First they whine about having to pay too many taxes, and they complain about being oppressed by too many regulations. They want to pay no taxes and have next to no government interference in their profiteering.

They want to pay zero taxes, yet they want the government to give them a strong military, police and justice system so their profits and interests are adequately protected. They want to pay nothing to the IRS, yet want a well designed and functioning infrastructure in which to operate.

And now they want to create a false sense of emergency with regard to their work force, to hire complacent, affordable foreign workers via H1-B, rather than hire domestic workers some of whom may be unemployed by no fault of their own.

Why is it we continue bending over backwards for these unpatriotic "people" again?

Hurry and move to your libertarian paradise of Costa Rica, your violent, hateful attitudes are not well received in America.

Who puts Saverin's house out when it is burning out of control?
Who paves the roads and repairs the bridges that Saverin's luxury cars utilize every day?
Who delivers the mail that Saverin relies on for his business and home operations?
Who manages the pipes and treatment of the shit that Saverin dumps down his toilets every day?
Who patrols the streets that Saverin lives and works on, protecting him from crime?
Who watches and protects the nation of America when terrorists and other countries seek to destroy Saverin's way of life, property, and business interests?

In Saverin's mind (and yours) all of these are freebies.. entitlements. No responsibility to maintain them whatsoever.

People like Saverin are half of what's wrong with America today. I will be glad when we are one less "Saverin citizen" when he departs for Singapore. We don't need trash like that here.

I beg to differ on your analysis of OSX. I would have considered Apple if it weren't for the clunky DE, which is even more apparent in multiple monitor environments. Whoever decided that the application toolbar and window should remain separate is very likely the same kind of person you accuse of being unprofessional GUI designers.

Don't confuse usability with popularity.

Buy a one way ticket to India.

Enjoyed reading these.. the early editions were standard sci-fi, though he wrote a few later on that were rather dark. I believe that the Berserkers were the inspiration behind the Borg.

My IQ is in the normal to upper normal range (119) and I am diagnosed Aspergers. Quite convinced that had more been known about this neurological disorder in the 70s & 80s, I would have been DX'ed at a much earlier (and more helpful) age.

So no, there isn't a correlation between high IQ and Aspergers. We (aspies) are no more gifted than neurotypicals, though you may hear more about brilliant people on the autistic spectrum due to the phenomenon being seen as interesting or cool by society in general.

>> Perhaps you just haven't met the right Liberals or perhaps you failed to hold up your end of the conversation. If you want to speak to a Liberal you should be prepared not just for a political discussion, but for a philosophical one as well. Many people just tune out when the discussion turns to philosophy. Also try talking to a Liberal who is more intelligent than you are. Not less. You might actually learn something.

Fixed your comment.

Good to know. Any clue on adding the top panel, where I like keeping sysmon displayed (as well as my app launchers)? Desktop shortcuts are a relatively minor inconvenience. Probably the new method of disallowing them helps me keep a cleaner workspace. But the missing top panel (or ability to add launchers to it) is killing me. Now I have to go to Menu - search search search clicky, any time I want to launch a shell or my ide.

But found two deal killers.. in general:

1) No Power Management application. I see some tutorials on manually editing conf files to tweak power settings, but why not install DOS 6.22 while I'm at it. Ubuntu 10.04 has a Power Management tool that works well, and allows me to choose how I want my system to respond, rather than having someone else dictate power configuration that does not fit my needs.
2) No way to add application icons to the desktop. At least not easily.
3) No way to add/configure upper panel (that I can find).

I tried the Gnome "2" fork MATE, but still no power management tool, however I was able to add shortcuts to the desktop (which were retained when I logged back in under Gnome 3). I couldn't find how to add a top level panel (as I have in Gnome 2), and the menu grid seems like a copy of gnome 3.

I looked at a few screenshots of Cinnamon but it looked a lot like Gnome 3 as far as the menu grid goes. I don't want to have to type names of applications I may not recall off the top of my head. That is one reason why graphical menus exist in the first place.

kde-ish?

Define "we". And is that before or after the mass peasant uprisings?

Someone's got to pay for the home first. With no jobs, how will the masses buy these wondrous homes you lust after?

Or should we simply cull the masses so the need for jobs does not result in the inevitable peasant uprising?

My final 2-year ends January and I won't be looking back. T-mobile has proven to me that they have the worst customer service and are pure evil when it comes to overages. On top of that their standard pricing is nothing to be excited about. Coverage is spotty to OK around Atlanta, but drops 10 minutes off of main interstates in rural areas.

I don't like having to move my mouse halfway across the country to use an application's menu. Double cursed if you have dual monitors.