Mmm... as far as I know, the whole 'eye' portion of this article is based on a false assumption. I took a class in Neuroanatomy back in highschool, and IIRC the eye is not split with the left hemisphere controlling the right eye and right hemisphere controlling the left eye, but the left hemisphere controlling the _right field of vision_ and the right hemisphere controlling the _left field of vision_. This is why the optical nerve is shaped like this: |X| - with one half of the field of vision going directly to the adjacent lobe and the other half crossing over to the other.
Probably not. I don't necessarily agree with the law suits against Microsoft right now over in Europe - honestly, most of the tech-savvy users have moved away from IE, and the ones who haven't probably wouldn't know what they were working with if you gave them something else anyhow. Either that, or IE is still used in an enterprise environment, in which case the IT specialists probably just don't want to field tech support calls from people who are trying to use the 'e' but can't find it.
That said, I did dislike the way MS dealt with competition back in the Netscape days - they have become considerably less 'evil', but a lot of that old animosity remains. I think it will eventually die off, but until then I think MS has an uphill battle with a lot of hackers out there. Plus, Microsoft bashing is something of a sport amongst Linux users like myself - I doubt I'll use Win7 just because I prefer the feature set and interface of Linux, but that doesn't mean that I necessarily thing it is a bad product (won't stop me from bashing WinME/Vista, though :-).
The EU courts, though - I think they are just trying to keep big American companies in check, give them a wake up call telling them that they can't think that the EU market is going to be business as usual. Intel is getting the same message, from what I've read.
> One just has more practical value.
Hmm, you're probably right, but as I am not (yet) thinking of creating a startup, it is debatable which one it is...
My own philosophy is that, if the feces doth impact the rotary blades, I'd rather minimize the damage as much as possible. Most might consider it paranoia; I consider it an ingrained distrust of about 90 percent of humanity. As they say, the best defense is a good offense.
Could be wrong, though.