That's how I got to this too. RSS let's me find headlines from both foreign and domestic sources in Firefox Live Bookmarks. It's efficient

Excellent points, especially this:

I beg to differ; you're missing out on all the new meds you're supposed to ask your doctor about...

What would you expect from someone who, through his actions, has consistently endorsed child rape for decades?

...are my choices for usability from a Windows perspective. Everything just works. Caveat: Both use KDE 3.5 and the kopete instant messenger won't connect to yahoo, but Mepis has a very promising beta out with KDE 4 which does connect. Alternately, install pidgin from the PCLOS repositories. Linux Mint is another fine choice, but I'm partial to KDE.

If you can't or don't want to pay the taxes in the country you're doing business in you have a faulty business model, and while you're adjusting that you may need to find yourself a banana republic to ply your trade in tax-free. But Ballmer has a history of spouting a lot of hot air without ever following up on any of it.

...and ultimately unenforceable. That's why congress will love the idea! An easier way to achieve the same results is to force ISPs to mandate the use of Linux or BSD to access the network. Problem solved. Microsoft could get a six month grace period to come up with an inherently safe OS.