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Just talked to my wife, who just talked to my sister. Apparently my nephew hasn’t worn pants since Saturday. Seems he’s more likely to use the potty when he’s not wearing pants.

John Dvorak: Right now, all things being equal, Apple should be able to grab half the market for operating systems. If it’s as aggressive as Microsoft was with Netscape and essentially gives away the OS to the installed base, Apple could possibly knock Microsoft out of the box completely. Hey, that’s great, John, but how does Apple make money by giving away its OS on hardware it doesn’t sell? Am I missing something?

The Girl Who Cried Webmaster: We took a table in the quietest spot I could find. I told her that I’d met with Whistleblower. At the mere mention of Whistleblower’s name, her face darkened. I don’t read AccordionGuy all that often, but I was intrigued by this story. It was so well written and so . . . kinda creepy, I guess.

Quiz: How well do you know these world-famous products? My final score: 60 out of 100.

Gruber on Dvorak’s article: This really isn’t worth debunking point-by-point. Just remember that Dvorak is pulling all of this out of his… [expletive deleted].

You know, whenever someone mentions Verizon, I think of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Why, you ask?

Remember the scene where T-1000 (wonderfully played by Robert Patrick), who was previously invincible, was frozen with (I believe) liquid nitrogen and shattered into a billion little pieces? That’s Bell. Then, when things warmed up, all the little pieces melted back into liquid and reassembled into T-1000 again. That’s Verizon. Think about it.

And if you haven’t seen T2, go rent it. Very good movie.

MSNBC: …they said it was highly likely that he [Saddam] and his sons were dead if they were still there when the bombs hit.

“…whenever a word with a precise meaning loses it, nurse I lose a tool.” – Neil Gaiman

Gruber analyzes Quark’s recent statements. Please excuse the profanity.

Linux on the desktop? Karlin Lillington: But it’s not easy enough yet for most computer users. And most do not need many of Linux’s most powerful features — not even its stability, not when the sacrifice is the ability to use a computer at all. My dad could not use this. My non-geek friends could not use this. Yet. Yet. Tried it. Several times. It’s just not there yet. I want my computer to work for me, not the other way around. Come to think of it, that’s also why I’m not a big fan of Windows. My Mac just works, and pretty much does what it’s told to do.