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$298 Wal-Mart PC Has OO.org, No Crapware
cristarol writes "Wal-Mart has begun selling a $298 PC (Everex IMPACT GC3502). It comes with Windows Vista Home Basic and OpenOffice.org 2.2, as well as a complete lack of crapware: 'Users accustomed to being bombarded with trialware offers and seeing their would-be pristine Windows desktops littered with shortcuts to AOL and other applications will likely be pleased at their absence from the GC3502.' The machine is targeted at the back-to-school market. The hardware is nothing to write home about: a 1.5GHz Via C7 with 1GB of RAM and integrated graphics, but as Ars points out, it should be more than capable of performing basic tasks." Dell sells a low-end PC through Wal-Mart for $200 more, and one assumes it is loaded with crapware. Anybody know for sure?
Burbage dies on pg. 12
Hedwig dies on pg. 56
Mad-Eye dies on pg. 78
Scrimgeour dies on pg. 159
Wormtail dies on pg. 471
Dobby dies on pg. 476
Snape dies on pg. 658
Fred Weasley dies on pg. 637
Harry gets fucked up by Voldemort on pg. 704 but comes back to life on pg. 724
Tonks, Lupin, and Colin Creevy have their deaths confirmed on pg. 743
19 years after the events in the book:
Ron has married Hermione, their two children are named Rose and Hugo
Harry has married Ginny, their three children are named Lily, James, and Albus Severus.
Draco Malfoy has a son named Scorpius
The epilogue shows all of the children boarding the train for Hogwarts together.
The final lines of the book are: "The scar had not pained Harry for 18 years. All was well."
Plot Spoilers
Part of Voldemort's soul was implanted into Harry whenever he used Ara Kadvara on him when he was a baby. Harry then sacrafices himself a la Lilly Potter style, which allows him to kill Voldemort without killing himself. He also has hacks (stone to bring him back to life, and an uber wand).
Snape went to the good side (Hogwarts, etc.) because he was all emo that Voldemort killed Lilly Potter.
Harry has three kids with Ginny. Ron and Hermoine fall in love.
I'll add a couple for you.
Driving to work each way in a carpool of four in an average sedan --> terrorist
Driving to work each way alone in a Hybrid --> eco-friendly
Drinking only tap water from reusable containers --> wacko (tap water is dangerous!)
Recycling eight plastic water bottles each day --> eco-friendly
Riding a light-weight motorcycle for enjoyment on the weekends --> terrorist
Riding a horse that poops into the watershed on the weekends --> eco-friendly
(okay, this last one is tough, but calculate the carbon foot print of caring for a horse...)
So the continent takes millions of years to go a couple of miles and you can't wait until you're back in the lab to figure out where it's going next? Sheesh.