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Maybe you can get her some Linux jewelry....

For example, the swinging Tux pendant is simply adorable! She'll love you forever for it!

:-)

For example, the swinging Tux pendant is simply adorable! She'll love you forever for it!

:-)

If you're looking for Beastie to add to you (non-virtual) desktop, this is probably the time to get one.

If you're looking for Beastie to add to you (non-virtual) desktop, this is probably the time to get one.

the contest was sponsored by company called Silicon Breeze, they also have a shop that sells Linux jewellery. I quess now you can show others that open source can make you rich (if you sell tux jewellery :)

The US didn't invent packet switching, or the web. They built a little thing called DARPANET, however, and let it get bigger. It quickly spread around the country and the world.

My main point is that I don't need the vast majority of the world for my net experience. Australia is a great example. I go to a few Australian sites occasionally. The Southern Cross Cable was not built so that Americans could buy Tux earrings more easily. It was so Australia and its neighbors could connect to the US. If your backbone carrier saw the future of net usage shifting away from the US, the cable would be pointing somewhere else, wouldn't it? The US doesn't see its usage as being Australia-centric, thus the complete indifference over here. I can guarantee you that world net use isn't going to be centered on Africa for a long, long time. Because of that it makes no sense whatsoever for any of the big western Bad Guys to spend a dime on connectivity to Africa- their customers just haven't been asking for it. I resent spending $40/month on top of my regular cable bill just to let my computer use the same wire that my TV has been using for years. I don't need connections to most of the rest of the world, and I'm not going to pay for them.

If recognizing the Way Things Are and looking at simple economics is considered flamebait, then so be it. You keep dreaming of a perfect world, and I'll keep wanting to only pay for my part.

About $5.00 . Bought one for each of my computers.

www.linuxjewellery.com

For the BSD sysadmin in your life, get 'em a BSD Daemon statuette:

http://www.linuxjewellery.com/catalogue.php/bsd/

Some money from the sales also goes towards FreeBSD development, too, which they ought to appreciate!

...are sculptured metal logo plates for your case.

You mean these penguin statues? They're shown on the main page of the Linux Jewllery site. These also show off the variety of metals, so those interested in a Beastie might wanna check them out also.

You mean these penguin statues? They're shown on the main page of the Linux Jewllery site. These also show off the variety of metals, so those interested in a Beastie might wanna check them out also.