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yeap, advertising rubbish.. take a look at some amusing blogs on the subject.. behind the ads and balls to advertising

I agree, this is the scenario I see playing out. If Microsoft wants to become a real Internet player then they need to drop their obsession with maintaining the OS monopoly, which is at complete odds with what it takes to be successful in the iWorld(tm).

I don't think they can let go of that, so they'll just end up turning Yahoo! into another Hotmail.

Apparently, FakeSteveJobs also agrees

Really? Have you read the Bible? Lots of crazy crap happened in there, much more crazy than finding gold tablets and translating them. But I digress.

McCain has a positive fiscal conservativeness? You've got to be kidding?
McCain is straight talking? Really!

/That youtube video is very enlightening!
//As Rush is always saying concerning the McCain supporters, "They just want us to shut up and fall in line."

Plus, and I know that I'm going to draw the ire of all the Rondroids here, but it's not like Paul doesn't have some other problems as a candidate...

Plus, and I know that I'm going to draw the ire of all the Rondroids here, but it's not like Paul doesn't have some other problems as a candidate...

I hope Google does bail them out of this. I'd hate to see Microsoft ruin a few decent services. Chief among them, Flickr.

Like I said though, Google stands to gain a ton of users flocking away if MS acquires Yahoo.

It is very true that people don't want to stick to a carrier, because in today's market every other day one carrier is better than the other in terms of services or features they provide and moreover in India there is a big craze for iPhone and most of the people I know here have bought an unlocked iPhone in the recent times. Sachin http://qtp.blogspot.com/

Islam Will kick your ass and kill you for thinking. http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/02/islam-will-kick.html Instead, it is about "power and control".
It is about religion integrated with politics, intimidation, torture, death, rape, child sacrifice, and world domination.

Islam and Democracy are incompatible. Islam and anything else are incompatible. Islam and those who claim "moderation" in Islam are incompatible. When it comes time for the 'moderates', they will have to choose conquest, or death, like the rest of us.

Is Islam a No, it is a amalgamation of political power and religion, a religion of conquest and war.

Has it ties with dictatorships of the past, integrated into its practices to this day? http://tellthechildrenthetruth.com/

Do women have a life at all under Islam? NO!
"UK: Muslim Families Who Use Rape And Violence To Enforce "Honor"" http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003964.html
Family of Muslim Teen invited men to rape her. http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/02/family-of-musli.html
Or any of these: 253 posts categorized "The Truth About Islam" http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/the_truth_about_islam/index.html

Or this: "On Islamic Misogyny--Buried Alive?" http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2008/01/17/on-islamic-misogyny%E2%80%94buried-alive/
and
Michelle Malkin, Islam: http://michellemalkin.com/category/islam/
and
American Thinker: http://www.google.com/search?q=islam+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Famericanthinker.com%2F&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

The point is, this is not about censorship, but about world domination, even to the point of destruction of themselves. Seems crazy, and it is to Western values and reasoning. But from birth, they have been taught differently. Oh, I guess there might be some clues here:
"At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war." http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/

Believe it. This is about the Last Crusade, World War III, and Armageddon, IF they can find a way to make it so. We had better be aware of the dangers and take the appropriate actions.

Microsofts cash pool of just over 21 billion may appear limitless, but when you put forward 1/2 of a 44 billion deal in cash, that pool disappears quite quickly.
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2008/02/microsoft-panics-overpays-for-yahoo.html for slightly more technical analysis of the deal. (i am not related to that website in any way)

There have been three cable cuts in two incidents. The first incident was the tanker anchor that cut FLAG Telecom's Europe-Asia cable and SeaMeWe-4 in the Mediterranean off the north coast of Egypt, on the route between Palermo, Sicily and Alexandria, Egypt. Those cables run in parallel from Palermo to Alexandria in the Mediterranean, through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea, then from Djibouti to Mumbai, India.

The second incident was a cut in FLAG Telecom's FALCON cable, which connects up with the Europe-Asia cable off the coast of Mumbai and goes north into the Persian Gulf past Oman, UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain, and lands in Kuwait. In the other direction, it rounds India and connects to Sri Lanka. That one was cut between Oman and UAE.

None of these cables lands in Iran. There is a subsea cable from Kuwait to Iran; the impact to that was indirect.

Note that in December 2006 there were *nine* cable breaks in Asia as a result of earthquakes. Submarine cables (like terrestrial cables) break all the time due to natural and man-caused accidents, which is why every cable operator contracts with cable laying and repair fleets to repair breaks.

I don't think there's anything suspicious here. I've discussed this in similar detail at my blog, which includes a link to Telegeography's submarine cable map.

We the People Act - Prohibits the Supreme Court and each federal court from adjudicating any claim or relying on judicial decisions involving: (1) state or local laws, regulations, or policies concerning the free exercise or establishment of religion; (2) the right of privacy, including issues of sexual practices, orientation, or reproduction; or (3) the right to marry without regard to sex or sexual orientation where based upon equal protection of the laws.

