I don't like forced browser tabs and was pissed when FireFox changed to required them, making up a stupid excuse about security. Fortunately there's an addon to switch them off. If that addon disappears, I'm chucking FireFox.

the entire story about a spontaneous demonstration and a mob angry about some video on YouTube was completely fabricated. They knew it wasn't true

First, we still don't know the full reason why the attack happened. And the main perp admitted he was indeed upset by the video. Wether it was the main reason or not, the perp wouldn't discuss further.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06...

And as far as the Susan Rice announcement, it was suggested by a team member that evidence of possible terrorism not be immediately made public because it may give clues to the terrorists that their involvement was known about. Whether that reason was tainted by political bias or not is hard to say, we can't x-ray their neurons. It's speculative either way.

I've explained this to you before on slashdot, but you ignored it for unknown reasons.

Except for people who care that Obama and his administration blatantly lied about what
happened

Bullshit. There is no clear evidence for such. I've debated you before about it on slashdot, and you lost the debate by my reckoning. Seems you want to lose again.

0% interesting.

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By some accounts the regular articles are not that biased; it's the editorial section that resembles the usual Rupert style.

Don't make me puke... (Score:0, Interesting)

Gotta love slashdot

when we're far more likely to die from something mundane, like getting hit by a truck.

Just think of a truck as a small, slow asteroid.

Then what is a Hammond organ?

You can also use it to Bach up your files.

I've read 3 different explanations of why VisiCalc was done on Apple first.

1. The dev TRS and Pets were tied up on other projects.
2. Jobs promised free hardware if they targeted Apple first.
3. Apple had more potential RAM ability.

I don't know which is true or if it's a combo. Either way, Apple would probably be dead if not for VisiCalc. VisiCalc sales gave Apple just enough money for R&D into GUI's (Lisa/Mac), and those were relatively slow sellers until desktop publishing kicked in.

Without the VisiCalc boost, Apple would probably fall short, and die with the rest of the early microcomputer makers (who got clobbered by IBM clones).

I'm always astounded how someone as smart as Woz could hookup with an egotistic leech like Jobs.

A master brain plus a master liar, perfect tech biz combo.

Woz has money & fame up the wozu, you have shit. So where is the "astounded" exactly?

c) Outsource the problem to Russia.

Answer: "You end up in a black hole due to division by zero."

Don't tidal forces eventually produce near-circular orbits? Thus, if they were captured asteroids, over time a "lopsided" orbit should grow circular and roughly equatorial.