As a guy who has been programming since the late 70's (yes, that old), been in management at all levels, I have to say this is the most spot-on assessment of the situation I've ever seen.

I still write code, and I am certain that the whipper-snappers are faster, but they're for sure not better. They're code is a mess of spaghetti, although sometimes quite clever. It seems to me they just iterate on it over and over until it works.

My code is smaller, better structured, WAY more commented, more flexible, and better positioned for the future. The young guys are probably twice as fast as me, but often ends up being redone when requirements change.

Which is better? Neither - a mix is best.

Sorry, Apple is not into advertising revenue. They make their money on hardware and software and services. They don't have a search web site.

Selling your eyeballs and your habits are pretty strictly in Google's and Microsoft's purview.

I wonder if the rate of crashes has changed since 2001. I'll betcha the technology and pilot skills have increased significantly since then. For sure, there are different models of UAVs flying now than there were in 2001.

No one could. I don't know how many Windows crashes I've seen caused by this. Heck, Windows didn't even used to notice when you changed the disk without a refresh. You, sir, are a dolt. Exactly what do you expect the OS to do when the OS itself has been physically ejected? How can a program write to and close a file that is no longer in the drive?

The computer does get notified (sometimes) but the disk is already gone - the open and incomplete file is not fixable, the OS the system booted on is no longer available. Maybe you weren't there, as I can tell you this was one of the big issues being debated in the industry - how to solve this very problem - and Apple was the first and only company to fix it.

You CAN get the disc out on a Mac, two ways: 1) Power up while holding down the mouse button. This causes the boot firmware to eject the disc; and 2) use the paperclip in the ol' hole method, which is exactly the same as pushing the physical button on a PC, just a bit harder to get to.

Here's a bit of history for you. Way back in the computing dark ages (you know, the early 80's), all desktop computers had a common problem: people would remove the floppy disks (sometimes the boot volume) in a rather rude way. They would simply push the eject button. Sometimes, this resulted in computer crashes. Sometimes, it resulted in corrupt files, as the system had not yet flushed all of the data to the floppy and closed the file.

Along came Macintosh, and Apple was determined to do things "right". They removed the eject button and made it a software action. This way, silly humans could not remove the floppy (or any other disk) unless the software allowed it - no open files, no application in use, not the boot volume, etc. Even when CDs came along, this still made sense, as you could be running a program from that very CD.

Now, personally, I always thought the trash can thingy was confusing, but there was also an "Eject Disk" menu. The drag to trash can is a short cut.

The point is, the lack of an eject button was not some stupid aesthetic thing, something to make the computer look better - it grew out of a very real problem that needed solving.

Now get off my lawn!

Are you saying the NSA shouldn't be spying on foreign governments, and actively develop the ability to do so?

If Snowden is a "whistleblower", why did he release so much material about things the NSA does which are not illegal? Why did he release info about capabilities which are clearly under the NSA purview and in the national interest?

Seems like we're trying awfully hard to not notice that this is an Apple project.

Remember, with Google, you - and what you do online - are their product. That information, and your "eyeballs" are what they sell. Expect them to behave accordingly.

It is not related to Heartbleed.

The man just has no balls. If he did, he'd make a call, one way or the other. If he believes one choice or the other is the "right thing" to do, for the environment or for the country, he should make the call regardless of the political risk.

This thing is much more than a connection. With CarPlay, the phone essentially takes over the display on your car. Makes it display the phone icons and such. Through a proprietary protocol, btw.