No, the glass is simply twice of large as it needs to be.

Actually the ocean does 'bulge' in certain places. From what I recall from oceanography, differences in the height of the ocean (WRT some fixed, imaginary reference) were once among the plausible theories of what drove the ocean currents. Measurements indicated that the difference across the Atlantic ocean was only about three meters, which was proven to be insufficient over such a distance to drive the currents.

At the tech school I recently graduated from, a course on writing reports had a graded "Microsoft Office requirements" component on every piece of written work, and required electronic submission so the instructor could verify that the desired formatting was being done properly instead of just being fudged.

I did every report and presentation in OpenOffice and saved MS Word and Power Point compatible versions of my files when it came time to submit my work. The instructors never knew the difference and I got the highest mark in the class.

Personally, I've been trying out various Linux distros for the past 10 years. I never really found any to be a suitable replacement for Windows on any of my computers until I got my hands on Hardy. My first Hardy install onto a Windows pre-loaded Dell laptop went as smoothly and as quickly as I've ever had an OS install (excepting maybe MSDOS but that hardly counts). The only hardware that didn't work immediately after the install was the wireless card, but ndiswrapper and Wifi-radar quickly solved that.

So how did Apple increase its market share so much?

Actually, my two middle names are Obsessive Compulsive.

I think that if anything will break users from their MS Office habits, the ribbon UI will. I found it very non-intuitive for a long time (10+ years) Office user. Frustrated with trying to get a hnadle on the UI, I finally switched over to OpenOffice and while it's *not quite* as feature rich as my old pre-ribbon MS Office, it's got a sufficiently similar UI that adapting took virtually no time at all.

1. Open source the solution, claim 'for academic purposes only'.
2. Let someone else solve the problem for you.
3. ????
4. No profit, but you made the world a better place.

The problem tends not to be Spam (tm) but the generic, in-store brands of canned meat (or other food products) that still get called by the brand name. Similar to how everyone calls every brand of adhesive bandages 'Band-Aids', despite widely varying quality.

I respectfully disagree.

If users cannot learn to police and maintain their own computers, they should have their network resources restricted. When one of my flatmates botnetted his Windows PC, I got a message from our ISP stating that a computer on my network was a zombie and our service would be temporarily disconnected if the bot was not stopped from spewing trash. I filtered-out his MAC addy on the router until he was able to fix his machine (with my help). By forcing and helping users to learn more about their PCs, much of the current spam traffic could likely be reduced, since most of it comes from botnets.

I learned about computer security and maintenance the hard way, as I imagine many /.ers did and it has been a couple years at least, since a computer I owned or used succumbed to viruses, malware, trojans, etc.

There are many compacts that aren't built for tall people, but I'm 6'5" and comfortably drive a Chevy Aveo. There are affordable, fuel-effecient vehicles out there for uncommonly large people.