Just chiming in to say that this issue is definitely real. My Dell Vostro battery was about a year and a half old when I installed Windows 7 the first time. When I finally decided to switch fully to 7 it only took about two weeks before I unplugged my computer and got a message that my battery needed to be replaced. The battery until then had about an hour and a half of time on it running the 'balanced' power setting. I noticed the message maybe two to three minutes after unplugging. I was planning to buy a new battery, but if this is real then I hope a class action is in the works because I need a new battery, and this is obviously the reason I need one. Also, since installing 7 I should point out that my battery now only has a seven minute life off ac power, even under Ubuntu 9.10, 8.04, and Windows XP. In response to someone mentioning 'high performance' being the likely culprit, I only ran high performance power management while on ac power.

I find it hilarious that the company name comes from 'Nemesis.' Does anyone else think that this presents an image that, no matter who is being tested, they are already determined to be the enemy?

As someone who lives, and works out at the site, I can say that you have a somewhat grim and limited view of the Hanford area. I in no way think they did a good job, they including my great-grandfather and grandfather, and father. However it is not nearly as bad as portrayed. I have personal insight to the things that are being fixed, or issues being resolved, and it is better than worse.

Yeah, I just moved to the area, and I agree, eggman: this place rocks! The natural beauty, the lovely green backlighting in Richland at night... heh. I have a friend who grew up here and then moved to Western WA... she had all the kids at school convinced that her dog had two tails and that she glowed in the dark. ;)

I download anything before I buy it, and no, I don't buy a lot of what I download. However, I tell people about the stuff I download, and they do spend money. I have made people go watch movies by showing them screeners. Several of my friends bought the Orange Box, Bioshock, and Unreal Tournament III because I showed it to them. So if anything, in my case, more money is spent because I pirate. Plus, if I download a game, and I won't buy it, I delete it. Because if it isn't good enough for me to buy, I don't want to play it. So there goes the whole lost money idea.

Yes, I actually had this article pop up on my Google Desktop.