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Appeals Court Sides With Microsoft On Java
burgburgburg writes "Reuters reports that the three-member federal appeals court in Virginia ruled today the U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz erred when he ordered Microsoft to include Java with the Windows operating system.
Fortunately, Dell and HP, the top 2 PC makers, have already decided to ship Java on the PCs that they sell. Apple, Red Hat and Lindows have also agreed to include Sun's Java." The ruling is available.
This isn't the first time that the popular vote did not agree with the electoral college. Remember - us normal average citizens are too dumb to elect someone directly (see: Florida) so we have this other body to do so on our behalf.
> they halted the Florida recount
The votes were recounted several times, with President Bush winning each recount.
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In related news....a 1000 scorned slashdolts jumped off a bridge to their deaths all the while yealling the sky was falling.
> The counts were halted for specific
> counties that had not completed the counts yet.
Not counts, hand recounts. And recounts of recounts. Some folks were determined to recount votes until they got the result they wanted.
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I for one don't put my name here on anything challenging to the average point of view. I've been targeted a few too many times for just expressing a complex thought. Sure karma's practically free, but it irks me when some moron doesn't read my post carefully and attacks me while saying everything I say. Then some other moron hits me with a "-1 overrated". I loose sleep over this kind of stupid stuff, so I post anonymously most of the time. Yes, I know I shouldn't take is seriously. I need help.
At one point I started getting week old comments modded down. My response to that was to spend some extra time writing and get four +5's in the next few days. My "foes" only have so many mod points. Let them waste them.
Another Republican lie. Independent counters determined that a state-wide recount would have given the state to Gore.
. . .or robinson caruso, (though technically the latter was marooned).
Ah, yes. Robinson Caruso, the famous tenor who crooned while marooned. :)