Microsoft Security Essentials, hands-down. Faster and more efficient than all the others, and it's unobtrusive. And it's free.

Sure, it's basically copying the Wii idea...but "gimped out?" It's more actually more accurate and works better. Since "gimped out" means "crappier...doesn't work as well...." I'd say your statement is incorrect.

"you're."

No. Myself, and many of my iPhone-using friends have jailbroken their phones. All of my friends that have done so, have done it to use their iPhones on networks other than AT&T, and to run open-source apps they download from Cydia and other services. There is no pirating involved. Based on word of mouth, and the fact that Cydia and other services are so popular and have so much development activity, it looks like most other people who jailbreak their iPhones are *also* doing it for these purposes. I don't even know how you actually pirate software from the App Store.

Maybe you're not in the loop on this one....it certainly seems like you aren't, given your confusion. Nerds love The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, leastwise all the nerds I work with, are friends with, and that I'm connected to across the wide internet. Maybe the nerds you hang out with aren't into these shows, but I would be surprised to hear that.

It's always been political theatre.

Checking the "I'll handle file management, thanks" box is too much work?

This is pretty obvious. Without even going into detail, once you know what "geotags" are, the first thing that comes to mind is "oh crap. this could be a big problem."

Your calendar math is great. It's your iPhone version knowledge that's a bit off. If he got the iPhone 3G 2 years ago, that means the 1st gen iPhone *is* 3 years old.

Yeah, that's pretty hilarious... "Perhaps my own fault for keeping stuff i need in /tmp, but still no excuse." Perhaps? No, definitely your own fault.

I really hate it when people respond to someone's automated signature, instead of the issue being discussed.

Typos are often a case of accidentally typing one word when you meant another. Hitting the wrong key is only one variety of typo.

The LAST thing on my list of "stuff I really care about" is what people who walk into my house think of how I look when using 3D glasses. If this is something you're really that worked up about, I would suggest that your priorities are a little off. It's your own house, do what you want. Stop caring so much about what other people think.

It's been my observation that people bash FOX NEWS not because they oppose that channel's ideology (far-right conservatism), but because that channel resorts to extreme distortion and obfuscation to A) get their point across, B) make their viewpoint seem better and the progressive's seem worse, and C) reinforce the disinformation that many far-right conservatives (based on random Tea Party members being interviewed, just to name one source) buy into and believe to be true. (sorry about the giant sentence) I'm posting a link that has some of the interviews I mentioned...yes I realize that this link is biased, but the footage is almost entirely Tea Partiers showing how little they know about what's going on. So check it out, at least. http://www.youtube.com/user/NewLeftMedia

The summary lists Knol. Recently I watched Wave flounder. You're being disingenuous to claim that all Google touches is gold. Their advertising revenues support a lot of their endeavors similar to how Microsoft operating system stranglehold allowed them to elbow their way into hardware and gaming. Impressive? Yes. King Midas? No. Infallible? No.

He's asking if there's anything Google succeeds at, and you're giving examples of things they've failed at. Did he mean to ask what he asked, or was he trying to ask "Is there anything Google fails at?" If he meant to ask exactly what he said, then your answer is completely wrong. The things you list are all failures, not successes.