+1, sir.

the laughing man has beaten you to it

they do that here in droves.

atlanta is the rubbernecking capital.

fail.

but, they won't.

they continue to bury their heads in the sand and ignore the market.

see the recording industry for a shining example of this kind of ignorance.

exactly. the pharmaceutical companies were the push behind criminalization of marijuana.

a plant with 1001 uses that anyone can grow at home that could effectively replace some medications pushed by big pharma.

one of my customers calling in one day was a mac user. we were troubleshooting his internet connection, and i asked him to reboot his pc.

he quickly "corrected" me, "it's a mac, not a pc."

as much as i wanted to correct that douche, i figured it was best just left alone. i realize that not all mac users are suckered fanboys.

exactly. because a mid-range Mac desktop could be purchased cheaper (at its base configuration) and upgraded with third-party parts.

perhaps.

and don't call me Shirley

this.

there was an article on Tom's Hardware about that. basically, the core configuration is not that bad -- but the upgrades (at the time of configuration) are marked up too high.

are you kidding me? the only "punishment" that might occur is through military action.

and that would be a bad idea.

as someone who recently gave Opera another go, i can see why.

i would appear that i've been missing out

maybe. there has to be a happy medium somehow.

look, i like Slashdot, but occasionally wonder if the anon feature is even worth it anymore.

i see this fucking troll at the top of thread after thread and i'm just sick of it. /rant

Not really, we can let philosophy ask the "why" questions.

The sooner religion fades away, the better we will be as a species for it.

listen dude, you're barking up the wrong tree here.

i know you feel it's your christian duty to talk and "witness" to people about god.

but god, and the concept of god (of the Abrahamic religions) has no place in a modern society.

the collected and politically-voted upon stories of desert nomads are no longer relevant.

thanks.