I know it is more fun to speculate on what he MIGHT mean, but maybe this guy was just making up shit to get potential employers' attention... If they ask about any details, he could always hide behind the NDA he signed when working at MS... Sounds like a perfect plan.

I worked on developing synergies between IBM and Google to better facilitate the upcoming merger... When it never happens, whoops? it must have fallen through.

Why are there so many haters on this car? If anyone thinks that this is the end all be all solution to the problem, they are freaking idiots. This is just the first volley across the bow of the PRACTICAL electric car idea. With mass production brings decreased costs and better technology over time. If all car companies waited until the technology were perfect before producing it, it would be another full decade before anything hits the market. Yes, GM has screwed up in the past, but don't hold that against them with this car. THIS IS A GOOD START.

Thanks, I ended up ordering the 1000HE, which shipped today so I should have it Monday or Tuesday. I was really torn about whether to wait or not for the 1000HE since both models seemed to be pretty close from a +/- standpoint. I chose the 1000HE for the extra battery time, better touchpad and better tested wifi connection speeds, but I the battery time and wifi connection speeds were close. I thought about the NC10SE for the better battery life and better touchpad, but in that model they switched to a glossy screen and I wanted matte. It really was a tough decision.

BTW - I am having trouble deciding between the ASUS 1000HE and the Samsung NC10. Any reason you chose the NC10?

Thank you for making my point (and thanks for your help).

Why did you feed the troll??

I am a beginner to intermediate level desktop user of Linux who is getting ready to buy a Samsung NC10 netbook and plan on dual booting it with ubuntu. I am COUNTING on the linux community to help me along the way. From what I have seen, it isn't assholes like the AC who keep linux from getting any traction, it is the overwhelming amount of information out there about the 'alternative' free OS. The linux user community and their willingness to help others is the reason that it is UP to 1.2%

These cheap netbooks will keep the % going up.

Let's try this..... You call your Dr.'s office after hours because you have a sniffle or something like that, it goes to their answering service so that your doctor gets paged with your name and phone number to call back. Dr who blocks their caller ID to keep nutjob patients from calling their house back, calls you back but gets a message that you aren't accepting calls from a blocked caller ID... Many doctors, not to mention many service people in general, block their CNID from their home number to keep people from using that number to call back instead of the correct, published, number.

Personally, I am OK with that.

You have got to be kidding me.... Either you are full of it or you do not have the full story from your friend. Up until a couple years back we visited Vegas a couple of times a year and hit the Michigan casinos a couple times as well. On numerous occasions I won an unusually high number of hands in a row at Blackjack (a few over 9 in a row) and was never visited by security or even looked at in a suspicious manner. In many cases those wins were followed by an unusually high number of losing hands which I just attributed to the probability gods reminding me that you can't beat the numbers at the end of the day.

You need to remember that the casinos NEED someone to occasionally win more than it appears like they should; it gives everyone else at the table a reason to keep betting and losing. The bottom line is the casinos are FAIR when it comes to winning and losing until you get up into the really big winnings. Then they start to question things. But for the little guy, like me, that may sometimes take them for a few hundred to a few thousand by winning honestly they call it marketing

And this is the exact reason why Linux will never catch on with non technical people..... that kind of attitude.

You either get an OS that is techie used only or have to care enough to spend more time helping others.. Take your pick..

SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH SLASHDOT... Last time I looked there was no defectivebydesign attached to this article. The pattern matchers that assign that tag to all Microsoft OS articles must be offline. Mods, please investigate.

You're a COBOL coder, aren't you......

No, but you have to defend it to keep everyone else from disregarding it as well. If you don't litigate the first time, your legal fees will be through the roof with all of the other "me toos" out there looking for a piece when you DO decide to 'defend' it.