This is so much better than risking your life on the Miami PD... Now where's my Armani Jacket and T-shirt?

I'd like to know why people use virtual desktops? Increasingly I'm finding that the maximum number of windows I need to shuttle back and forth is 2, so I snap one to the left, and the other to the right, and keep it that way. I never expect my desktop to retain the same layout, and usually don't have difficulty finding the window that I want.

On the other hand, Microsoft makes overtures to small/mid size companies by providing them with cheap software. The caveat? If your business actually grows beyond those limits you have to purchase your licenses all over again, at the regular price.

Well perhaps the Indians should be considering fighting with drones as an option

Have you seen the design of a kinect? An up-down motor that runs once per power cycle and really only needs to be realigned when it is moved to a different position. Sensors 7cm apart that are housed in a 30cm frame of cheap tacky plastic, leading to a much bigger shipping box than necessary.. The kinect should be cheaper and smaller than it is now, what on earth is in all the empty space anyway?

Aren't UAVs supposed to be good at all those things? Why keep the U2 around?

You may hate him for the other things he has done, but letting him go down for something he did that is not clearly illegal is not doing yourself any favors. It sets precedence, and has far-reaching consequences that may end up biting you in the ass.

Next time don't surrender your alcohol, pour it away then.

Frankly a guy only has any chance of getting off at the lowest levels of justice, where the judge actually could be a man of the people. At any higher level the issue is going to be clouded over by vast amounts of corruption and politics.

Godaddy is the current registrar used when signing up for apps for business. Google provides a clean interface that automates most of the tasks, and takes no money either (although they do get you to open a checkout account to process purchases fm godaddy). Wonder if they are working on a switch?

Have you seen the box office numbers for this holiday season?
http://boingboing.net/2011/12/25/let-there-be-sequels.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/25/idUS261492126020111225

We are negatively reinforcing this behavior

The moment their masters find out what they gave away instead of selling (it doesn't take a lot of persuasion if you know the correct marketing speak) you're going to see a lot of corporate turnover. That's why, even though you're not Sony, as long as you have to answer to them, the taint will get to your product sooner or later. And that's a good reason to avoid buying anything attached to their brand.

Then they don't get to feel the pain immediately, before their law comes into effect

Just hypothesizing, but what would happen if Google didn't renew their contract with Mozilla, allowing Microsoft to burn $300 million a year, while expecting users to change their search provider based purely on the expectation that their product was stronger than Bing search?
Additionally, Firefox would take some flames from users who would be unexpectedly switched away on their next product update. I doubt that Mozilla could change the existing search provider without people noticing or complaining that their rights were invaded, and they would be forced to do so because of the contract. Mozilla may essentially be forced to accept Google on their terms, whatever they were, and turn down a higher bid from Microsoft and Yahoo, simply based on the difficulty on making the switch alone.