Was it any more successful for Ubuntu when they went to Unity?

Perhaps you mean that you'd "guess that already 95% of people working in the IT field are autistic". (or is that observation too obsessively detail oriented?) (you have no idea how long I struggled with where to put "already"... )

Great. And thanks for the response. I think its great that you are mentoring Ethan through this and I wish you success.

okay Ethan's Dad, it's time to give your kid some guidance:

from the transcript

making it easier to add crap to Wikipedia is not being a good netizen.

from the article:

So my question is: are the DNA synthesizing labs regulated? Will they just synthesize anything that is submitted, or is there some scrutiny? And what is the risk if they do synthesize something bad? What is the amount of effort needed to weaponize even dangerous DNA? If it is relatively easy, then regulation of the synthesizing labs is well advised.

perhaps making chips by sputtering is experimental?

Bravo! Much more detailed, but similar to what I was wondering... when does "landline" begin? If I were on a cellphone with someone else on a landline, would that count? If both ends were cellphones, would that count because of the infrastructure between? If it is a plugged in phone, but VoIP, does that count? Do I have to be using a radio with another radio to answer "never"?

I agree entirely. It is not science to say "GMO is good" or "GMO is bad". GMO is broad enough to be both good and bad and it is broad enough to be both good and bad for both scientific and valid non scientific reasons.

not enough. You also must never do anything embarrassing (or which can be misconstrued as embarrassing) within eyesight of someone with a smartphone. Your web presence is not entirely up to you alone.

Does anybody know the projected steady-state water consumption rate when running in production? From the report on the test plan, it looks like they are assuming (rather optimistically) a 2% leak in the in-ground flow, but it is unclear to me what the evaporative loss would be during a production run rather than a test.

uhhhmmm... that's an ad, not a competition or a test with any validity. Their conclusions should be treated as a forgone part of a branding campaign. I would be curious about more information on the "competition", but in viewing the ad, they lost me as soon as they said that "putting together a PC takes concentration" while focusing on the VGA connector. Clearly they were pushing a message based on a the integrated monitor as a differentiator.

I second that

please mod up Jah-Wren Ryel's post and mod down the AC's post on Trabe and Lyme. What good is a mod system if it can't promote truth over myth?

Can you supply examples (or links which give examples) of the types of "real work" done "everyday on phones and tablets"?

I ask because I'm interested and I'd like to know if your comment is an informed observation or merely an opinion.

true, now we just need a way to order the microbes