Tanenbaum, is that you?

Let's back this up...

People think that is a trollish thing to say, but it's absolutely true. Windows has the best driver support, performance and variety of games. Let's not tie 'PC vs console' into this.

It's a shame Ubuntu is so tightly locked down into that one UI without any way of changing it.

Simple: My employer issues and requires the use of desk phones. I refuse to give out my personal cellphone number for work-related purposes. Just the same, the building where I work has terrible cellular coverage. So cellphones are out of the question.

A "battered crust" is a rocky outer layer pelted by meteorites, and not the delicious outer layer of a corndog.

...followed by a little robotic arm which extends from the hole, holding a sign that says, "Ouch!"

Stillsuits.

Straw man.

It's all that money they're not putting toward Windows-only games.

Oh no you di-in't!

There isn't actually a picture!

If you're being irresponsible by trying to read a printed map while driving, then yes, that is a huge distraction.

However, I don't think any of those seven replies were suggesting that you attempt to do this. Rather, you use the map to study your route ahead of time, or pull safely off of the road and then read it.

(Assuming that by 'GPS,' you are referring to in-car GPS navigation.)

I agree with this, and under normal circumstances I also just confirm my destination ahead of time using a map.

However, when I had to make a sudden trip to San Diego (a city with which I am unfamiliar) and needed to transport and run errands for a relative who needed emergency surgery, having a GPS stuck right below the mirror in my rental car was the only way I could have accomplished everything that needed to be done around the city in the short amount of time I had to do it.

Also, people who have to drive for a living (making deliveries, visiting clients, etc) I would say that GPS navigation is far from wasted technology...

And the ability to purchase and obtain WiiWare and Virtual Console games.

Actually, yes.