Actually I find spotlight barely usable. Granted, I'm on an older Apple machine, but for me Quicksilver is the way to go hands down. Personally, I wish that Apple got rid of spotlight years ago, purchased Quicksilver, and integrated it into their base operating system. Cmd+space or ctrl+space for quick launch of applications, folders, contacts, sending email, doing arithmetic, looking up words, sending an instant message, running an applescript, and practically anything else that you would want to do on your system.

I wouldn't say the dock is useless, but over the past six years I've probably used it for less than 1% of the applications that I launch.

Not even that. You can have electronic/powered mechanical systems without cybernetics. Cybernetic implies some sort of feedback system.

It seems that in the vernacular "cybernetic" has become somewhat synonymous with "cyborg" or "android".

Darwin has a precedent: http://www.comicvine.com/darwin/29-40600/ Also, the tornado creating mutant was riptide: http://www.comicvine.com/riptide/29-9732/

Not supporting a device after 12-13 years isn't "planned obsolescence" it's regular obsolescence. There's no way that Microsoft/device manufacturers could find the time or money to support every legacy item. It just isn't feasible. Plus, if you could solve your problem with a card reader there really isn't much reason to worry. It's a pretty common way to access images from a camera.

Have you tried any of their alternate domains? I find that many sites still take mailinator, and even more take alternates. Refresh their homepage a few times.

Yes, for instance they can also be found in the northern US.

You must not have an HD TV. These days it's not difficult to get a 40-50+ inch HD TVs. Full 1080p bluray looks significantly different (and more clear) than upconverts. I'm not a videophile, but I can tell the difference.

Where are these numbers coming from? According to wiki the reported cases per 1,000 have risen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism#Epidemiology.

I'm not saying that these numbers are without question, but all of the stat's I've seen are about increased ratios, not increases with population size.

Should anything? The article has several mentions of his payment from lawyers, but does not indicate that they coerced him into falsifying data (I'm not sure about the guidelines enforced for lawyers, but I would imagine that would constitute some sort of ethical violation). People are paid to do research all the time by government, companies, non-profits, etc.

Paperwork I've done in the past for research asks you to clearly list any payment you receive that may be in conflict of interest with your work. Wakefield didn't even disclose this conflict to his co-authors. The article seems to indict Wakefield more than anyone else.