More so than anyone else: Kirk is an impression.

I didn't get that until the end, and I think they threw in that line delivered in Kirk cadence as part of their plan to make Trekkies happy. It was just one more favorite clichés that we got to see once more. Sure, we're going to replace all your actors, but we won't ruin the characters. I approve.

Now, McCoy was the impression. He was pretty good at it though. No complaints.

And that's not even considering that the eReader solution is more likely to cost:

$300 for the reader
still 50 cents for each newspaper addition.

I always expected on-demand cable movies to cost less than movie store rentals, since they don't have to spend money on the media and don't maintain a retail store, but I'm still waiting. It turns out that the cost of the content still has to be covered, and if newspapers still provide a print edition to some people, then they probably won't save any publishing costs at all.

The only sell here is convenience. Make it wireless. Make it reliable.

They probably just couldn't get behind the LCD to disconnect the camera at the source. That's as far as I got disassembling the unibody too. If you're willing to cut the cable you can keep Wi-Fi and just lose camara + bluetooth.

If anyone knows how to access the hidden screws in the unibody LCD, please let me know. I'm guessing that a special tool is involved.

There is is. I do not find it sufficient:

v 1.9.2.3
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+ A "NoScript development support filterset" gets added to AdBlock
    Plus, whitelisting the noscript.net, flashgot.net, informaction.com
    and hackademix.net web sites recently broken by an aggressive
    EasyList campaign against sites sponsoring NoScript development.
    ABP users are informed both on the install and on the release notes
    pages, so they can easily disable the filterset if they whish to.

but the Mozilla Add-on Policy requires them to inform you in some detail of what is being changed by an update. Since you're in a browser, a web page seems the logical way to do it.

Maybe you shouldn't update them all at the same time?

Specifically, he failed to follow these:

"Also, it is important that you maintain version notes appropriately as you improve and change your add-on. Users should be able to see what's new in an add-on they may have tried previously, and should be made aware of changes that might affect their current use of the add-on when they update."

He can add it to the change list to satisfy this requirement.

"Your software should not intrude on the user unnecessarily, try to trick the user, or conceal any of its activities from the user."

I think that clearly user permission is required before altering other installed add-ons. Or he could just fail to operate if the ads aren't loaded and warn the user that one of his/her other add-ons is incompatible. I know which of the two I would uninstall.

I always thought the incremental updates to NoScript were too frequent to be entirely for the benefit of its users.

1) Involuntary web page visits after an update
2) serve ads
3) no step 3
4) profit

He probably looks for any typo that he can fix to get the next update out on time. At some point he needs to just call it adware, and I think we'd all agree that point has been reached. I'm now going find a way to avoid going to his page after an update, that way it won't matter if his ads were blocked or not.

"...an indication that you were using stenography."

They can always just ask the stenographer if she did any work for you, and then she rats you out.

Lesson: Don't use stenographers. Typing is fast enough.

Ah, it's the old "now they're better" argument. My laptop with a Radeon 9600 still can't suspend with the proprietary driver. Sometimes it locks up when I enable an external monitor with their utility (gotta save all my work before trying that one.) Seriously, I hear the same thing about MS and security. If they're living with a reputation they've earned, don't expect that to change overnight. And don't blame users who've gotten bad support, even if their data is a little out of date. If I'm going to get screwed again, at least it won't be by the same company.

My next laptop will have Nvidia based on the experiences with my current one. Maybe after that they'll get another shot.

They probably will get free academic or community involvement. Just like Linux development, a few get paid, most work for free.

Oh, now it's personal? While you willingly treat customers however the corporation tells you, expect a little flak.

I agree that cleverness is wasted. This is bureaucracy 101 - get in and get out. The supervisor's a waste too, unless you think you'll get a better deal. These days you're likely to hear, "I'm sorry, my supervisor is not available, but I can have him call you back."

Yeah Mandrake. I knew I was late to the game, but finally tried Mandrake 6. I picked that one for the graphical installer. It was easy and nice looking with a ton of dev tools. I was happy. Wish I'd tried it sooner.

They never should have changed the name. Mandrake Linux could not be confused with Mandrake the Magician.