Comment I can haz April Fool Achievement? (Score 1) 1582
I want a nice sound and alert as I gain a new achievement!
Comment Re:fail (Score 1) 165
Of course not, because the install would fail and he wouldn't be able to claim it's broken anymore.
If he wasn't able to download it he'd say it's broken because MS doesn't allow him to download software he might want to use elsewhere.
After all, its obvious that some time you may want to use another machine to download a fix. What if there is an issue with your network driver, what if you're trying to fix a machine off the network?
God knows I've had plenty of situations where I had to download something to get a network card running properly... Especially back in the day when many Linux Distro's hardware support was not as robust as it is today.
Submission + - Did Microsoft & Google Switch Places?
An anonymous reader writes: Interesting piece on how the two companies tactics are reflecting each other's tactics from the past. Microsoft has recently been innovating more while Google is acquiring more. Microsoft is a first mover with its Xbox Live Marketplace whereas Google is late with Google Mobile, etc.
Submission + - Plagiarism by Wikipedia editors
An anonymous reader writes: The first study of plagiarism committed by Wikipedia editors screened about one percent of the English-language Wikipedia and found 142 examples of plagiarism. After pointing out that Wikipedia is closer to a publisher than a service provider, it argues that better due diligence is needed to reduce liability. Currently Wikipedia administrators are busy working their way through the list of 142, and are discovering some editors whom they describe as "serial plagiarizers." Should Wikipedia use the technique described in this study to go through the other 99 percent of Wikipedia, and fix the plagiarized articles? It looks like a lot of work.
Submission + - An in depth review of Ubuntu 6.10
Mark writes: "If you're a Linux enthusiast you probably noticed what a great month we've had. Slackware 11.0 was released on the 3rd. Mandriva 2007 was released the same day and showed us how integrated XGL, Compiz and AIGLX could be. Fedora Core 6 was released on the 24th and brought us an amazing Gnome 2.16 desktop with fabulous artwork. Ubuntu 6.10 came on the 26th and we couldn't wait to review it."
