Of course, if he just stays with XP then there's no disruption or learning curve at all.

Actually, they won't care for new things; even the upcoming upgrade to Windows 7 would be a pain and a bother, which is a great opportunity for Linux.

Yes, them not wanting to switch to 7 is a great opportunity to cause them the same new-system headaches but with Linux.

What I'm concerned about is OS look-and-feel and interface — system bar on the bottom with clock, trash, info on the right, menu on the left, menu items similar to those of Windows

If you want XP, just use XP! I don't understand Windows clone distros. If you want Windows then don't switch to Linux.

2.6.26 is less than 2 years old. Not too much to brag about since Linux is on a much more rapid development cycle than Windows.

I absolutely agree. If we're invaded by a foreign power, we should resist fiercely, using our weapons to kill enemy soldiers patrolling in our streets and using homemade bombs to blow up their vehicles so that we can restore the original government. We'll be fighting for our country and the world will look upon us as heroes!

The lego robot isn't impressive news is all I'm saying. The algorithm already existed.

Of course, you could be dropped from the team and by the time the courts sort it out you're too old to really compete and your Olympic dream dies.

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I would call it lame. The robot isn't "solving" anything. The real impressive work is what happens before the robot does anything: the algorithm that determines a good solution for the given cube.

As much as I'd like to see several people go to prison over this, I feel bad for the local taxpayers and their kids who will have to go to a school $50 million in the red..

Where in the constitution does it say

Congress has the power to make laws.

What? "Google doesn't want to be subject to inconvenient laws" is not an excuse! Whether or not you think the laws are fair, it is certainly not acceptable to call the numbers trade secrets that could potentially reveal the companies' business strategy to competitors.

This is basically a slap in Congress's face. Known in the biz as "a stupid move."

Probably because in 1927 Islam was basically irrelevant to English society, and Zionism was very different to what it is today.

Furthermore, GP is probably living in an area where the only religious nutjobs who matter are Christian, and so is beng slightly parochial.

Finally, Judaism was not of great significance for most of history, and the Islamic peoples lost their power at about the same time as their religion became oppressive, so they too had less potential to cause harm.

email would have worked just as well.

strangely not on the list

The list is pathetically pro-Apple. They're not going to criticize a current product. Look at this quote from TFA:

There was some benefit, however. The hockey puck helped to boost the market for third-party peripherals, and its cold reception forced Apple to rethink its ergonomic approach for future mouse designs.

Translation: Apple is great because the product was so bad that it boosted the market for third-party peripherals!

The trap has been laid... *waits*

http://xkcd.com/326/

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