But what do I do with one of these old ones I already have? The Secret Diary of Steve Ballmer

Concur wholeheartedly.
She is certainly lowering her contribution footprint among tech companies, which will help the economy:
http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com/2008/02/hellary-comes-courtin.html

I can't say much about the Republicans, there are still too many for me to really break this down effectively, but I have put the Democrat candidates' policies on a number of issues (technology included) on my blog. Obama clearly breaks away for general policies, although there are some areas that all (well, now both) of them could be more clear (or give any policies).

Mostly people who took out variable-rate loans when interest rates were at historic lows and housing prices at historic highs. This definitely sucks for them, but shouldn't stupidity have consequences sometimes?

People who are under water should realize that they bet wrong, and face the music. They treated a house as an investment, and not a home. A home is where you "hang your hat" - and that can be either owned or rented. A house, on the other hand, is a pile of wood, plasterboard, bricks, stucco, etc., on some dirt.

We're going to see a huge increase in "jingle mail". Also foreclosures and bankruptcies will continue to increase. The sooner people realize this, the sooner they can start rebuilding their lives, and the sooner banks will have to bring those toxic loans back onto their books.

Its only once everyone (including potential investors in the rest of the world) know the true numbers, that a solution can be found. Yes, there was criminal behaviour on the part of lenders, brokers, and real estate agents. However, under the legal doctrine of "unclean hands" many of the people who got "taken" were no better.

Liar's loans, ninja loans (no income, no job or assets), purposeful mis-statements - if you lied to get that loan, you have as much right to complain as someone who got ripped off because they got short-changed buying a rock of crack.

Millions of people lied. The honest ones have recourse - the dishonest ones will have to suck it up, and be happy that they're not facing criminal fraud charges (yet), rather than blaming others.

How come no politician is saying this simple truth - that if you lied to get your mortgage, you should be happy you're not in jail, and there will be NO bail-out for you.

Last summer (iirc) somebody did a review of the different candidates' web sites. Obama won by an easy margin. It seems that he truly does understand technology.

http://webcandidate.blogspot.com/2007/03/experts-rate-web-sites-of-presidential.html

As robots come to pervade our society, legal issues will arise. Legal agreements will be one tool for regulating robot bad behavior or unwanted spying.

To legally prevent an employer from using info from a social networking site, one might post terms of use that forbid such use. The idea is not legal advice, but it is something to think about.

For your curiosity, Google also has tentacules in touch screen technology through touchEarth. AFAIK, this is in Google's SoC and work is mostly open source related. (for the most interested in virtual globes touch screens, see this link)

http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2008/01/lca-and-fluffy-bunnies.html

I don't know what you are talking about.

. . but didn't we already pay $200 billion to get 45Mb/s fiber starting in the late 90s? I seem to remember how the telecomes complained that they didn't have the money to do it. And Congress passed the Telecom Act of 1996 to allow them to charge fees to help fund an infrastructure upgrade. Ten years later we barely have fiber and that fiber is dramatically slower and more expensive than promised. And you have to pay for it to be installed.

Yeah and the $200 Billion is a conservative estimate from what I'm seeing. I've been http://comcastissue.blogspot.com/>blogging about it for some time and run into other's who have better information about it. One guy got really deep into it and even published an ebook about it. I have the link on my blog somewhere.. I'd have to check but I found him through google and he was kind enough to explain to me some of what he found. It's unbelievable!

The fiber was supposed to go to every home and business and completed by 2006 I believe.

if it was in place, companies like Concast wouldn't be terminating people's internet for using it too much (without disclosing what the hell that means) nor blocking / forging bit torrent packets. They would be fighting for your business like any other business.

So, first there were two cables cut (Alexandria, Egypt and Marseille, France):
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/business/worldbusiness/31cable.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin
Then a third (link between UAE and Oman):
http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2008/02/third-undersea-internet-cable-cut-in.html
Then a FOURTH cable (link between Suez and Sri Lanka)
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/third-undersea-cable-reportedly-cut/story.aspx?guid=%7B1AAB2A79-E983-4E0E-BC39-68A120DC16D9%7D

Coincidence my a**!
Middle East is basically cut from Internet, and we can enjoy only the officially sanctioned news from the mainstream. If something BIG is about to happen (remember, Iran is in Middle East too), then we cannot know what actually happens there (unless you believe what you are told by officials... which I don't).

Here is a great example of the target group..."...people have asked why I chose the name Shamino. Shamino is a character from the Ultima series of computer games..." - cracks me up :)

Yes, in my opinion they have been violating the court order in Fonovisa v. Does 1-41 since November, 2004.

Just check: http://zibree.blogspot.com/2008/01/seda-give.html

Either the guy has regretted lying so bluntly or this is just another example of the media overreacting (and in this case media means Erica Sadun, PhD in GATECH, for christ sake!!!).

At the bottom of that flame article there's a link saying that Snopes had stopped pushing those ads, so this story was already old and obsolete before it was posted. http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/update-on-snopes-pushing-adware.html

"Actually, rendering 3D graphics is about the most boring thing that this generation of cards does."

