Indeed. Still, I let a friend use my laptop with Fedora 12 and Gnome, and first they looked for a start menu-esque feature in the usual place, then poked around some more until they found the applications toolbar, and then couldn't figure out the network manager...

Nearly all people will pick it up fairly quickly, but if you are moving someone into a new system anything you can do to set them at ease will make it better.

One problem I've had with showing some people (especially older folks, or folks who are very set in their ways) a linux desktop is that they get bogged down fairly quick when they see something that doesn't look "right." Having a Windows-esque desktop could be helpful in transitioning people over.

That was my first thought was well. I have heard of people using full legal limit power (1500 watts) on the 2 meter band to bounce signals off the moon. Should be a fun project.

I see jokes are not your forte.

That said, The People's Cube is "typical" of it's genre, because it was one of the first of it's kind.

As you can see, it's merely a message to a guild member in WoW... hhttp://www.ironwheel.net/profile.php?lookup=2/

I hope the raid went well.

woosh, etc, etc, etc... Why on earth would I want to stream it, when I can just dial it up on gear I already own?

The timecube is just a poor imitation of The People's Cube.

I gave up my evil Oneism when I became the Commissar of Time. In fact, the Timecube is a cheap capitalist imitation.

I think I've heard this station's buzzing a few times, while drifting around on my HF transceiver. Have to note the frequency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76 and poke around again for grins.

Come now. We can't have publicly employed teachers having their performance data released can we? Taxpayers and parents certainly have no right to know what their money is going to. Shut up comrade! The Union, as supported by The Party knows what is best for you. What kind of treasonous questioning is this? I demand that the LA Times be shut down, and turned over to the teacher's union as compensation.

I'm suing because you have more achievements than I do, which is going to drive me to try and outdo you on /.

Can't buy M16's or other full auto/select fire weapons off the shelf in the US.

You can't instill fear in a populace by actually helping them. But if you bow to your corporate overlords, then not only do you get to terrorize the population, you get to lay the groundwork for future infringements on their rights.

Welcome our new spy laser wielding overlords.

Insert obligatory Star Trek: TOS reference here.