Oh no! I will wake up at night because I dreamed about clippy on my android phone: "Looks like youre trying to make a phonecall" when i am navigating in my car.. But this is a whitespot in the market for Microsoft. But if they can make it work on android i would love to have it working on Linux.

Next time better ask the question at www.iccm.org or just refrain from mentioning your faith.. apparantly it brings out the worst in some people

Finally canonical is showing it's evil side. Building revenue from selling support probarly does not cover the costs and datamining does. So expect this "feature" to be beafed up to collect (anonymous) statisctical data.. But hey, if you are savvy enough to install ubuntu, you can remove the package...

according to Bill Gates you need 640k maximum ..

My two cents:

1. Go geocaching. http://www.geocaching.com/ (be geeky outdoors) .. Outdoors, in nature, no books, no pc just you, your spouse and a gps. This will force you to interact, solve problems together which will teach you to solve YOUR problems together..

2. Do "the mariage course" http://relationshipcentral.org/ It almost ended my marriage but made it stronger in the long run. It is very practical because it is adapted to your needs. there are common theme nights where a subject is explained and then you discuss it together. every couple in our course enjoyed and had benefits from different subjects.

there was this instructable cable organiser http://www.instructables.com/id/The-IKEA-charging-box---no-more-cable-mess!-Very-e/ (a closed plastic box containing powersockets and had a few holes in it so you have a dust-proof container with just a few small adapter plugs coming out. The only problem i have with a solution like that is that you cannot individually switch te adapters on and off. But, if you build your own set of powersockets and add a powerswitch for every socket ( by british example ). you can save clutter and money (and heat for that matter) When i move i am planning to build a cabletree inside a PVC pipe (sewer / rainpipe)

Tanenbaum (the creator of Minix, the main inspiration of Linus) is dutch.. In Amsterdam he is teaching in the CS department of the VU (Free (as in speech) university) http://www.cs.vu.nl/en/sec/index.php You can take a course here and travel europe in the same time. Dutch people speak english (as opposed to the french or german people) and spain is a 12 hour drive or a 2 hour flight. The UK is next doors.. on the other hand.. we only have one (1) starbucks in the entire country...

the first black US president.. The rest of the world is ok with coloured people in office for centuries now.. A dutch Poet / commedian said this morning: Africa congratualtes America with their first black president.. The have had many black presidents.. now all they need is food.. But ot react to what it will mean for the nation.. I say "what nation" My country is not really affected. McCains and Obama's foreign policy will not be very different from each other.. I hope Obama understands that with great power comes great responsibillity.. And as the president of the most infoluencial country in the world he should know that his responsibility does not end at the border OR at the Oil wells...