I totally get you, but a lot of people prefer it that way because they're simply freightened.

I'm not saying right or wrong here, but both sides have sound reasons.

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It's reliable enough and credible enough for the average netizen. Sure, you won't get browny points citing it in academia, but when I want to know something about something, I check Wikipedia first.

It's just an FAQ, not the license. If the wording of the accepted license doesn't distinguish, it doesn't matter. Since it's in the FAQ, it's clearly... well... unclear.

The Nexus one is most likely the ADP 3

Yes and no.

Google have openly said they are planning to sell this thing to consumers. There will likely be a developer version with a pre-rooted ADP rom on the device but this version will be sold through their existing channels. Google intends for the Nexus One to be the ultimate Google Experience(TM) phone.

No, I am not assuming anything about the neighbor. I specifically left it up to the society has to work out the details.

I am not being an advocate here. I was merely stating that taking from your neighbor isn't stealing if that is the societal norm and your neighbor is also doign it. If the contributors don't actively participate then it is no different from someone not paying taxes in a capitalist society. Eventually they will lose their property and their place in that society.

I agree that more informed choice among browsers among consumer users is a good thing. But that wasn't my point - My observation was that these companies are jockeying for *position* in a list, which implies that they recognize that, for some significant portion of users, it'll end up being essentially a random choice.

I figure people will fall into three categories: 1) Tech-savvy users who know exactly which browser they want - My guess that this will come out probably favoring Mozilla, 2) Casual users who haven't really thought about browser choice will probably be slightly confused by this screen, but don't want to make a totally random choice - My guess is that most will recognize 'Microsoft' and pick that by association, and 3) People who will just click 'Next' and take whatever's selected by default (essentially a random selection).

Point is that all this scheme does is to chip away at Microsoft's market share via group #3 - the totally clueless people who really, really don't care what browser they use (or maybe even know what a browser is). These are the people that'll end up complaining to their friends (and Microsoft) that their Interwebs are different and weird because they randomly selected, say, Opera on the ballot screen.

Anyways, I'm really really interested in seeing how the selection rates come out.

My assertion isn't contradicted by evidence.

That is clearly not "the only possible explanation", it doesn't matter if it is the most probable or the one favored by the investigators or even the actual correct explanation there are a bunch of others that are still possible explanations

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I already posted a lengthy reply below, but I worked as a game reviewer for over a decade, and I can tell you that the numbers you have posted there actually show the complete opposite of what you think. The only game in that list supporting the console market as a whole is GTA. The rest except for a small amount of bleed over with SMB and Kart, are casual games that do not require a "console" proper or involve a handheld. With the current super high costs of game development and marketing that list solidifies the death of console gaming. The "hardcore" market is a sham perpetuated by the industry and has been for a number of years now to keep things afloat, I saw the writing on the walls 5-6 years ago, as did many in the field and the bottom is falling out. Handhelds are being replaced by media players, and derivative and complex games are on the way out. It's sad but true, and the numbers you see there are proof positive.

I think you're bringing up an unrelated subject.

My point was that if Wii Soccer != "real" soccer, then slashdot != "real" conversation. This is the natural extension of the OP.

I don't believe it to be the case, but the irony of the OP gave me a good chuckle.

Wait till you get a phone call asking you what to do with that box, for the third time, today, from the same person.

Because people could then use self-signed certs and we know those are only used for evil.

And then the admins get to deal with documents that can't be handled by the converter. I had one last month, had to install 2007 to open it. I forgot to check Open Office first though. 2007 isn't as bad as the problems '97 caused, but it still causes some.