Using slide rules for your calculations does not make you a luddite either.

Right, because the Kay Sievers wasn't banned from contributing to the kernel because systemD prevented the kernel from loading in debug mode.

He wrote PulseAudio which I had to live with for several years.

Or offices with dozens of typewriters which the sound was based on. People use to work in those offices all the time. Get over it.

They should be giving the Nobel Prize to the guys inventing these!

Actually this comes at a interesting time for me. I am looking for an LED lamp. Basicallly something that can focus bright light on something or provide low ambient light for a work area. I found some interesting lamps ( uncluding "solar powered" lamps --Wha? ), many even poweredc by USB.

The thing is when I look at reviews I often read things like " was great for the first two/three/four months, then just died.".

Wars work better.

It might be hard to sue the employer but he could sue Comcast for tortuous interference.

go work for Apple. Oh wait Apple wouldn't have you. Microsoft then.

Yeah I look forward to the day that happens.

It does if by competent you mean start a project, convince enough people to make it standard in linux distros then leave it half finished...

The problem is those competitors are hiring in China and India. While being a capitalist at heart, I recognize this as a flaw with capitialism.

Nah. Those were moderate.

The show you wanted to watch for that real psychedelic experience you needed to watch one of variants of the BJ and Dirty Dragon Show. Now that was bizarre!