How apt. It's too bad Americans can't see this but Germans can.

Why anyone ever thought Canonical wouldn't end up being vile shit bags? I have never liked Ubuntu specifically because it has a corporation tied to it ... and being that the nature of corporations is to make money at all costs and above all else, their stupid anti-OSS decisions could and should have been foreseen at the start (yes, this is worth the karma hit from fanboys).

(arguably it was never really successful. I'll reference Bill Hicks for that)

        "Now I'm no bleeding heart, okay? But, when you're walking
        down the streets of New York City and you're stepping over
        a guy on the sidewalk who, I don't know, might be dead...
        does it ever occur to you to think 'Wow, maybe our system
        doesn't work?' Does that thought ever bubble up out of you?"

have an allergy to anything that resembles socialism even if that's what they really want and don't know it (speaking as an American here). I just read an article somewhere yesterday that both Applebees and Chili's restaurant chains are replacing all of their waiters with a tablet based systems.

When there is no work for anyone left and we're all under total 24/7/365 surveillance then what? I can't have Amazon delivering packages to my non-existent residence since robots took our jobs ;) (I'm in IT but it's not like we're immune; no one is).

They're baiting the MPAA/RIAA by doing this. They're going to get sued by every agency that doesn't want something found be they torrents or unpopular political views. Slippery slope ready for action.

On it except for one very brief mention in the 2nd to last paragraph unlike The Register article calling it a Google patent... which since they own Motorola, it is. Slippery slopes indeed. From the article I'm linking, the patent filing .

You can find pirate copies with the audio already synced but you should donate to them anyway. It's a new release and hilarious.

Check it out I have no affiliation; I'm just a fan.

Because it's expensive, time consuming, and leaves people stranded.

Actually, all of them if you want to pay for it. I own a Roku XS 2 but I'm no longer a fan of the company after their last forced update now uses half the main menu for ads.

Although I'm surprised to hear this since my subscription expired in May and they have called me almost every day since then and sent multiple mailings and whatnot trying to get me to renew. I let them know in multiple "surveys" their tactics were not appreciated nor their treatment of paying customers and let their 'live' support reps know it too.

I only used it to get multiple activation keys for Windows 7 cheaper than I could find anywhere else which is exactly what they don't want you to do but they treat their customers like shit and keep pulling keys off that you were entitled to. I also used it to set up a Windows 8 pro test machine here at work so I knew to dodge that bullet in advance.

Still, this was supposed to be one of their methods for evangelizing the gospel of Microsoft. I remember in the 90's reading here on /. about how the only way anything would be able to have a chance against them would be because they killed themselves. Seems to be coming true.

Oh AG, not senator, my fault.

I didn't know there were Brits in Congress...

The kids I see can't type. Some of them can't use a mouse. Most of them use CAPSLOCK when they mean Shift. ALL of them have cellphones, which they are much more deft at manipulating and are bigger narcissists than the vapid "stars" they idolize.

Why should they be in a programming class when they can't form a complete sentence? I'm serious. It's really, REALLY sad in public education. The bar is far lower than I think most of Slashdot's audience even knows exists outside of the "Third World".

I'm an American, so I can't speak for London. However, I also work in public education. I agree with you.

I can also tell you that it will be a cold day in hell before they offer programming classes over Math/English when *everything* is being cut back consistently and dramatically year to year. There Isn't Enough Money (TM) is the incessant refrain and the answer to *every* Why not? There are various reasons why there isn't enough money. Most of them stem from corruption at every level; Federal on down.