Comment Re:It's *not* a utility. Killing competition (Score 1) 236
Comment Re:Not a bug (Score 4, Insightful) 159
Comment Re:Google (Score 4, Informative) 177
Comment Re:Will it help me turn it off? (Score 2) 199
Comment Re:Silly (Score 1) 388
Comment Re:Damn unfortunate (Score 4, Informative) 714
Comment Re:Let me guess (Score 1) 318
The way I heard it, the Linux netbooks just weren't selling.
Comment Re:Sad new paranoid world (Score 1) 415
> I see everyone is in agreement with this.
Are we reading the same website?
Comment Re:To this, I say, so what? (Score 1) 544
Some of us think it's "cute" that Zuckerberg has time to personally slaughter his meals, dress the meat, and prepare it. I wish *I* had that kind of free time and disposable income. Of course I probably wouldn't spend it killing my dinner.
Comment Re:he's not stuck in the past (Score 1) 410
The question is usually phrased, "Do you want a PC or a Mac?"
Comment Re:In other words... (Score 1) 203
One of the guys here recently got a Windows Phone 7. VERY nice. However, I was very annoyed that everything had to be done through Zune software. (Same annoyance with Apple & Itunes BTW.) But it really is a nice phone. I was quite impressed by the interface.
Comment Re:Curious... (Score 1) 1017
Nutritionally identical. Doesn't mean they taste the same. (Also doesn't mean that Coke actually bothered to keep the same formula between versions.)
Comment Re:Too bad (Score 1) 287
Actually, it's much better economically to have persons with disabilities support themselves through employment than it is to have them supported by taxpayers. It's perfectly legal and ethical to not employ someone whose limitations prevent them from doing the work required. However, it makes no sense to ignore a qualified applicant because of limitations that do not significantly prevent them from doing the work.
Comment Re:Too bad (Score 1) 287
Computers & Internet aren't primarily visual.
Now most video games -- (most of) those are visual.
Most websites, however, are information. Take
Sure -- flash games, animations, or videos are a bit harder -- but that goes with the the territory. But text-based sites like
Truly, computers and the internet offer an excellent avenue for persons with disabilities to not only be included, but also allow them to make valuable contributions that they might not be able to in a more labor-based society. From a purely economic standpoint, it's much better to help persons with disabilities be contributing members of society rather than shunting them into the role of simple community-supported subsistence.