My first reaction to seeing this article was how long it will take for Fox News and friends to declare open source software as socialist and how comrade Obama has taken jobs away from hard working capitalist programmers. It's really not a stretch given their track record.

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I live in a state that Comcast doesn't service so I don't have to worry about them much. However I am a big fan of Hulu, which NBC owns a big stake of, right? Would anyone comment on Comcast's trend of business practices and what they might do with their share of Hulu?

The helicopter moms would probably throw a fit if they couldn't check up on their precious snowflakes.

Maybe his reference is to that Celicas haven't been built for the last couple of years.

I think one of my favorites has always been the common "binutils" package in Linux. Looks like the last release was binutils-2.19.51.0.11 I don't remember ever seeing anything but a 0 in that 4th number, but it's always been there.

Before tackling something as complex as a "robots" how about basic things like teaching them about electricity and magnetism. Let them build electric motors, circuits that light up LEDs, and don't forget mechanical concepts like gears, pulleys and levers. Think fundamental physics-type experiments.

What I really want is an open system, preferably openoffice based, that also combines the benefits of wiki-like multi user editing and version tracking. We're stuck using Word because it's so much faster and easier for our documenters to use. Basic things like being able to copy and paste a picture into a document and then draw text and arrows on it is something that a wiki just can't do. I've even looked at wikis that have wysiwyg editors and they're still too time consuming and difficult to use. I've considered Sharepoint but cost is an issue and I'm very gun shy about complicated Microsoft solutions. Is there a Sharepoint-like open source system out there?

I have a Motorola V3 RAZR and it charges fine via USB with no drivers required. It's a T-Mobile version, I'm guessing yours would be from Verizon or a company that cripples their phones on purpose.

I just logged in and converted my "My Nintendo" membership into "Club Nintendo" membership. It recognized 4 games and 1 Wiiware title that I had previously registered, and then allowed me to take a survey for each game. The surveys were pretty vague but after I was all finished I already have 210 coins. The biggest beef I've had since the beginning of my Wii experience is the fact that only Nintendo-brand games like Mario, Zelda, etc qualify to be registered. The dozen or so other games I've bought did not qualify, and there's not a good way to tell before hand if a game will qualify. I remember at the very beginning they advertised some deal like "register 5 games and get a free prize" however I could not find 5 games being sold that would qualify (this was like around 6 months after the Wii was released).