I seem to recall that an outpouring of democratic opposition to SOPA and PIPA kept either of those laws from being passed. That's possible in places like the United States. Do you really think something like that could happen in the UAE, Russia, or China?

Here's a perfect post for WHY things like Linux matter. +1

I care about Ubuntu to the extent that it's the core of my favorite distribution: Linux Mint.

Is anybody else wondering what Sam finds so "haunting" about these images? All I see are regular people with jobs. Crummy jobs maybe, but I doubt even Upton Sinclair would find fault here.

They're gorgeous. *sigh* I miss living in a cold climate.

I just updated and now I have a question. Were the sidebar icons in the old versions of iTunes colored or gray? They're colored in iTunes 11 and they really seem to clash with the gray icons of the Finder sidebar in Mountain Lion. I'm just curious.

That Atari Star Wars cabinet brings a small tear to my eye. I was a bit young to experience the arcade boom of the 80s and 90s, but as a child I lived near one of the few-remaining classic arcades. I played the Atari Star Wars game despite having better looking games at home. And I loved it.

Well, that's the difference between winners and losers. Britain won WWII after heroically surviving the Blitz, so the country celebrates. The Japanese lost and so they make movies condemning war.

So I guess the fact that they actively worship Jesus Christ as the Son of God doesn't count for anything? As far as I can tell, people tend to only qualify sects as "Christian" when they meet a narrow, largely Protestant definition. Some people throw in the Roman Catholics and some don't. Either way, vast pools of…

I'm sure Israel would be quite happy to only destroy the rocket installations. Now if only Hamas would quit putting them near civilian locations.

I think it has to be that ISPs have market power. Namely, they have monopoly-like bargaining power and this gives them leverage over consumers.

I suggest you sell your Apple stock and buy a market indexed fund. Hold it for the next 30 years and watch it grow. I would suggest this regardless I'd Apple's future since you should diversify away from country specific risk anyway.

Ugh, of course it would require a subscription service instead of just allowing a one-time app purchase. I miss the days when we bought software that stayed on our computers and we held documents on our hard drives. Now everybody wants to make sure you provide a continuous revenue stream in perpetuity. No thanks. …

You mean science has confirmed the old wives' tale that eating more calories than you work off makes you gain weight? Damn. This IS terrible!

It's probably because he actually believes in his religion whereas he doesn't hold too many political convictions all that deeply.

I worked with an iPad 2 and an Acer Aspire One netbook while I was living in Europe. I think both or either of those options are great for low-priced computing.

Huh, I posted this comment 2 months ago. I guess this review is really pretty much a rehash of the review for the release candidate of Windows 8?

All the replies about Requiem were right. It seems to work very well. It's tips like this that keep me coming to Lifehacker, even if they sometimes come from the commenters.

I second this. I've had a similar experience with my 13" 20111 MBP. That said, I've used it for quite a few other things, so I still rate it a worthwhile purchase. I just wish I had bought the 15" instead or could convince my wife that we need a Windows PC.

If you really are wrongfully detained by the store, be sure to sue for false imprisonment.