle east and not northeast.
I don't think anything can be done. Many people are horrible drivers. A certain percentage is very afraid of driving and clog up the road with their uncertainty. Another set believes that driving's just like a video game, and that signals, proper distance between cars, and basic courtesy are inconvenient and optional.
There is nothing that can be done, I'm afraid. Honestly, if they made drivers "qualify" for different types/sizes of vehicles, accidents would be reduced. But, everyone values their time over safety.

He certainly tried them out. As far as I know, he didn't actually write anything for the fortepiano. Even though he had a favorable account of the later fortepianos, I guess it was too late in his life to really start writing for them.

Are you thinking of C.P.E. Bach? While J.S. did get to play on pianofortes, I don't think there is any indication he was ever planning on ditching the harpsichord or the organ.
C.P.E., however - he definitely took to the pianoforte. Still, it took a while for the harpsichord to die out.
If I remember correctly, Beethoven's Pathetique sonata (1798) was published with the indication that it could be performed on performed either on the pianoforte or the harpsichord. I've certainly never heard it played on the harpsichord.

Yeah, Linux will eventually be included on that list for Slashdot, too. Mac fanbois have taken over; the Ubuntists are out.
Pretty soon, a minor Linux kernel update won't make the front page.

My suggestion for a slogan for Apple is:

Freedom from the tyranny of choice

Their marketing department can use that for free.

Windows ME fills the XP beta position, though. Nearly everyone hated it. It was released after 2000... kind of like how 98 was released after NT 4, which was released after 95. The big difference I see, though, is that it was not NT based. Anyway, people complained about XP for quite a while, too. Not as badly as Vista or ME, though.

no harder than trying to port something heavily linux centric to a *BSD, I would imagine.

Perhaps every Ubuntu release story should have a link to a site titled "The Unusability of Ubuntu." Seems fair, doesn't it? The article would necessarily have to be negative... title non-withstanding. Slashdot has turned seriously hostile to non-Linux open source operating systems. I'm not sure why. I've even heard people here use the classic, "nobody uses it, so it must be bad" argument - the same one Windows users make about Linux.

you're doing it wrong.

If I'm not mistaken, the alcohol tax is relatively new in Mass. (2009.) I do remember Mass. posting state troopers at New Hampshire fireworks stores. They would write down plate numbers and contact troopers on the Mass. side of the border who would pull them over once they got into Mass. It was kind of obnoxious how NH fireworks stores would advertise in Mass. I vaguely remember a large fireworks sign off of I495 a few years ago.

I think raising the sales tax was definitely a boon to NH retail, though. I know Mass. has a use tax, but I've only known Mass. to enforce it against corporations who buy online and out of state and don't pay the use tax.

It's amazing how frequently coal and other fuel sources like to travel. They must have an excellent benefits package.

And back in the older shows, the sonic screwdriver wasn't so capable. I remember it being more of a tool, and less of the greatest deus ex machina ever invented.