Some come close though...

We already know how this plays out...

... touch this!

Since they're pumping out versions as fast as Chrome, why not do what Chrome does and make the version # irrelevant?

How many people know what version of Chrome they're running? I sure don't know. But Firefox trumpets the "new" Firefox on every release.

If you're going to do a rapid release schedule, you've made the version number meaningless to your average user.

It is a bit surprising considering Gabe worked at Microsoft for many years.

"is really just a Photoshopped image the company planted on his computer." .... yeah, the courts will buy that one. Didn't work for this guy.

What about the remake of The Secret of Monkey Island? I thought it was terrific.

When I got the opportunity to teach a programming class for the local Home Link group, I chose Javascript because of the network lockdowns that the admins had put in place in the classroom. That way I avoided running into any permissions problems or having to reinstall a compiler or JVM every time we had a class.

It worked great as a beginning course. The ability to just run the script in the browser, and to build something "cool" in a matter of minutes, really opened their eyes to a whole new world on the computer. A number of them have gone onto getting their CS degree, which is rather gratifying.

I agree completely. It's a bit like the Borg from Star Trek TNG. They weren't on the show often, but when they were, it was usually an "event". The Daleks are no longer an "event".

Precisely the problem I had when implementing Yahoo's contextual ads back in 2005. Google did now allow them to be shown on the same page, so I ended up doing an A/B test for half the site to see how they would compare.

Yahoo repeatedly failed to provide ads that were actually relevant to my site, which resulted in low low clicks, and in turn, very low return. I quickly returned to Adsense.

... will it work? Yahoo! tried this back in 2005 and it failed miserably. Too much promised up front with too little returned. Publishers dropped it like a potato before Yahoo! could improve the contextual workings to increase the CTR. I know because I tried it, and quickly discarded it.

Lesson is, don't promise something you can't deliver, or are planning to deliver at a later date. Odds are, publishers will return to the "tried and true" and never look back.

I hope not. It's the only Linux distro I can make work with my funky hardware straight out of the box.

From the article: "The new RC build includes a Tracking Protection feature"

Does this preclude my Google search habits?

... then it might be really interesting. Just like the Blackadder's retelling of the classic absolutely stood it on it's head. If it is just Dicken's tale spoken in Klingon, forget about it.

I believe Sherlock Holmes already showed that a substitution cipher isn't that secure.