Of course it is, it's a SCREEN READER. It only has to interface with the seedy belly of whatever windowing system it happens to be on. And Mac OS X and Linux do it completely differently.

http://live.gnome.org/LSR For linux. And after Leopard, screen reading is built into Mac OS.

Yea, that doesn't work anymore.

At my school, used books were 10% off full price, which was usually about %15 more than "half price texts" or whatever online. But the buy back price was 8-10% of full price. So at the end of the semester you'd get $25 for $300 worth of books that you bought.

So I never sold them back, what's $25 in the face of $300? Not worth it.

Yes, new "GSM" phones (phones that use SIM cards) use W-CDMA. That doesn't mean they use "CDMA", even if they use that modulation. Can Verizon use an iPhone? They use the same frequencies. Oh, they can't? Oh, it must not be "CDMA" then.

It is common to refer to phones that us SIM cards as "GSM" phones, because they work on networks that are GSM. And it is common to refer to phones that use no SIM cards as "CDMA", because they work on networks that are CDMA. So you're still an idiot, you may be right, but you're still an idiot.

It happened when Apple moved to OS X, but the user base was much smaller so the complaints were less.

I'm sorry, this is just not the case, Apple did a REALLY good job with the classic environment in Mac OS X and most of these complaints were known, but it was OK, because everybody could see how much better Mac OS X was than classic.

1.) Old antivirus programs weren't a big deal because there weren't any. Microsoft has an interface that notifies XP when an antiVirus is being installed, it might be possible to prevent an antivirus from being installed by claiming there's one installed already. Or maybe, MS just doesn't care because it's a VM anyhow, and they just have a new copy somewhere else on the computer.

2.) This was a big problem with printers in the OS X switch over. Epson in particular lost a lot of repeat customers because they refused to update some of their USB printers to support Mac OS X. One solution, was to install the printer driver in Classic and print only from there. But anything you wanted to print from Mac OS X had to be compatible with the old program.

3.) 3D games? I'm sorry, they just worked. Really. No Joke. They were slightly slower, maybe 2-3 FPS slower, but nothing major. It was great, I could play all my old games without having to reboot into the classic environment. A few games I had were upgraded to be able to be played on OS X, and those games got a huge speed boost when they did. On OS 9, they'd get somewhere in the 30FPS range, then 27-28 when played on classic, then, when they were upgraded, they got somewhere in the 35-40FPS range.

The other thing that probably makes my memories a lot rosier is that OS 9 was so outdated and crashy by the time OS X came out, we were very glad to switch to something that didn't crash.

I have a 6 digit user ID you insensitive clod!

True Story.

I was hired the same way for my internship. I stated in my resume I was good with linux, lots of programming languages and was looking for an internship. I also said I had some windows experience, but it wasn't my strong point.

I honestly think I was given the time of day because when I showed up to the interview, I hadn't shaved, I hadn't worn nice clothes. (Well, they weren't cruddy either) And I gave off the air of being interested in what they were doing.

It's weird, it's like if you show up, talking the right way, and dressed to not care, you get far. I don't understand it.

Not to mention the processor in the Palm device is faster and probably consumes more energy...

Um, no. The OMAP CPU is MUCH more energy effient then the ARM9 cpu, look at the difference between the Core and the Pentium 4. Plus the iPhone has TWO, one for the phone modem and one for the applications! (Arguably the Palm I'm sure also has two CPUs.)

Look at the beagle board, it runs a OMAP 3530, has USB, Ethernet, HDMI (with audio), runs at 600MHz, and can display full motion video on a HD display using 11% of the CPU. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_OHe-JfTyk

Oh, and it does all of this while drawing 2 Watts. I'd say that's pretty impressive, also considering the 3530 is the energy hog of the family. Palm is using the 3430, which is pin and software compatable with the 3530. And more effient.

While the iPod shuffle is not a particularly powerful device, it does allow the user to use a well supported device that most probably is not going anywhere soon. The iPod shuffle in my mind would be very useful if what you wanted was just music.

However, If was blind, I might not want an MP3 player because I rely so heavily on my sense of hearing to get around. If I encased myself into my own musical world, I might miss something I need to hear.

This does NOT mean Ron Paul is out. Rather, it means that there's nothing more to do until he either gets the nomination or doesn't. He's running a very tight ship, and there's no reason to keep a large election staff around if there isn't anything to be done.

Ron Paul still has a good chance to be the nominee. I hope that he'll run next time and he'll get even more support.