Oh I wouldn't say that.

"Actually, rendering 3D graphics is about the most boring thing that this generation of cards does."

Oh I wouldn't say that.

Does this Zango company make an adblocker too? I recently read that they block spam email. Would you subscribe me to your posts?

Wow. Stereotype much? Not sure how you got modded up, but we here on the interwebz like people to cite things when they make broad sweeping statements like "Potheads are less productive in normal jobs" or "much more prone to schizophrenia with its attendant expenses". Of course this is utterly false. You'll notice that schizophrenia in the general population has not risen in the last 40 years or so, while marijuana use has increased substantially. Now tell me how that could be exactly. There is certainly a correlation between marijuana use and schizophrenia but it isn't causal. Of course, you won't hear that in the media because it "sends the wrong message". http://utteroutrage.blogspot.com/2007/05/marijuana-duck-duck-goose-same-old.html The war on drugs is a tragedy. There are few rosy alternatives but the fact remains that imprisoning drug users has done nothing to reduce demand, supply, or addiction. It has allowed for the creation of criminal organizations, proliferation of drugs that are cut with dangerous chemicals, access to drugs by minors, racial discrimination (crack cocaine, etc...), imprisonment of otherwise law abiding citizens, and blatant abuses of police power. Never mind the economic ramifications. The drug war is a HUGE waste. But I do agree with you. It's a moot point currently. No politician that is going to get elected will talk about it. The only thing Americans want for drug users is more prison cells. *sigh*

http://trolltracker.blogspot.com/2007/09/trolltracker-responds-to-ray-niros.html

This is why he wants TT's identity. To sue on another junk patent. Like he did, as TT suggested, against a resort because he could not get a tee time.

http://trolltracker.blogspot.com/2008/01/global-patent-holdings-sues-boca-raton.html

http://trolltracker.blogspot.com/2007/09/trolltracker-responds-to-ray-niros.html

This is why he wants TT's identity. To sue on another junk patent. Like he did, as TT suggested, against a resort because he could not get a tee time.

http://trolltracker.blogspot.com/2008/01/global-patent-holdings-sues-boca-raton.html

For 16bit MSDOS programs Dosbox suffices, but for 16bit Windows programs is does not.

You can run Windows 3.11 on top of DosBox, just like you run Windows 3.11 on top of real DOS. See here.

The Anonymous Blogger has already offered (on their blog) to turn themselves over to Niro if the bounty hits $50K.

Here is a grand summary of my posts about Ray Niro (you can click on the Niro Scavone labels to read them all):

1) I posted Fish & Richardson's allegations against him. But those were F&R's words, not my own. By the way, the judge granted expedited discovery to allow F&R to determine whether to add Ray Niro personally as a defendant. And if F&R does sue Niro, personally, I'll report about it here. Which is not disparaging him, just reporting.

2) I posted about how Niro secured a permanent injunction that was stayed in light of BMC v. Paymentech. True!

3) I dared Niro to sue the New York Yankees in Boston on the '341 patent. But I don't think he wants to litigate out of state. C'mon Ray, if you want to stay in Chicago, at least add the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings as defendants, too. (They have JPEG images).

4) I reported that he represents Acacia in a bit of patent litigation. All true.

5) I speculated that he actually represents non-practicing entities as a fair amount of his overall practice. Also, true.

Here is a grand summary of my posts about Ray Niro (you can click on the Niro Scavone labels to read them all):

1) I posted Fish & Richardson's allegations against him. But those were F&R's words, not my own. By the way, the judge granted expedited discovery to allow F&R to determine whether to add Ray Niro personally as a defendant. And if F&R does sue Niro, personally, I'll report about it here. Which is not disparaging him, just reporting.

2) I posted about how Niro secured a permanent injunction that was stayed in light of BMC v. Paymentech. True!

3) I dared Niro to sue the New York Yankees in Boston on the '341 patent. But I don't think he wants to litigate out of state. C'mon Ray, if you want to stay in Chicago, at least add the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings as defendants, too. (They have JPEG images).

4) I reported that he represents Acacia in a bit of patent litigation. All true.

5) I speculated that he actually represents non-practicing entities as a fair amount of his overall practice. Also, true.

http://trolltracker.blogspot.com/ *slashdot effect activate*

Really? It appears Dell installs a user-mode rootkit on some of their laptops. Is this mentioned in any sales documents?

I agree; that's a bad idea.

countering fundamentalist Islam with fundamentalist Christianity

• The white supremacists issue is irrelevant
• You've attacked the supporters of Dr Paul, but because you also loaded the sentence with "...you're going to have to try to reason with these people if you want their votes.", you've linked the attack to the candidate himself, implying that Dr Paul panders to white supremacists for their votes.

There's been something of a renaissance in the last few years, what with the modular Cafe Corner (which has a whole blog devoted to it) and the creator houses. Not to mention lego's official 3d modeller which links in to their ordering system - design a model and they'll ship you all the parts for it in a custom box with a picture of your model on the front.