Just sayin...

This was my first thought. I use VPNs and my corporate security policy discourages allowing people to view your screen. Plus we use PGP and other technologies to secure the company data. So basically if you are a remote worker you must be involved in terrorism based on the summary.

I compare logging everywhere we go on the internet comparible to logging everywhere we go in our cars and the supreme court just ruled that it cannot be done without a warrent. Makes me glad I don't live in Hawaii, but if I did, I would be writing my government about it.

If so many people have the same idea, it shows the idea is obvious and a patent should not be granted to ANY of them.

I'm using gnome-shell, but I'm also using avant-window-navigator as my bottom panel and I have also disabled dynamic workspaces in gnome-shell. If I could I would disable the top left hot corner in gnome-shell. Being able to switch between workspaces with just my mouse is important to me. My main beef with gnome-shell is that when only using the mouse, switching workspaces is a pain in the ass especially with large displays. I think gnome-shell is a great window manager, due to its metacity roots, but the usability of it needs some attention. I think the developers should have to use it without their hands on the keyboard and it will be obvious where the problems are.

I'm in the same boat. I have two 3G data cards that I have had for over 4 yrs. In fact I was planning on switching all my phones to Sprint to take advantage of their plans, but with this plan change, if it affects me, I will probably dump Sprint and go to Verizon. With Verizon their overage charge is actually less, $10/GB vs $0.05 per megabyte.

I agree that the auto configuration has really taken the challenge of adding optional components to a PC. It used to be that adding more than 2 serial ports to a system was a challenge and required you to really understand a system. These days with USB and other plug and play technologies it is almost boring to get new stuff.

Those of us in rural areas will get hit the hardest on this. I have to drive a minimum of 60 miles one way to get to decent shopping. This would just make me want to go to those places less and maybe order even more over the net. However, it is hard to get food over the net.

These days almost all laptops have sucky screen resolution (13xx x 768). Particularly at the 14" and 15" sizes. Find a machine with a decent screen and you'll find a decent laptop. A few months ago I got my wife a HP Envy 14 with the 1600x900 screen, i5 CPU, and 4GB RAM. Suites her needs quite nicely.

Then the US could collect corporate income tax on that amount, and pay off that national debt with one check... Of course the corporation would probably figure out a way to not count it as profit and therefore pay no taxes on it.

Gnome is not emulating Windows these days, but the Mac interface. If you look at the majority of the changes you can see many "inspirations" from Apple.

What I think that this means is that Costco can't go to a distributor in Vietnam, Cambodia, etc. where Omega watches are sold much cheaper than in the US, buy them, import them and then sell them at the store in the US.

Basically Costco is using the grey market to sell products cheaper. Omega wanted to block that, and to have Costco use an authorized Omega importer, that charges a whole lot more for the same item, because it is coming to the US.

This happens with drugs and other products all the time. The suggested retail price in the US is much higher than for the same item in a less affluent country. Omega wants to ensure that people in affluent countries pay more for items because they can.

http://free.avg.com/ doesn't seem to be that hard to find. :)