I'll wait for WebOS tablets...where the development environment is not spectacularly bad...

Memtest86 will find some memory issues, but not all. I find that you have to really stress the memory interface, itself (i.e.: not just typical reads/writes) in order to see truly "interesting" failures...ones that could easily cause "unexplained" lockups, etc. For this sort of thing, I recommend this. This will slam the memory i/f much more than just reads/writes...which is what you really ought to be doing anyway.

You can't sign (or click) away your rights. They've overstepped their bounds, but isn't that what EULAs generally do??

In general, that might be true, but being really good is still no guarantee that you _can't_ be laid off. Step on the wrong toes, say the wrong thing, work for the wrong group, and you'll be on your way out...regardless of performance. This is becoming more and more true in company cultures that mistakenly view managers as being more important than individual contributors.

Nope. Taxing the wealthy (>$500k/yr.) at progressively higher rates is the right way to go. People tend to forget that capitalism fails without a strong middle class. Give businesses shelter from taxes so that the truly wealthy are forced to invest in things that (hopefully) return value to the economy.

What we have now is dramatic increases in those living below the poverty line and those making obscene amounts of money. The latter excels at the former's expense, with very little effort and even less added value to society...or the economy.

To quote Krugman, supply side economics is "a crank doctrine that would have had little influence if it did not appeal to the prejudices of editors and wealthy men."

Can we please put this de-bunked doctrine to rest...FOREVER!

Of course, if we tax the wealthy too highly then they might just "off-shore" themselves...something to think about, eh?

This is just another chapter in this administration's plan to "restore power" to the executive branch.

http://fracas2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/terrorism-executive-power-grab-and.html

Once again, they've used fear (quite effectively) to push their agenda. This $700B will go fast and won't "fix" the crux of the problem: overvalued housing. Expect to see still more legislation, more fear-mongering, and more of Paulson's buddies pocket's lined with cash....this is just getting started.

While the media's portrayal of Christians may be skewed, ask your Christian friends whether they consider themselves to be Republican or Democratic and whom they will vote for this year. After they tell you they are Republican, ask them what the Republican party would have to do to lose their vote, or what the Democratic party would have to do to gain it. Now weigh their answer against the probability of those reasons ever happening. This is the real point, and the politicians know it.

Of all the Christians I personally know, only one has already decided to cross the party line this year to vote non-Republican. He has decided that opposing Bush's policies on revitalizing US imperialism, ignoring UN entirely before invading Iraq, ignoring the 1997 Kyoto Treaty, reckless governmental spending, doing virtually everything possible to support big business (especially the oil industry), helping to screw the 40 hour work week, and countless others, are more important than supporting his Christian-based issues of anti-abortion, anti-gay/lesbian , anti-non-Christian religions, etc.

Granted, I haven't conducted a Gallup Poll, but I would certainly like to see the demographic breakdown. What do you think: 90% of people who identify themselves as Christian (not just religious, but Christian) vote Republican? More? Less? Anyone have access to this poll or this one?