I don't what went wrong in your case, but my logitech trackball worked just fine under several of the latest linux distros about a month ago. Unless that ver of ubuntu is from january (Can't recall the numbering scheme) it's not the base install. FWIW I'm using the wireless/bluetooth model with the blue ball.

Mycroft

What's weird about Firewire/1394 is almost every motherboard above bottom 10% or so has it, yet few other devices seem to except some fraction of video cameras.
      Display is newer, but finding monitors that support is getting easier (about 1/4 to 1/3 online, though bricks and mortar stores don't have many).

Mycroft

Yep I lost nearly 30% when I moved from a 30 minute commute to 10 minutes.
      And the bigger the engine the worse it can be.

Mycroft

in the us you can only verify that they are old enough for the job (16,18,21, and in some cases at least 15.5) and not hiring based on being over 40 is blatantly illegal.

Kasey

One could argue that the only reason to not make the distinction is to increase the apparent severity of the crime.
      As the topic is largely about appropriate penalties for copyright infringement, being accurate on what it is and is not simply makes logical sense.

Mycroft

No, thinking would have told you that you had insufficient knowledge to come to any significant conclusion, and your still making wrong assumptions about the details.
    It was NOT a one car crash, there were three cars involved on a two lane highway with narrow shoulders.
      One vehicle was a 1/4ton truck that moved to straddle the middle line, that one got away unscathed.
      An asymmetric head-on collision would have sent both cars spinning on the wet pavement involving several more cars.
      The police said he did the best that could be expected under the circumstances, this with formal statements from multiple witnesses.
      Also he was a professional driver with years of experience.
        The car that hit my brother, hit head on from the side (her front, passenger side on my brothers car) and the driver of that car spent several days in icu.
        His only choices were to do as he did, have a dangerous head on that would have likely killed and injured many more, slammed on his brakes and still had a head, only while sliding on wet pavement with potentially less reduction in speed, or cross the narrow grass divider on the interstate and hit even faster moving oncoming trafic.

Mycroft

To be fair their were humans fighting for their independence and even survival in the command loop on that one.
    Not to mention uninhabited areas were picked and plenty of warning was given.

Mycroft

If he done the stupid thing and had a head on with the guy partially in his lane many more cars would have been involved, the driver in the oncoming car would most likely have died bringing the death toll to three.
      You simply are not thinking.

Mycroft

And yet every study I've heard of says you're the one who's wrong and none have agreed with you.
      What may seem logical to you as you think it through may not be born out by reality.

Mycroft

Clearer audio, the ability of the passenger to see when to shut up, better awareness of whats going on from the passenger.
      Hands free still eliminates all visual cues and some audio cues from the conversation causing the brain to devote otherwise needed resources to the conversation.

Mycroft