You fucking idiot. You 'useful idiot', more like.

This particular troll listens to Glenn Beck, who invented the meaningless phrase "useful idiot". This is a particularly vile kind of troll.

Your statement carries an unstated assumption that the amount of calories consumed or expended is easily controlled

That's right. Unless you're being forcibly fed, it is easily controlled. Hands don't put food in mouth.

like strict calorie-counting with nutrient balancing I've never lost this much weight and I felt like I was ALWAYS hungry

That's right. To lose weight, you'll need to feel hungry. That's life. I didn't make the rules, but the science is very simple, no matter how you'd like to be able to lose weight without being hungry. Just be hungry. It won't kill you.

Blah, blah blah. Everything you said was a bunch of gimmicky, pseudo-science looking for a "trick" to enable people to justify being fat.

If calories in > calories burned then FAT.

That's just science, but hey, don't let me spoil your fat justification party...

one advertisement can send you on a binge eating candy spree like you wouldn't believe it.

It sounds like you're in serious need of a psychologist. That's a personal, mental problem, not a societal problem.

... but they're also taking care of the citizens screwed by the XP-end-of-life:

"Screwed" because MS only supported their OS for 13 years? Riiiight. Which Linux company is going to maintain a version of their OS (for free) for 13 years? Hell, which Linux company is going to maintain a version of their OS (for free) for 3 years?

That's one of the main reasons my company won't consider Linux on the desktop.

I'm supposed to believe that Microsoft, the company that is still pushing out updates for a 13 year old OS, is going to somehow abandon a large portion of their customers using their most current OS? I call bullshit.

Most organizations don't.

Because Microsoft provides it for free

The real problem is familiarity.

That IS a problem! I'd much prefer to use some tiny open source product that changes constantly. That's a much better business decision than stupid consistency!! Sheesh!

We're in the process of moving to MS for our point of sale, inventory control, and financials. They offer a much better solution for mid-sized businesses in the retail space than any open source vendor.

To lower their insurance bill. Regardless, I think that anybody who takes their life into their hands to try to recover a generic lump of metal and plastic deserves what they get.

That's a no-brainer. You buy the software. I spend a small fortune on traditional non-open source software, and its worth it.

They're not receiving any new revenue for it, so why should they continue to support it?

Because they're acting as a responsible corporate entity, maybe? It must be shocking to Apple users to see something like this, but Microsoft has actually been a relatively responsible, responsive company for a long time, now.

And I have to ask the author: why would I need to change service providers so often? Why would I obsess over my phone bill and need to change providers every few months? I think that maybe some people, like the author of this article, just have too much time on their hands.

When I need a new phone, I get a phone, sign a 2 year contract, and forget about it again until my phone dies. I have much more interesting, useful things to do with my life than worry about how I can get a cell phone without cell phone service, or vice-versa.

I have to wonder if "Bennett Haselton", argues with car salesmen about being "forced" to buy tires with the car when he buys a car...

So the outrage is that the people who own the rights to make the movies aren't going to use some fan-fiction about the original movies? Why should I care?

- Very cheap almost to the point of being free.
Text messages are already free.

- 1:1 and group chat support.
Already do that with regular text messages

- Picture and content sharing.
Already do that with regular text messages

- No additional fees for sending worldwide.
The only potential benefit I see

- No additional fees when you're roaming.
"Roaming" doesn't really happen in most of the modern world

- Not tied to users of one operating system.
Already do that with regular text messages

Like I said, it's a small niche, and it's shrinking rapidly as more and more people just get unlimited texts.