I resemble that remark!

This is really interesting. I never thought about the fact that in the US we tend to borrow from Italian rather than French.

I've read a little bit about this and I have a theory that (similar to cats) dogs act in a why that could be perceived as caring or love for their owner but are really trying to give the impression to their owner that they are only doing that because whenever they cuddle up to their owner or roll over to be petted that it somehow increases the chances that there will be food in the bowl in the morning and evening.

This post was epic.

I am not having the same problems as a lot of people are I guess but one thing I do like about Slashdot is that the moderation system is the cat's meow. I have to filter through so many inane comments (even with thumbs-up and thumbs-down) over there. I came back to Slashdot after using Digg for a while. The main problem I have with Digg is the mob mentality. It seems here that even a minority voice can get heard.

I don't necessarily think that the mainstream likes junk (or low quality games). The Wii brought in a lot of people new to gaming and the fact that they are using motion controls is a good enough experience for them.

Sounds like a lot of steak dinners for those PHB's.

While this is true, a lot of the economy during this time (when I bought my house) was propped up by the housing/irresponsible lending engine. In a way the people who were responsible about managing their finances still benefited indirectly from all this financial nonsense.

I'm still trying to figure that out. It does not exceed the specs for the MBA especially in price which is what Microsoft's new ad campaign is all about.

I guess if you need a MBA form-factor that runs Windows this is your thing. I'd much prefer to run Windows virtually in the MBA though.

I wonder if that's why I sometimes prefer WinMo to the iPhone. Even though I know I'd be happy with the simplicity and the "It Just Works (TM)" of the iPhone there is something that I like about installing programs to do very specialized tasks that delight me on WinMo. Then again the battery life and constant crashing kind of counteract that so I probably do not know what I'm talking about.