He still comes across as a jerk, contrite only to try to get people to stop harassing him. Seems like he can't shut up because his ego just won't let go.

This concise explanation / apology (and say nothing else) would have gone a long way, and it might even be somewhat true:

Right or wrong (and Dave was right), no customer deserves to be treated the way I treated Dave. My lashing out at others in the gaming industry was just as bad. I apologize unconditionally to each and all of them.

Between running a company and raising an infant, sleep has eluded me. Sleep deprivation can have profound effects on people. Some of you who have raised children might understand. This in no way excuses my behavior: I'm only saying it to let people know what propelled me down such a terrible path.

Add another line or two about how he hopes his behavior won't kill such a great gamer product, and done.

The studios' accounting tricks in their standard artist's contract is what will kill them. Awesome.

FTFA:

Not only have recording artists traditionally paid for the making of their records themselves, with advances from the record companies that are then charged against royalties, they are also exempted from both the obligations and benefits an employee typically expects.

Here's my favorite article about record contracts from the pre-internet era:
http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/albini.html

... is anonymity.

And won't be going away any time soon.

Can it enable me to remember where the hell I put my sunglasses?

So sad half of the comments will disappear.

Take a close look - all of the odd numbered comments have disappeared from this article.

Losing two major players in a five firm industry is usually a bad thing with respect to competition / antitrust.

However, in this case it's not that bad - the recent entrance of additional companies (such as Intel) making SSDs will, over time, mitigate the effects.

I cancelled my Chase accounts a month ago when they instituted a $120 a year fee on their 'Free Lifetime Checking' accounts.

And yet they retained and leaked my email address.

Can I charge them a $10 monthly fee for spam removal?

you can almost see the stars...

... in the slightly modified version:
Rock-paper-scissors-control-alt-delete.

FTFA:

As part of his plea deal, probation officers will monitor every e-mail Soloway sends and every webpage he visits for the next three years.

Oh how I would torture them...

Had never heard of Rojadirect.

Now I have another bookmarked site.

... to find out the winners.

But only a week for the screeners to hit Usenet!!! Yay!!!

When I was a kid, I had a dog that could follow a parabolic trajectory.

My cat would follow a parabolic trajectory while also demonstrating the Doppler effect to horrified bystanders.

Give him three options:

More pay
Ownership stake
Look for your replacement

...should Facebook be valuated...

We should have more financious intellectious discussions like this.

As silly as it sounds, valuated is the correct term for appraisal / valuation. Probably a derivative of evaluated.