Serves 'em right.

A government is as sensible as the people participating in it. Perhaps living in a democratic republic is an advantageous circumstance?

...But not before setting it on fire.

I've been taking a look at it and the thing that seems to stand out the most is that it's labeled Live Search. It hasn't adopted the Bing color scheme either. Did these guys not get the memo or something?

From TFA

... it means that your married face could end up on a sexy singles ad...

Where do I sign?

You're right. Britney Spears' songs are definitely toxic.

Well, there is the Free Software Foundation. Perhaps you've heard of them?

Depends. Does the high bidder have a better track record? Do they devote more resources and talent to the project? Lowest bidder implies doing it the cheapest way possible which usually entails cutting a few corners. Now, believe it or not, more money has a way of alleviating these issues. Obviously, the reputation of the bidder is important as well, but then again, it's someone's job to investigate so that the decision is made in an informed manner. Of course, this is strictly academic as the damn thing's about finished anyway.

This! A thousand times, this!

I don't know about everyone else, but my Kubuntu installation suspends/sleeps perfectly. The Windows 7 RC installation on the other hand... Yeah, yeah; something about anecdotes meaning nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Yet that's an unfair comparison. Windows 2000 was released in 2000 and Windows XP was released in 2001. After just upgrading from '95 or '98 to 2000, what incentive is there to immediately jump ship and take on XP? Even then, most of the hardware capable of running 2000 had no problems with XP. Then, you have this gap of ~5 years to Vista. Everyone is accustomed to XP and none of the old hardware from 2000-2003 runs Vista and the consensus is that it's a disaster. Once again, businesses wait and by the time Windows 7 comes out, many will be running an 8-year-old operating system. You better believe 40% want to upgrade. The refinements and performance of 7 are the icing on the cake.

Google gears..

Pandora stores its data about users in flash "cookies" (Local Shared Objects). If you can find and delete those cookies, you can reset your skips (as well as cause Pandora to forget your username and password; doesn't kick you off though). Unlimited skips! I believe you can delete them here,Âwith this Firefox addon and probably by manually finding and deleting them. (I'm too lazy to determine the directory. It would be just wonderful if someone could clarify.) No telling what happens when/if you are caught.

Jest all you want. It's still taxation without representation and making light of the situation won't change that.