Maybe you just discovered your superpower, the power to implant subtle messages in corporate bureaucracy. Who are you gonna call next?

Well, proof or not I am interested now... stupid PR stunts (or stupid TSA if the story is true).

Thats really the only way to put it. The more your Firewall attempts to block, the less effective it is. Plain and simple.

Camels with Wifi!

+1 for Sad, Funny

I wonder though if there is a intrinsic motivation in the first place. At least in the school system that I grew up in (VA public schools), the standardized tests are pushed so hard that it feels like you are being force fed information with no benefit to you. Even classes in subject that I enjoyed were difficult because there was no time for extra activities or experiments, it was all memorization and repetition. I think the way schools are setup today in the US (or at least in Virgina) removes any form of intrinsic reward what so ever because of how stressful and draining the experience is.

ah wait, I would like to change my vote now.

I'll acknowledge that your first point is valid. I have heard about companies doing things like that, but in todays world, its getting easier for companies to be called out on things like that. Also the less I think about it the better the world seems. Utopian Fantasies FTW!

This is the 4th recall of batteries by HP in 5 years... You would think, okay maybe the first is a fluke, everyone screws up sometimes. The second time, you get a bit worried, but four times? I think someone in HP needs to work out how much each of these recalls is costing them per year, maybe those figures will convince them that manufacturing them to a higher standard wouldn't be a bad idea.

Does someone have another link to the main story? Seems to be down for me.

Of course, its the first thing I do when I install. But yeah, that is one the biggest complaints that I see every time Ubuntu comes around for a release.

Shuttleworth has already announced that the color scheme will be changed for 9.10, Karmic Koala. I havn't seen what color it actually is gonna be, but its not brown.

Now I wish I hadn't used all my Mod points yesterday, This is worth a +1, Funny!

*I only use one screen, but I use Compiz, with 5 sides to my "Cube", I treat each side as a different screen, each with a specific task. After using this setup for a year, I now find it hard to use a computer without having either multiple screens, or the cube.