Viacom had to cave eventually. They can't win this battle too easily. I'm sure TWC made a few concessions, but they win this one easily I'd guess.

But really, this is not insignificant. We'll see much more of this in the coming years.

Okay, that makes sense. Thanks!

Well, I'd say two of the points are significant hurdles Linux has to learn to overcome somehow. I think the biggest problem Linux has is that it's advocates don't realize most users could care less about things like scripting, just don't ever get them near a command line. Also, the geek perception is a problem. A few weeks ago I had a friend at my house, and we were watching internet video off my Ubuntu system connected to my TV, and wanted to watch something on my other computer. As I was browsing for the file she asked me why the computer didn't look normal. I explained it was running Linux, and her response was, "Well, that proves it. You're definitely a geek." She knew Linux was another OS, but apparently to her Windows is the normal one, Mac is the artist/hipster one, and Linux is the geeky one.

So, up to 600,000? That's a buttload of bullets. I'll buy some fire, too.

You insensitive clod, I was raised by cannibal zombie overlords!

Happy New Year's Memes everybody!

It's still more secure than a WEP project.

Is there an ammo store in Portland open New Years Day? I was only planning on killing about 933 people, so I need more bullets.

Why? Really, I'm curious why we can't trigger smaller eruptions if we know a bigger one will eventually happen. I'm sure there are reasons it wouldn't work today, but are there reasons it couldn't ever?

So you get out the leaf blower. Problem solved, right?

I read that as "bacon power" and I just imagined the greasiest power plant ever.

The other question becomes how much do you spend on building new airports to move that many people?

Of course, because private companies like FedEx and UPS never could improve on the post office model that you mentioned.

Have you heard of news sites like /., Digg, or Fark? That's one way to find out about news that isn't presented to you by the big news corporations.

They do have the Spruce Goose, and are becoming one of the hot things to see in the Pacific NW. It's not that far-fetched that they might be able to arrange to get a shuttle. It's something they've publicly been discussing for a few years now.

It's /., who doesn't have 3 or 4 browsers installed?