Although 1984 shows up on the list of challenged classics, there is only one challenge listed -- someone in Jackson County, Florida in 1981 thought that it was "pro-communist and contained explicit sexual matter".
Fahrenheit 451 isn't even on that list, though it has been banned from specific schools in the past.
I assume you've ruled out academia?
the "science and art" of geopolitics is sufficiently dense to illicit intellectual arousal in nerds.
"I've administered Linux systems since 1995."
So you have "administered Linux" since 1995 and you both chose Ubuntu and didn't do any research to see if the laptop you were buying had hardware that wasn't supported (if we are to believe your story at all)? I wouldn't go around telling anyone that story, let alone posting it on Slashdot.
" It's something that actually requires a little thought and analysis."
No. It doesn't require any thought actually. The problem with your statement stems from your lack of understanding of the term "Patent Troll."
" But a high-profile IT company that starts filing patent law suits can only mean one thing, the company has peaked and is on its way down. "
Actually there is another thing it could mean. It could mean somebody is violating their patents. Had that possibility not occured to you?
Whoosh the humor went over my head, or "Whoosh!" the sound of a hundred NASA rocket scientists groaning at bad science in movies?
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Your Head
"Yeah, right. Why don't you trying setting up shared-storage active-active clusters with ANY of the "free" alternatives? "
Yes. That's why Google is Oracles biggest customer! Without Oracle you just can't do it!
This restaurant was advertising breakfast any time. So I ordered french toast in the renaissance. - Steven Wright, comedian
