If you read what I wrote, you'd realize I said they were taking nothing, not receiving nothing.

Fucking hair-splitting trolls.

No shit. But it's not the pill that's doing anything, it's the implication that the people are being treated.

So it's the sugar that makes them feel better?

But the placebos have no effect. That's what they're there for - to compare someone taking medicine against someone taking nothing.

They're not "effective". Sometimes people actually recover from illness without a pill!

I don't really think that's a "privacy-free" culture you're describing. Also, I have no desire to exist in your "warranty-free" culture.

You know, you need to spend more time getting laid and less time trying to get a better PDF reader on your portable devices.

Honestly, reading under those conditions isn't really all that tough and I have no problem using my phone on the road, other than the small screen size. The point I was trying to make is that although netbooks are nice, they definitely aren't the be all and end all of portable computing. It's nice to see more options appearing.

That was part of the problem too, but it was more about the angle I had to sit at to get rid of the glare.

Yeah, that's what I ended up doing, but reading longer articles becomes irritating.

Y'know, I love my netbook, but there are some times that it really just doesn't do it for me. Like in a yaris, at night, while someone else is driving down a gravel road. The position you're in is uncomfortable. The keyboard is awkward. The trackpad is tiny and useless when you're bouncing around.

It's not always how much something does, it's how easy it is to use. I'm going to be watching this very closely.

Yes, that's exactly what I did, too, but I'm willing to put up with the warts.

I wouldn't say that it'll be "easier" to get it going, though. The linux "community" is way to ADD-addled to focus on polishing something for any length of time.

The warts must be removed if something is going to be even vaguely viable. People won't adapt to something new without a damn good reason, and even though us geeks think so, viruses are NOT enough of a concern to Joe Public.

The better option tends to be "Anything that isn't commercial suicide". I would love it if UNR was a better option, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Pixel Qi is cool, but if you think UNR is a good solution, you're out of your mind. Don't get me wrong, I use it and don't mind it at all, but it's SO rough around the edges that I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else if there is a better option.

RMS apparently applies that same thinking to his body.