My bad. It's only pre-OS, not pre-BIOS. Looks like we'll have to waste 30 seconds on the BIOS after all.

Looks like it allows you to skip the BIOS and load a Linux kernel directly. Sort of like coreboot.

It also has a fourth amendment. Doesn't seem to make a difference.

Since there are between 200 and 400 billion stars in the Milky Way that amounts to between 0.25 and 0.125 planets per star on average. Granted TFA states that there are at least this many, but I would have thought the number be much higher, considering the number of planets in our own solar system.

Maybe we should...

*puts on sunglasses*

...start hunting.

YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

There's a bit of a gap between the headline stating that Kinect is "revolutionizing robotics" and the article stating that the project has been "announced" and that there "will likely be a torrent of robots".

We'll see. In the mean time I will be revolutionizing the Internet with an idea that I will announce in the near future.

There are two strategies MS can play:

• Old school IE: Make own standards to try to vendor lock-in people with the MS platform
• Standards compliant IE: Try to closely adhere to standards and basically render like all the other browsers

I don't think the first strategy will work anymore. People learned what IE6 really costs in the long run. That leaves strategy two. But why bother? It a huge investment development wise, and I don't see them gaining anything from it without the vendor lock-in. So is this just "we want a browser too", or what?

Such as "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."?

No! If they never created Facebook and Twitter then MySpace (which had more users than Facebook at one point and launched 6 months earlier) or Orkut (launched a month before Facebook) would have been used. You can't exactly claim they were unique ideas, just good executions.

Wonder why they never put Gandhi on that list.

At high altitudes there's much less friction from air to dampen oscillations.

Or maybe it's based on evidence. Controversial notion, I know.

The Republicans might actually be playing this angle on purpose. Think about it. They've gotten tax cuts under Obama that they couldn't get under Bush, and if (or when) it causes a deficit meltdown Obama will take the blame. Running Palin or any of the other ... candidates is a complete win win for them. If Palin wins who knows what will happen. If Obama wins they can keep voting in reckless bills and have the Democrats take the blame for it.

Just wait and see what happens with Social Security.

Apparently* it's an external problem and there will be "no need for a system software update.".

Makes you wonder about who can do what with your Windows Phone 7...

*As I noted in my submission. Which was earlier. WTF editors!?