Please mod up. It's a rare first post that is relevant and entertaining.

If the ads are holding up the delivery of the site, load them last. It's not too hard to structure a site so that the primary content renders and gets delivered while other stuff loads next.

Our company has support analysts that will shadow a user's machine for troubleshooting. The masking is a necessity for us. We want plausible deniability if someone claims a hacked account.

I hate to say this, but the front page of /. has not been a good indicator of business success. If it was, then Linux would be King of the Desktop OS, and the EU would be preparing antitrust litigation against RedHat.

However, I do agree with your main point. I wouldn't be surprised if this was their way of marketing the new product. How much is it costing them? About $0?

Yup, feel free to crank it from 640x480 all the way to 800x600!

i was thinking Release Candidate 0

Celtic

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/nov/11/nation/chi-talk-code-namesnov11

This is one of the reasons I voted FOR Obama/Biden. After the Bush administration, I kinda like the idea of getting a random nugget of insider information delivered this way. It's totally unfiltered! Sure, it's not the best way, and definitely not safe, but it's better than nothing.

I also figure that the handlers around Biden will begin limiting his access to really sensitive stuff. So I'm enjoying the fun while it lasts. Perhaps he can get his hands on some Area 51 stuff and attend a convention where he decides to "dispel some rumors" by explaining that there are no aliens, just some cool anti-gravity stuff...

I get the feeling this discussion is going to go down the same road that the Manga guide to Statistics one did...

So, now you can run reports on the instances of tentacle penetrations based on any number of hierarchies and dimensions!

I was more impressed with how the translator also magically made a person's mouth appear to speak in the translated language, instead of looking like a dubbed film all the time.

What if that happens to be your home?

I know IBM must employ a lot of workers on visas. Are they targeting that group?

Something tells me that if I tether my cell phone to my laptop and let it run continuously for a month, that a rep from my cell phone company will call to tell me that the "Unlimited Data Plan" is not really Unlimited when put to the test. I'm sure the same goes if I were to place a call and leave it up like some kind of intercom.

I'm not saying it's right or wrong, just a feeling that cell phone technology is somewhat self limiting in the "unlimited" space. People just aren't in too many situations where it will happen.

Of course, that data scenario probably does happen on occasion with road warriors.

I had a Eurocom machine as a hand-me-down from an Executive that left the company. It certainly was a rock star for performance at the time, and yes, it was heavy and the battery life was terrible. The real issue for me was the fan noise. It sounded like a 747 when it cranked up.

I believe someone in our Engineering group has it sitting in a data center as a test machine since you can't hear it.

I felt compelled to get the list off MSDN just to know for sure. Looks like there's also a K, not just an N, and they are for both Pro and Home. I removed the Service Pack, SDK, and other non-OS downloads. It's less than 50, but not by much...

Windows XP 64-bit Edition Version 2003 (English)
Windows XP Embedded with SP2 - Evaluation Version (English)
Windows XP Home Edition (English) - ISO CD Image
Windows XP Home Edition N (English)
Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2 (English)
Windows XP Home K with Service Pack 3 (x86) - CD (English)
Windows XP Home KN with Service Pack 3 (x86) - CD (English)
Windows XP Home N with Service Pack 3 (x86) - CD (English)
Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3 (x86) - CD (English)
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 Update (English)
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - CD1 (English)
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - CD2 (English)
Windows XP Media Center Edition CD1 - Checked/Debug (English)
Windows XP Media Center Edition CD1 (English)
Windows XP Media Center Edition CD2 (English)
Windows XP Professional (English)
Windows XP Professional (VL) ISO CD Image (English)
Windows XP Professional K with Service Pack 3 (x86) - CD (English)
Windows XP Professional KN with Service Pack 3 (x86) - CD (English)
Windows XP Professional N - VL (English)
Windows XP Professional N - VL with Service Pack 3 (x86) - CD (English)
Windows XP Professional N (English)
Windows XP Professional N with Service Pack 3 (x86) - CD (English)
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (English)
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2- VL (English)
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 - VL (x86) - CD (English)
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 (x86) - CD (English)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition - Checked/Debug (English)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition - VL (English)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (English)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with SP2 - VL (English)
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 (English) - CD1
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 (English) - CD2
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 CD 1 - VL (English)
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 CD 2 - VL (English)
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition CD1 (English)
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition CD1 (English) - VL
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition CD2 (English)
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition CD2 (English) - VL