A taste of their own medicine is just what they deserve.

No worry, it'll all be meaningless come 2012

And why not? Bill Gates has done a lot of good with this wealth; real tangible things. And it's not just about giving money, it's about being involved. He and his wife are both active in the process and that's what makes it impressive - they're not just signing checks. And why would anyone put Glenn Beck in the same sentence with the Pope, the Dalai Lama and Bill Gates? Except maybe for contrast with the Dark Side.

Blame the government? They didn't build the tank, the contractor did. The idea is for the contractor to build the item they bid upon to the specifications. How would the engineers know that these are at 65% of the expected fracture strength? Because they have specs.

Not all that surprising. Back in the day, NT ran on MIPS and Alpha and you could compile native code for both from respective versions of Visual C. That was a long time ago but all the code infrastructure to support different CPU architectures are still there. 3rd party code is a different story.

I haven't touched the white pages in ages. I'm all for getting rid of it. But it's interesting to note that as institutions have found ways to be both "greener" and more monetarily efficient, those cost savings have not come back to the consumer in the form of cheaper products and services.

This is old news folks. Looks like Gizmodo saw the original news story some time ago, filed an FOIA request and now that they've got the goods, they show it so it's a new story? Not taking away from the seriousness of the issue mind you but this is pretty lame as far as news goes.

Not a bad idea. Some simple pre-made rules would be nice. For instance, a useful one might be: All fruitcakes --> gift certificate

Where's the BIOS setting for this?

When I said "bad that it's so often" it's because it's a reflection of how many holes their software is riddled with. Yes, getting fixes out is a good thing. Not having any holes is even better. With Adobe, these days, it seems every thing needs to be patched often.

And that testing is only as good as what it does test for. Really good QA is tough stuff and unfortunately, that level of expertise is often undervalued. Adobe has been pushing out lots of updates as of late. Good that they're doing it; bad that it's so often.

Totally bogus. This is just an attempt to kill the used book market. As it is, textbook revisions are introduced at a rate far higher than actual changes in content; all in order to make older used books obsolete. The entire textbook publishing industry is a sham. Look at so-called "international" editions - these are often identical to the US version, except maybe for physical differences (lighter paper for lower freight cost, or b&w instead of color to make it cheaper to print) or perhaps minor changes in language due to localization. Yet these books are not meant for domestic consumption even though they are perfectly capable of doing the job at a fraction (often 1/4 to 1/2) of the cost of an official US edition.