And if anything, that should give him an advantage - No need to learn about all the hidden intricacies of what's going on when starting the job!

Joking aside, it would be interesting to see whether this results in a more open government than before.

See, therein lies the catch - they can then sneak in a tax on your ISP bill to help fund the infrastructure required to implement this, and make even _more_ money! It's win-win for everyone except the end-user.

The problem you tend to get is that hot air is _very_ humid. If you've ever watched a home reno show where the original builders f*cked up the dryer vent install, you'll know how bad the mold can get from that...You'd need some way to dehumidify the air first... and that cost would probably put you at par with running a space heater or so.

Heh... A family member of mine had that too -> Had a workstation and a 4-PC cluster for modelling computations in his office. Often had to open the window during the winter, and joked that the office should reimburse him for the heating costs they saved.

And where there's no shortage, everyone gets to pay inflated prices!! Let's hope they don't catch on you can make (albeit poor) plastic from MILK!

I suspect that if the new Pirate party had enough people to have a chance federally, they'd get quite a few votes from all the people sick of the same old crap from each of the current parties. I'll echo what's been said below - WE NEED FRESH BLOOD!

Yes, but many, many people make the same mistake. It's one of those things that perpetuates itself because the majority (or at least those that you hear) don't know much better.

FTFY. Calling the Netherlands Holland is like calling Canada "Ontario" or the USA "Washington".

Hell, it could be human blood and it would still be cheaper than HP Black ink #49...

There, fixed that for you.

There. fixed that for you.

You must be new here... (yes, I saw your 6-digit UID). Well targeted analogy, good sir.

This is something that ticks me off every time I see it- any documentary tends to infer that ancient peoples were stupid/less intelligent then us ("oh wow, look how they made x using only y primitive tools!") Everyone needs to realize that there is no fixed measure of intelligence, and that it is relative - these ancient groups were incredibly smart - as pointed out, the mayans with their astrological knowledge, and the middle east in the development of various mathematical things)...

That said, I don't think we need to worry about some external force bringing about the end of the world... humanity just needs to look in a mirror to see the cause.

My hat is off to you, good sir. Your post is composed entirely of WIN. That said, Desktop Linux is indeed far from dead. I've given it the "mother" test and it passes fairly well for general internet use and e-mail; the only discrepancies are with the naming/placement/sequence of various actions. Desktop linux is not dead. The MINDSET of people realizing that it is NOT Windows/OS X and not supposed to be identical in every way is what is dying. That is by far the biggest problem I hear - "it's not like Windows...". Well, DUH. If it was, it would have a $200 price tag and say Microsoft on the box, wouldn't it?

While I"m skeptical we'll see a Linux steam client any time soon, don't forget there WERE legitimate packages and shell scripts on Steam's servers that appeared to be an early alpha-phase client. There are two conclusions here: 1) They tried it and decided to drop the project, hence the VP's statement. or, 2) It's not a priority project and possibly even a test to see how the userbase responds... so while it's not actually in the works, they may be considering it/keeping it secret.

Also, tl;dr.

This is slashdot and not a magazine. So unless you have something VERY interesting to say, keep the word count low. I don't give a sh!t for long-winded novels. Those of us that do will *GASP* RTFA.

(cue the "insensitive clod" replies below...)