They have to build a custom shell so that later it can be hosted as a service.

Can't tell what Gaynor's defending here; he correctly pins down the idea-expression divide, but seem unaware that copyright restricts people from creating derivative works.
I'm of the opinion that a good beginning to copyright reform would be immediate (or 2-year delayed) permission for anyone to create derivative works that are reasonably distinct from the original.
I welcome Gaynor to the fight for more reasonable copyright as soon as he figures out that's the side he's on.

Windows XP is the only operating system stable & secure enough to handle sensitive transactions such as cash dispensing.

"graphics = sales"

Nonsense. The most profitable game pretty much ever has crummy graphics by comparison to the "standard"

"Gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown"

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Do you really trust Apple, Microsoft, or Google to put your privacy, security, or freedom before their bottom line?
I for one cannot *wait* to get a FoxOS phone. Presumably my communications will be encrypted by default, and I expect better performance on account of not being spied on/tracked/marketed to all the time.

thank you

"Eventually everyone is going to have a quality home theatre"

This is ridiculous. For a lot of people, a "home theater" is not something they care to spend money on.

Book Appraiser: you read a book and offer your expert opinion about what the real price is.

(This is a joke, btw. Note that it is a silly, nonsensical concept -- whether the object is a book or a house)

"Any attempt would be instant bad-faith and crash-and-burn in the courts."

Prevailing "in the courts" takes this pretty far out of the hands of ordinary users, "regular consumers"

The advantage of non-encumbered codecs is that you never end up in court for using them.

has a nice right to it

Interesting article.

I have a question: why so much upstream from Netflix? It seems like the requests and ratings that I send to them would be infinitesimal compared to what they send back down.

There must be a lot of prime numbers in your world
2^n-1 is always prime?

n=4
(2**4)-1 = 15

Macs have fans?

This will come in *very* handy when Windows 9 is released