It's probably just me, but these statements seem contradictory.

Seriously, emacs users are actually a really helpful bunch, check out the emacs wiki for instance. Or consider the amount of effort that's gone into making the customization system (M-x customize) easy for both end users to use and emacs-lisp developers to incorporate into their extensions. Or the quality (and price!) of the Emacs manual, Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp, or Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.

Emacs users might be perceived as elitist or something, but the feeling I've always had is that it's a community that strives to be welcoming and not holier-than-thou.

If?

I'm not sure. Maybe it's all hogwash, but Apple appears to take the working conditions of its suppliers' employees pretty seriously. You can read about it here: http://www.apple.com/supplierresponsibility/ .

No, nothing needs to be done.

The government has no business whatsoever dictating what restaurants can and cannot have (never mind must have) on their menus. If you can't eat something, don't eat it ... if that means not going out to eat, well that's your issue. Restaurant owners are not responsible for your health, you are.

Christ, what the hell happened to personal responsibility?

Sedate? IANAL, but that's just got to be asking for trouble, at least north of the M-D line.

s/(I've noticed that people needlessly talk).+/$1./

Fortunately my Happy Hacking keyboard lacks all of the above, except the Escape key. It can send the keycodes (e.g., "Scroll Lock" is sent with Fn+O) but keeps a small footprint which in turn keeps the mouse closer to the keyboard. Less reaching is better for my shoulder and elbow.

Really though, the most useless key ever was the blank key above the Escape on the Sun Type 5 keyboards. So far as I could discover it didn't send any keycode at all.

that really depends on the size of the snake: grease is a *huge* nightmare; this is why restaurants have grease traps. i've seen video tapes of (the insides of) sewers before they've been cleaned and the drains outside the average take-out chinese place are not pretty -- quantifiably worse than outside, say, a pizza shop. this doesn't imply anything other than more grease is generated as a by-product of the cuisine. as a landlord (at least where i live) you have to suck up and deal, either providing preventative maintenance (and the drano comes in handy here) or by not being a landlord at all.

mini rant: my two cents is that the "not be a landlord at all" option should be considered by more people who take it on. as a renter i'm not just paying your mortgage instead of mine because you provide a roof. maintenance and upkeep (and snow removal!) is a service that i'm paying for and expect. the landlords who think it's all "wait for the check to come in" don't get it and should get into some other line of work.