and the really long way:
  ps -ef | grep firefox | grep -v grep| wc -l

I use this in a few scripts when checking for a count of specific processes, simply because regardless of *nix version,you can almost guarantee ps, grep, and wc exist but depending on what version, you may not have some of the "extra" features of any of them available. yes, i have run into this and had to re-write it this way to work around it.

The question is, does this mean YOU have to give consent to be recorded by the police? It seems to me that if that's the case (which it should be) and the only evidence of you committing a crime is the tape, it should be thrown out for the same reason... Now you get away and get to sue the police department for violation of wiretapping laws

Correct, but I've been a customer of Sprint's for 4 years, got my HTC Hero in October and got the 2.1 update at least a week and half ago. Considering the official announcement was "by the end of 1H 2010", I'd say I got it early. So far, I'm pretty happy with it, I think I would rather they do a little more on the performance than worry about re-working the gui to work with new API's but, all in all, it's usable, stable, and feels a little faster than 1.6 was.

Does this mean adobe is going to provide better support for flash on linux ?

Yea, the closed beta interface was nice, I just looked at it again and wanted to stab my eyes out with a toothpick =/

I was thinking more along the lines of True Knowledge, this project has been in private beta for about 2 years and just in the last 6 months was opened up for public beta testing. What it has so far is limited, but it is growing steadily.

Disclaimer: I do not work for True Knowledge, Google, or Wolfram Alpha, I have just been helping out with beta testing true knowledge since it was a private beta system...

What about a nuclear physicist possessing plutonium?

If they were to re-orchestrate such a marketing plan, I'd like to know so I can apply for the contract :)

Possibly not, but I'm pretty sure the server edition is a little different than the desktop.

Replying to myself, but the text of the draft (pdf)

Might as well include a list of contact numbers, both phone and fax

It's still called ROM because the new chips are EEPROM (Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) Basically, there is a pin that either get's grounded or hot (voltage applied) that allows the writing of the chip, if this doesn't happen it's not writable. If I remember correctly, I haven't been in electronics school for over 10 years now....

That's odd, I do this with my hero (Sprint) all the time.... I thought it was odd when I saw the commercials saying no other carrier could do it since i was doing just that when it came on :)

When did they do that ? Tethering worked the last time I tried it but they don't provide an application for it, I use tetherbot when I need to. It's free and works fine for browsing http, but it wouldn't work to well for vpn or other services unless you can configure a proxy for it.

I have no coverage problems with Sprint and I travel regularly for work... What are you basing your opinion on exactly? I'm not saying that I never roam (and really, since most plans include free roaming, do you track when you roam ?) , just that I rarely have no service and when I am in a spot with no service, I can move 20 ft either direction and have service.