I 'solve' puzzles all day at work when I'm coding. When I'm home, I just want to mash buttons and zone out. Not that I enjoy twitch-based-reflex games, either. Just, don't make me think or work too hard to advance the story, ok?

Do you remember.. Windows Mobile 6? Pocket PC? Yeah, I developed for those platforms, and I can tell you that Microsoft seriously didn't give a shit. I doubt they have changed much since then. When your core product is for PCs, it's hard changing your company's thinking.

It will just be 'uncool' to not be on the App Store.

Uh? The Facebook app for the iPhone is renowned as one of the better apps out there. Perhaps you are trying to do something that doesn't need to be done remotely on a phone. The Android version could use some work, though.

Apple announced it would be an open spec; I have no idea if they released it yet or not. Just going off of what Steve Jobs said during his key note address at WWDC.

Well, Apple's specification is open, so... hopefully?

For everyone I know, it is the exact opposite. We tinker with electronics at work, we tinker with them at home, we don't need to tinker with our mobile phone. Of everything I could screw up, I would prefer it not being my phone.

He probably didn't see it. He had a secretary see it and give him notes, which his PR person then turned into some witticisms so he could spin it in his favor during interviews.

A PC is entirely different from a small device, where screen size, resources, input, and features are dramatically limited and vary widely from device to device. Android is everyone's wish that they were the same; but the reality is that they are not. IMO, Google should have put out stricter guidelines across the board for their platform, because they're making the same stupid mistake Microsoft made with Windows Mobile (Pocket PC back in the day).

You have to think of this from the American perspective: anyone who isn't American doesn't really count. Once California legalizes pot, other states will follow, because as weird as Californians are, they are still American, and if they can do it we all can.

Who drives in NYC?

Try buying a different color. I buy daylight/cool blue and love how my house isn't infected with that nasty yellow color of regular CFLs and incandescents. Other people think my house looks like a hospital.

I feel like I could handle that better than a roller coaster.

A common misconception. Mandriva has always supported both KDE and Gnome. And it's always been better than every other distro at providing choice, ease of use, and development packages.

Hopefully if this Mageia thing takes off I can easily switch RPM repositories. Otherwise I suppose my installation is in jeopardy if Mandriva doesn't spring back up to its former glory.

Counterpoint: Isn't Flash pretty much the equivalent of an IED? Saving it from demise is like breaking Osama bin Laden out of jail.