You could hear the cheers in Redmond clear out here on the east coast when it was announced that a Linux Virus made it into the wild.
(slashdot )
So it looks like I’m paying for that update for NAV for the iBook after all…
Props to Sen. Pat Leahy, D-VT, for having the stones to actually do something towards improving the climate in Washington, namely pledging to vote to confirm Judge John Roberts:
“Is a no vote the easier and more popular one? Of course, for me it is, especially with my constituency,” said Leahy. “But in my judgment, in my experience, but especially in my conscience, I find it is better in this nomination to vote yes than no.”“Judge Roberts is a man of integrity,” he said. “I can only take him at his word that he does not have an ideological agenda.
“For me, a vote to confirm requires faith that the words he spoke to us have meaning. I can only take him at his word that he will steer the court to serve as an appropriate check on potential abuses of presidential power.
“I respect those who have come to different conclusions, and I readily acknowledge the unknowable at this moment, that perhaps they are right and I am wrong.”
Welcome to the 60% party, Sen. Leahy…