Interestingly enough, a 3.1.2 was released today ;-)

There, fixed that for ya.

Back in the 80s I found out that I can't see stereograms. I though that there was something wrong with my stero vision. I can, however, see the new 3D movies just fine, so now I don't know.

Similarly: Someone claims they don't like Evolution and gives reasons why. Evolutionists (especially slashdotters ;-) interpret his words as a hostile attack on their beloved icon, no matter what his intent.

Yes but, does anyone have a weapon that can fire an AA battery 20000 feet into the air. I'd pay to see that.

I don't know about that. When I scan for WAPs in town I get many that are unsecured. I don't think things have changed all that much.

The article says "After unlocking its hidden message in 2007". This is hardly 'just'. The solution was more recently published though. Interesting article.

Obscure? There's nothing obscure about Animaniacs ;-)

I installed Windows 7 RC on a HP-Compaq D530 with 512MB of RAM. The install was so much faster than XP's it wasn't funny (I'm used to installing Linux off a DVD in 1/4 the time XP will install). When I tried it out everything seemed to be very snappy, even running Explorer, IE8, Media Player at the same time. Switching between them was very quick too. I use Linux almost exclusively, but I have to admit, Windows 7 looks pretty good (although I'm very unlikely to spend the money to install it on one of my machines).

Check out TED.COM if you want to see how its done ;-)

Amazing.

Geexbox is an excellent LiveCD media centre based on mplayer. Check it out, it rocks. Forget KB shortcuts; I use my ATI RF Remote with it. It even supports my TV card and allows me to watch TV. Network shares, local files, UPnP devices; they'll all work with Geexbox. They even have a customization gui that will remaster the iso with your personal pref.'s (runs in Linux or Windows).

Would these conditions be the conditions in the Arctic where people have to deal with a very short growing season, almost no precipitation, extreme cold for a long period of time and days on end of almost continuous darkness for part of the year? Perhaps these conditions would be the extreme heat of equatorial regions with certain places getting almost no rain and others having a long, wet rainy season.

It seems to me that humans were designed very well for adapting to almost any kind of condition. If the conditions are too extreme we adapt them to suit our needs or move to more suitable areas.

I agree. It makes sense to get a special-purpose distro. for a specific purpose. DSL and other tiny distro's are great for a fast boot. FreeNAS for, well, NAS. Geexbox or Mythdora for media centre. That's often the best way to go and, you can't do this sort of thing in Windows XP (although Win.98 boots very quickly these days).