Uninvited might be a bit strong, but that's the gist, yes :)

I'd say it's more like people with strong religious convictions going to a public beach. If you don't like the native beach attire (or think it might offend), you should probably avoid the beach.

Cosmopolitanism goes both ways, you know :)

I see this sort of thing in my state. I find people move here and try to make it like the place they came from. We'd rather you didn't - we like it the way it is (and if they don't... maybe they should go home?)

Yes, but this is slashdot... home of the knee-jerk reactionary.

Besides - most people here aren't citizens, they're subjects of whatever country they are from. We're constantly being reminded that slashdot is no longer an 'American' site, as if we are somehow to blame for them coming here.

Checked my Win 7 box, it's got 59 when counting all users. Several are chrome tabs :D

I really should use lynx on my windows box like I do my BSD box.

I think it was supposed to be a grimace :D

FreeBSD 8 here, 41 processes (though obviously as noted some of those were created by the act of looking).

Change angles so that at least at least two shots get overlapped cats :D

Or just use a shotgun.

Just for grins, I measured where I hold my phone (by playing a game and then having my wife measure).
13 inches, give or take a bit since I seem to move my head around a bit.

I suspect it has a lot to do with your vision and comfortable arm angles.

I find the completely different format on the screens a bit distracting, but it's still better than this Kno thing.

I will just keep carrying a little torch for the Courier that could have been, and stick to my moleskine.

Yeah, sorry - at that size, weight, and price, it's not worth it.

Wanted a courier bad. This? This doesn't hit the same buttons, and you're still stuck finger painting.

Option 1 mostly works, providing you're going from external to external. Usually the consolidate causes more trouble initially since you have to be very careful to set everything up just right. It's almost better to copy the files, delete the library, and start over.

Option 2 - sometimes. It depends, of course. A lot of people go from using the 'My Music' type directory to 'Music' or something (without thinking about it).

On removable, I found that Songbird Portable handles this well by substituting the drive letter on the fly, so if my external is D, or E, or F, it doesn't matter as long as it's the same path (/portableapps/documents/music, for example).

Wow, what a fanboi.

People move their music libraries all the time. Buy a newer hard drive, move the library to it. Use an external, move it to that. Even worse (and this one completely sucks, btw) - if your music is on an external, it could come it with different letters on occasion. I have a drive that floats between E and F. When I still tolerated iTunes, I had to keep going in and re-assigning the drive letters (and hoping that iTunes didn't auto-launch in the interim).

Oh, then there is the massive facepalm when it decides to go flag every dang song invalid and you have to pretty much start over.

I use songbird portable now, and I'm a lot happier. It still can be a pain if you change paths, but it handles the drive letter changes really well and I can use the same library+player on pretty much any machine.

Regarding Music - you're right on the money. When I dumped Apple, it was a pain to move the DRM'd music across, so I either nuked it and re-bought or just didn't worry about it (lots of 'one hit wonder' crap, really - didn't care if I lost it).

Regarding Apps - I think they are a LOT less sticky than people want to believe. Most people in my office have dropped iPhones for various other devices, and didn't give the sunk costs a second thought. You'd have to be poorly off to think that $30 or $50 worth of iPhone apps is a large expense. You will probably spend more on a memory stick for your new phone. I know I did :)

Regarding app devs? I doubt it matters. I have yet to see anyone find a single 'Killer App' for the iPad or iPhone (or really even Android). The stores are largely filled with toys and stupid time wasters.

My 'stickiest' app was CS2. I had the premium version, and there is no upgrade path for Apple -> Windows (or other). Thank goodness CS2 performs so badly on Apple Intel boxes :)