I only saw the weird "open a new window" mode once, I think it was on Solaris 10. Ubuntu, Opensolaris, etc all seam to have configured gnome to use the normal "browser" mode. If the distros set the gnome configuration, does it really matter what the default is?

I was under the impression that the evidence of SSRIs being effective at all was pretty small, and that whatever effect they may have would be on mood. Chemicals that effect Dopamine, like amphetamines, do more for motivation.

If you want to be happy, straighten out your life...maybe check out SSRIs....if you want to be motivated, driven, not lazy, amp it up...(just remember to time it right so you can still sleep).

I'm reminded of Sun's inability to shift to commodity processors.

Sun has sold systems with intel CPUs for years. They also kept making SPARC systems. This is good because having their own platform allowed them to have something to innovate with and also gave their existing SPARC customers an upgrade path. Commodity x86 processors may have the best initial purchase price to performance ratio, but Suns T series UltraSPARCs appear to have a better TCO to performance ratio. Since the T1 and T2 have better performance per watt and higher throughput, I run them in my servers instead of hot inefficient x86 CPUs. Sun is years ahead of intel on massively multicore systems.

Your analogy really isn't fair. Intel is the big monolithic "GM" with the inefficient but powerful and popular engine. Sun is the import. The smaller but more modern company with an engine design that uses less energy. Guess which one is the way of the future?

Bah...meant to title it smaller != cheaper...o well.

I find many aspects of smart phones compelling, with one exception: the cost of the phones, which typically exceeds that of a traditional box. I understand all of the benefits of smart phones (and the downsides, thanks) but I'm very hung up on spending more for less.

You have to pay more to fit all that technology into a smaller package! If you don't care about space, just run a virtualized desktop on traditional desktop hardware.

BTW I would recommend diskless workstations for thin clients. They may not be the cheapest, but they are full featured, fairly affordable, and well supported.

If you total up all the productivity lost to fighting spam and time wasted getting spam, it's probably cheaper to just put the spammers out of business by giving every male on earth free Viagra.

Why were you wasting all that time trying to censor students?

Part of growing up entails being educated about society. People need street smarts as well as book smarts.

Porn is a huge part of our economy, has enormous impact on people's personal relationships and sexuality, and even effects politics.

Not letting young people know about porn seriously shelters them and cripples their understanding of the world.