I don't run any Microsoft OSes in my home, but I do own stock in Microsoft. Because I do not care for a company doesn't mean it doesn't make money, and Microsoft still has a strong presence in the enterprise market.

Maybe they could get around to putting the series up on Netflix so that the rest of the world, other than hardcore scifi nerds, will get a chance to view it and be ready for when it comes to theaters?

I always started in Egypt due to their accessibility of sea, air and land from there. Only won once though, so maybe I'm doing it wrong....

I remember the same thing with Java--reqs demanding five years of Java three years after it first came out.

Well, crap, now I have to post in order to undo a moderation mistake. :(

ObTopic: Sure we could have zillion-mpg cars. Instead of conventional creature comforts, you get new forms of in-car entertainment, like being able to tell what brand of coffee the body panels used to surround.

Netvibes has been a nice drop-in replacement for me.

I buy stuff from Hong Kong on ebay all the time - you can get items shipped from there for $0.00 - $0.99 shipping and handling - sure it takes 7-10 days to show up, but if they can ship that package 1/2 way around the world for $0.99, why does it cost $7.99 - $10.99 to get the same package shipped from 2-3 states away?

...mailman-announce is using it.

with a late '08 MBP - has lasted much longer than I expected it to. Just tossed 8 GB of RAM into it and I expect at least two more years of life out of it.

You're too late. We've been doing that since Carly Fiorina tanked Lucent and HP.

Unappealing, yes (I'm in the throes of it now), but good for job security.

Definitely. Add to that "Quality is Free" by Crosby, and "Peopleware" by DeMarco and Lister.

"3.0L, direct-injected 305bhp V-6, Mini-ATX form factor"

If it works, don't fix it.

In the real world, the risk of unnecessarily perturbing working systems is often higher than the risk of those systems breaking on their own. (Think about the longevity of Netware 3.12.)

Not just kids. Some people have managed to go for decades as cowboys, hacking crap together that barely works but doing it fast enough and visibly enough and in the critical path often enough that they always look like heroes. The worst is when they start believing their own bullshit and stop acknowledging that any other way exists. See also: Asshole Driven Development.