well, they gave us PowerShell in 2008... cygwin has also been available since 1995. It would be nice for us to have a powerful shell as the default, but I doubt you deal with end users much or you'd think twice about that.

You forgot to account for the numerous other components required to drive the LEDs. My bet is the capacitors are the first to go.

I have a ThinkPad X61 Tablet with the multitouch screen. In this case multitouch refers to the ability to use the stylus or your finger, and not multiple fingers, so the usability is limited. It does work out of the box in Fedora 11 though, including support for my finger as a pointer. I've had the tablet for two years and personally I think Linux tablet support is finally making some respectable progress.

It isn't the same purcahsing model as your typical FPS, but they still generate income. Whether it's through advertising or by allowing people to buy their way up in the game (with real money or by completing marketing offers), they all bring money in. There's also a much larger base of players for these types of games. I'm not saying they're the same by any means, but to discount them completely is just ignorant.

Tell that to the millions of people addicted to the simple Flash games on Facebook. Or do you not count those because you don't play them?

You are absolutely right that the fine is some life-ruining bullshit. If I was hit with a fine like that for an act that impacted society less than something that's actually dangerous, like reckless driving, then I think I'd be inclined to do everything in my power to deliver an equal amount of disruption to those who imposed the fine on me.

I have no doubts that individuals have chosen to disappear for far less than $2 million. Once someone is out of sight, there's a lot of nasty things they could attempt to do with little risk of being caught. That means that this decision not only damages the guilty individual, but could also potentially create a whole new set of problems for the RIAA, the government, and the general public.

I recently moved to Spiceworks too. For the past year I've used OCS-ng, but it didn't run well on 64-bit machines. The documentation also seemed to be lacking. While I'd definitely prefer an open source solution, Spiceworks has been extremely easy so far. There is a good plugin for tracking Microsoft licenses, although I do wish they'd add the ability to track other vendors as well. If I stick with it then I might consider moving the ticketing system to Spiceworks too.

After seeing this post, I think I'll investigate OpenNMS. The main worry I have with Spiceworks is that it's not open source and may eventually become a subscription-based service.

I've been waiting for someone to explain this ever since the video codec wars started making the front page on a daily basis. This is the most logical and informative post I've seen yet. It also seems like the only reasonable outcome.

apparently now we can consider anything with a wifi adapter a "cell phone"

except Sealand

You raise a valid point. We can only try to minimize the harmful effects of our politicians, and let's hope more good than bad comes from the new administration.

hey, that's where I got the name I still use on slashdot so many years ago!