Not so much Linux, the kernel knows nothing about these files. The structure they are using to specify menu entries is specified by freedesktop.org, who are suppose to provide specifications for ensuring desktop environments are compatible so in a sense it's their fault. Suddenly the Windows pseudo-standard of CompanyName -> Application Name makes a little more sense.

Second time. Recall IE Team send Firefox a cake.

Isn't enough money? I know the US has a massive debt, but they also have the highest GDP in the world, and the seventh highest GDP per capita. By any measure (except Net Government Savings) the US would be far more capable of implementing universal health care than many of the countries which have.

It's a matter of priorities.

What do they do with the waste, as far as I can tell they use it for compost, but using human waste as compost for edible products, or even being in contact with it can lead to several diseases

I'm lead to believe that Canadian banking regulations worked out pretty well while the US was deep in credit crisis. Could be propaganda though.

Google Maps is replaceable by Bing Maps, or openstreetmap.org I would have though you'd lose street view, but Bing Maps even has that. Whether you consider Bing or Google the lesser of two evils is up to you.

But only the handful of computer operators and nuclear scientists use UTC; the rest can use UT1 or more accurately continue to use EST, or MST, or GMT, which will likely track UT1 which will continue to take into account leap seconds.

From the article:

I own this: http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/2/Appliances/DeepFryers/PRD~0431679P/T-Fal%252BEZ%252BClean%252BPro%252BDeep%252BFryer.jsp?locale=en and it has a magnetic power connector... I don't know about 'bi-directional' - never checked.

You better, because I don't think Australian Web Developers are a small enough subset of people to scare him yet.

(Unlike gp I know I'm easy to trace, so getting my info wouldn't impress me much)

Reminds me of something... http://thedailywtf.com/Comments/The-Defect-Black-Market.aspx

I seem to recall something from history class called the King-Byng Affair where the GC refused to hold an election.

Sure there is a lot of people without jobs right now, so if you have no way of distinguishing yourself from them you might be tempted to settle on something you hate doing for someone you hate working for - on the otherhand if you've distinguished yourself you can be quite picky.

If you're in a position where you can't distinguish yourself, then you can further blend in by not posting anything that could be disliked by anyone on your facebook and ensure that all your web comments are 'annonymous' or you could move/get creditation/start a business or whatever it takes to make your resume stand out and at the same time be yourself. Who knows, you may get a job with the association for gun carrying marijuana users.

Or the opposite to ensure that you're only hired by people that share your values or won't spy on your social media.

It would be hard for him to do once he has advanced Alzheimer, and it would be hard to find a doctor willing to do it while it's still illegal. Moreover this way he gets to stand up for a cause and make his death meaningful which might be important to him right now.

As was made all too clear in the Jack Kevorkian trials (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kevorkian) assisted suicide is not legal in the states either. (Though it is allowed in specific circumstances: Terri Schiavo, Death and Dignity Act, etc.)