Anybody who has been in the tech business any length of time knows AT&T f#@*s up everything they buy. Why expect anything different this time?

half of what I see, nothing of what I hear, and only some of what I read without checking and questioning.
but then I've been around a looong time.
and I've been burned, hence my skepticism

In the initial stages of a disaster you will get extremely detailed information.
It will be wrong
how long this lasts depends on many factors

Has anyone come up with a reasonable idea of what the optimum temperature should be?
used to have vineyards in england, settlements on greenlands coast.

3 is 2
2 is 1
1 is none.
best way to make sure you have it
3 copies
2 different media, at least (hd, ssd, thumb, cd, dvd, tape, cloud)
1 is offsite.

utah can file electronically for free. Got the fed state program from h&r block, used it to fill in and file fed electronically, do state then fill in the blanks on the state site from the completed form. electronic deposits, all done in a week. best $40 I spent (got the cd)

My yahoo account (since ~ '98) uses my real name which it appears is also some actors name. Keep telling his friends they got the wrong guy but I keep getting his mail. If I was closer I might take them up on those script readings and fancy parties. Might be fun (or funny, not sure)

Skeptics seeing ghosts is what turns them into believers.
Used to work in a hotel that had them. Enough people (guests, workers, etc) saw enough things before being told about the spirits to turn them into believers

Why compare them?
Because Jobs did when he introduced the ipad. If he screwed up anything in his intro, that had to be it. He should have never called it a network COMPUTER replacement. He should have called it an APPLIANCE that complements computers.
  different tools
  different markets
  different uses
  different users

Personally, I think Microsoft should seriously consider buying a company like SPB Software or another Third Party company to continue the development of Windows Mobile. It's clear that Microsoft dropped the ball years ago and didn't realize the potential of Mobile devices and I am not sure Windows Mobile 7 will leap frog or even compete with the iPhone and/or Blackberry.

If the long term level of weather events changes in ways that are consistent with the theory of climate change then that supports the theory. It doesn't "prove" anything but it's one more piece of evidence among many.

Yes, there's lots of hyperbole on both sides of the issue. Lots of people who don't understand the science very well or who have political motivations making unsupportable statements. The complexity of climate theory makes it difficult for most people to take the time understand so it lends itself to that sort of stuff. I'm not sure what you can do about it though, I think it's largely just human nature.

OK, I append my title to say "Articles like this make slashdot great, which then make the articles not so great..."

"Most Americans with health insurance are part of group plans, typically through their employer, and the insurance company cannot exclude a individual that is part of the group."
its not most, and in reality people in group plans get declined services all the time.

"I have no problem assisting people that truly can't get the basics, the problem is that despite Obama, that is not the kind of legislation that Pelosi/Reid are going to send him to sign

based on... what? The proposed bills fill that pretty well and pay for themselves. Do you think Nancy will write her own bill on the back of a napkin and try to slip it in front of the President?

No you didn't. You voted for the president that scared you more.

If you wanted to be safe, you would have voted for the other side, which would have promoted friendlier relations with our nation's enemies, thereby reducing the level of support in those countries for people who want to hurt us, and strangling terrorism at its roots. Instead we got the folks who think that you can kill off the dandelions by blowing away the seeds...

So what you are saying is.... It will not stop the gun runners, you were just being (A. sensationalist; B. off topic; C. dumb). pick one.

To be fair, the new hardware is a huge improvement - still not up to virtualization, but I don't think that's a reasonable task to expect out of a machine meant primarily to be rugged and cheap.

Also, if you haven't updated your software to the latest build, you're missing out on a lot of performance tweaks. You might also consider overclocking it to 500mhz - you can find detailed instructions on the OLPCNews forums.