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Obama promises Cap-And-Trade plan-> 0

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FreddyKnockout

on Monday October 08 2007, @05:10PM

FreddyKnockout writes "From the article:

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Monday said that if elected he would establish an economy-wide cap-and-trade program that would sharply cut greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050.
It's an interesting twist on a much-talked about proposal. In essence, he proposes providing X amount of credits which permit the release of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. The catch with his plan is there are no freebies, all credits must be purchased through an auction, unlike John Edwards plan of granting some credits and auctioning others. This would, according to Obama's campaign, "ensure that all polluters pay for every ton of emissions released.""
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Comment: Re:Linux on the desktop is still a PITA (Score 0) 657

by FreddyKnockout on Monday October 08 2007, @04:00PM (#20903059) Attached to: Linux on the Desktop Doubles in 2007

This script [ubuntuforums.org] should install Flash on your 64-bit Feisty without any problem. Flash is installable by default in the upcoming Gutsy version (Ubuntu 7.10).

Things are getting easier and easier in Ubuntu. mp3 codecs are installed automatically the second you try to open an mp3 file, graphic card drivers are installed for you when you first boot up the system. Flash works practically out of the box on every Ubuntu flavour.

I still laugh when people tell me that Linux is hard to use. Yeah, Gentoo is hard to use. But the most popular distros have made leaps and bounds in the last 5 years. A comparison:

After a fresh Ubuntu install on my PC:

Graphics card is fully functional after a simple two click confirmation of restricted driver install.
Audigy 2 soundcard works perfectly.
DLink network card works perfectly.
Audio players and movie players are installed already.
Open Office is installed and ready to work.

All this takes 25 minutes, from the time I insert the install CD into the drive, to the time I am booted and logged in to my installed OS.

After a fresh install of Win XP:

I have to find my graphics card installation CD to install the drivers.
I have to find my SoundBlaster CD to install the soundcard drivers.
I need my DLink disc to install the NIC drivers, which can't be downloaded off the internet without a functionning network card, of course.
I spend a few minutes downloading and configuring iTunes/Winamp
I then spend another 5-10 minutes installing MSOffice, typing in a very long activation code.

All this takes roughly 1.5 to 2 hours.

I'll stick with Ubuntu, thanks