I read recently (i think it was on the naked scientist) that these large masses of ice have a small gravitational field. They pull water close to them. When the ice bergs break up, they lose mass and gravity. The article was suggesting that water levels will rise because the water that was pulled by the icebergs will now be in the ocean.

"By 2050 nearly 80% of the worldâ(TM)s population will reside in urban centers, and 109 hectares of arable land will be needed to feed them."

Assuming this quote is accurate, then that means we'll have plenty of land to grow crops on (because not as many people live in rural areas).

One website decides to use silverlight. How about the other sites like cnn, msnbc etc that will use something else. Just go there. FYI - silverlight runs on osX and moonlight (see mono) runs on linux.

On a different note, this is a sad day for those owning AAPL shares - expect them to plunge even further than they have over the past year.

Ohh and I don't know it might also be a sad day for his family. Let's get some perspective here. He has serious health issues and people seem to care more about the stock prices.

Microsoft never said it would be. Even if you could run windows 7 on a netbook, its not like you could run crysis on your netbook.

The author was just exaggerating. Maybe it wasn't as popular as XP but I consider it more popular that ME and 98. What's really funny is their least popular OS still has more consumer market share than linux and os x. (that last statement was a troll, I know, but lets get some perspective here.)

I've noticed a general slow down and unresponsiveness in facebook. It started when they rolled out the new fully ajaxified UI a few months back.

I figured the slow down was caused by the ajax but maybe it was the 600,000 new users getting added per day.

I hope facebook speeds up.

Bush is a normal person. He's corrupt, selfish and only helps out his friends -- just like most people.</cynical>

"'Forcing customers to go someplace they don't want to go by raising prices is a Christmas present for Apple and those that are positioning Linux on the desktop.'""

I've heard this argument before but it just doesn't make sense. Here's why:

I am a computer user that uses windows. I can buy a machine with windows, a good one, for $500 or less. But its got, vista, I don't like vista. So what do most slashdotters think will happen next?

1) abandon windows and buy a mac that costs twice as much as a windows pc
2) abandon windows and buy a cheaper pc running linux
3) user buys vista machine for $500

I would say a normal rational shopper would go with number 3.

Here's why 1 wouldn't be an option.
It is irrational to pay twice as much for a computer that does basically the same thing and has a much different interface.

Here's why 2 wouldn't be an option.
The shopper is less likely to find a computer running linux for sale in a store or online, if they weren't specifically shopping for a linux pc. In addition, if they knew anything about linux they would realize it can't run word, internet explorer, itunes or most of the other programs they want without a high level of expertise.

Here's why 3 would be the choice:
Its available. Vista is easier to transition to if you are already familiar with windows xp. The price is cheaper than mac. You can run most of your programs you want on it.