Microsoft doesn't get it yet that if they keep double the XP price, smaller screen, and lots of restrictions -- There will be three people in the country who do not order with XP. Worse yet, alternate OS's will gain marketshare because gazillions of netbooks are going to be bought by industry who want a single-application device -- and why wrap $50 to $100 around each of them because Microsoft can't figure out how to make money at it.

Wait -- that would shoot holes in the .Net development environment as well, and as long as we are developing in Linux to save money on terminals, why not continue the code back to the main application on PC's or Web applications? I think we have seen the chink in Redmond's armor.

Welcome to the new US politics -- Tyranny of the Viscious Minority. They use the most vile personal attacks to push an agenda then retreat behind a veil of "political correctness" where any individual rebuttals are deflected as attacks on the minority itself.

The only group totally without representation is women -- because those that claim to represent them really are fronts for others with different agendas. That's why you see not one "women's organization"'s voice yelling that a woman is being vilified because she is a woman. Where is the female equivalent of Al Sharpton?

There will be no limit to the amount of effort to dig up dirt because of the message it sends.

On the other hand, if the other side wants to fire back, anyone who downloaded or looked at the pictures in question is guilty of kiddie porn. She may get her title taken away, but the attackers had better get a great disk wiper so when the vice squad comes calling to sieze their computer, they can avoid a vacation courtesy of the feds.

And thank goodness there are all of these women's organizations who are representing the feminine half of the population and sticking up for Carrie. If they didn't, they should abandon their false direction and support something they believe in -- like okd Corvettes or something.

Yee Haw -- Just stopped from buying Omnia so I can see if Verizon is going to get the TG01.

And Windows Mobile too! What more can I ask for?

Free Speech. Anyone can utter any opinion they want (like this one), and entertainers can get the biggest audience because of their celebrity. However, as this story and the diminished audiences for Oprah and the Dixie Chicks show, they had better not care about money because audiences can stay away in droves. Or governments can decide that your free mouth belongs in the land of free speech -- and not on their shores.

Hey, celebs, support a political party or cause -- but be prepared to pay for it. Free speech ain't free.

Wow it is a good thing I got a Q a month ago! Not!

Well the good thing is that Verizon will give me a trade in of approximately ... Nothing if I want the new Q.