Just make it legal to kill spammers and loot their bank accounts and hardware afterwards.
Would solve the spam problem in about a week and a half.
-Mike
Lets be honest. Word and Excel have not driven Moore's law. Word and Excel didn't convince people to adopt Wintel as the defacto standard.
The computer industry is centered around video games. If you can get directx9 for linux and port about 80% of the big games over, you'll see people switch. Most people don't upgrade because of a new browser release, or to speed up minutely the launch time of Excel. They upgrade to play Doom, Quake, UT, Half Life mods, Max Payne, and Half Life 2. Then they convince their friends to upgrade so they can play multiplayer. Gamers drive the buisness, get games on Linux like Neverwinter Nights and Half Life 2 and you'll see Linux on desktops all across the US.
If you're really backpacking, my advice is to stick to the coasts as much as possible, especially the Northeast.
Frankly, I'd avoid the South. I live here, and its not a very interesting place to be.
You'll get more bang for your buck sticking to the coasts, as they tend to be much more densely packed with things to do, places to see, etc. I highly reccomend California, as its a very nice place to visit (though I'd never want to live there).
The only exception... if you like national parks, Zion National Park in Utah is one of the most spectacular places in the world. If you go, make sure you check out all of the hikes, they're all good. Especially the river walk.
-Mike
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Just make it legal to kill spammers and loot their bank accounts and hardware afterwards. Would solve the spam problem in about a week and a half. -Mike
Lets be honest. Word and Excel have not driven Moore's law. Word and Excel didn't convince people to adopt Wintel as the defacto standard. The computer industry is centered around video games. If you can get directx9 for linux and port about 80% of the big games over, you'll see people switch. Most people don't upgrade because of a new browser release, or to speed up minutely the launch time of Excel. They upgrade to play Doom, Quake, UT, Half Life mods, Max Payne, and Half Life 2. Then they convince their friends to upgrade so they can play multiplayer. Gamers drive the buisness, get games on Linux like Neverwinter Nights and Half Life 2 and you'll see Linux on desktops all across the US.
If you're really backpacking, my advice is to stick to the coasts as much as possible, especially the Northeast. Frankly, I'd avoid the South. I live here, and its not a very interesting place to be. You'll get more bang for your buck sticking to the coasts, as they tend to be much more densely packed with things to do, places to see, etc. I highly reccomend California, as its a very nice place to visit (though I'd never want to live there). The only exception... if you like national parks, Zion National Park in Utah is one of the most spectacular places in the world. If you go, make sure you check out all of the hikes, they're all good. Especially the river walk. -Mike