Well the fact that it (the troll) actually found it necessary to post this would mean that it is actually less common than on Windows.
You don't see Linux fans posting "If this were Linux" on all Windows bugs. Apart from the fact that if they would; it might actually be even more annoying! Maybe "we" should start doing that. For every critical Windows bug say "If this were any other OS...". Doesn't sound so smart now, does it, zennyboy?

This is all nice and well if you assume that CDs are the only source of income. Now, the record companies like people to think that the artists only income is from CDs and that we should keep buying CDs otherwise the industry will die.

Let's, for a moment, assume that music IS actually a healthy industry (one where there are (runnnig/development) costs and money is to be made legally) then piracy can be seen as a healthy competition, all though illegal in most countries. Record companies have a monopoly on their artists. If you want Michael Jackson, you'd have to pay Sony. You have no choice other than NOT to buy Michael Jackson's music. And as popular artists (the ones the parent claims are "hit the most") get more general interest, they sell more of it and are broadcast on the radio ,pre frequently which again boosts sales. Sales to which no competitor can compete, as all Michael Jackson's CDs are from Sony. I'm not going into the theories that record companies force radio stations to play more music from other (more unknown) artists from the record company's repertoire. I do think, judging from their Mafia approach to their competitor (piracy), this is a sound assumption.

One other thing is adjusting your company and strategies to the market. When the NY harbour did not adjust to the new sized containers (because otherwise a big group of people would be out of work, because less employees were needed), they were overtaken by a nearby harbour... why? Because they DID adjust. That's what happens in a moving market. Now the music (and film) industries do not do this. Why not? Because competitors can not start selling their artists without having to go through the record company that also sells the CDs. New artists can do this, but this takes time (and is much less affective). I for one would LOVE to pay for good music. I listen to FLACs because I live in 2009 (soon to be 2010) and not in the eighties anymore. So, where can I buy, high res (again; we're not living in the eighties; enough with the 16/44.1 already!) recordings? Sure there's Linn Records and the like, of which I've bought quite a few albums. But where can I buy my high-res Michael Jackson albums? Oh.... I CAN'T! Because the record companies have frozen the progression of their market for decades! And now everyone's pissed off, technology has advanced to a point the record companies have lost it (quoting Sony: "All the Internet has brought us was bad stuff, like Piracy". Friggin fossils!). So let them go belly-up! Let them, for once, feel what happens if you don't progress. I'd love to lend a hand :)

FYI: in my Opera it's just www.íçáñn.örg. Exactly the way you wanted it.

Nor is comparing it to the regular bulb. For all we know, maybe normal bulbs are brighter when it's cold?

Even more offtopic: Nor is comparing AAC to OGG (with your own ears!) by the way... religions are useless if you don't know it when you see one

There. fixed it for ya.

So m$ admitting to actually listening to users means that they're finally acknowledging competitors again? It's about friggin time :)

There' s one ---^ :)

Yes, exactly like my snake-oil $25000 loudspeaker cables I'm using.... more punch... it feels quicker... less in-your-face...

Where are the actual tests to prove that win7 "feels" quicker?

Unless you add the whole ISO8601 Week or day-number thing to it! You'll end up with YYYY-DDD or YYYY-Www which is a pain to sort.

There actually is the +/-12h zone that is both +12 and -12, depending on where in within that zone you are. For example, time between Christmasislands and Hawaii are 24 hours from eachother.

See wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Date_Line

PS: timelines are not always 1h apart. There are 40 timezones in total.

In other news, 1/3 of audiophiles still think vinyl gramophone records sound better than any digital format.

Okay, so what if they use CGI? It's becoming more and more easy to just pick a CGI model that looks exactly the way you want it to. Do these "photos" have to have this text too? What about changing background etc?

On a whole different note; I fail to see the connection between altered photos of models and anorexia. Usually they don't make these models more skinny. They might smudge out a navel here or there (models are atomically weird), or make a boob a bit bigger (Emma Watson?) but I seriously doubt they're making models even more skinnier.

We're nearly there!

West Asia == Middle East. Middle east is just a European oriented name for practically the same region. And Turkey is just a country, not a whole continent you know. Turkey is as much WEST Asia as you can get; it's the most western country of those in West Asia. Then there is South Asia (to which India belongs) and East Asia (which is West for Americans).

Then there is Northern, Central, Southwestern and Southeastern Asia to make things even more complicated.
Just take a look at this for a nice map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_asia

Now that's interesting! I've been a happy ATI customer for many years and been using Linux for parhaps even more years, but I'd say the exact opposite: "My next video card's going to be an Nvidia most likely". Sure, ATI drivers don't really crash as often as they have been, but for a window to take 4 seconds to resize, is a bit much. So no Nvidia and no ATI... then what's left? Intel? S3? 3D Labs?

Like when Micky J died.... somewhere (I guess it was BBC, not sure though. Maybe someone can help me here) there was a list of n-facts about Michael Jackson.
The article said: 750Million albums sold. He made $700Million during his lifetime. Errr.... 750m albums / $700m $1/album. I don't know about you, but I haven't seen albums being that cheap. So where did the rest of the money go? I'm guessing not to the people putting their "sweat and tears" into it.