It's a game dude. If you can't separate fantasy from reality you shouldn't be playing it.

http://xkcd.com/538/

Why? So even less money is actually used on education?

While I don't know your daily driving patterns, I might suggest getting a motorskooter/motorcycle for travel within the city, and use your car on the interstate.

The hype isn't what bothered you, ENVY is what bothered you.

I've accidentally bumped into pedestrians numerous times, even after loudly excusing myself. These accidents do happen, even when I'm walking my bike through a crowded area. Decking someone for an accident is NOT the way to handle the situation. Besides, you don't know if the other person is well versed in martial arts or armed.

I imagine the 14 year olds that just discovered Ubuntu would be the real annoyance.

I wish I was born earlier so I could have met Paul ErdÅ's. I can only dream to be half the mathematician he was.

You can still download Portable Firefox and run it from the HD.

What I don't get is why don't they make a Google Apps Appliance, similar to what they did with their search.

I just got the GPSmap 60CSx the other day, and that device is amazing! I used to have the Venture Cx and the little bastard kept losing signal in the slightest tree coverage when geocaching.

You intentionally browse to bring down all your tabs and windows?

What if you took an Ubuntu release from about the same time period as that Windows system was released?

See this comment: http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1113571&cid=26706247

No you wouldn't, now sit down and shut up.