Rule 34 made me giggle.

To be fair your previous statement while taking it to the extreme wasn't that far off base from what a very large portion of the US population thinks.

On on every YouTube page, at the end of every YouTube video, etc..

As well as on every TV and Radio station and probably pioneer beaming it straight into your eyes when you walk down the Mall in D.C.

So you would rather not have them at all?

Very insightful post. I was having this conversation a few months back about why US game companies had surged past Japanese companies. It boiled down to Japanese companies are releasing the same game with little or no meaningful innovation or progress because if it made money once it will make it again right? Meanwhile US companies were constantly striving for better game play and new mechanics to improve the play experience (or addiction as the case may be).

Selling a found item without making an effort to return the property to the owner makes you a thief.

What evidence was there that it was stolen? Apple never reported it as such.

How much does it use for an hour awake?

This is changing. Tablets are finding a place in business especially in places where portability has value and you don't want or need the power of a full laptop implementation.

Except you just finished saying you WOULDN'T stand up for what is right because it would be too much trouble... You said you would quietly hide it away...

Because for many of us science, invention, and knowledge are an end that more than justifies the means. Your entire thought process demonstrates you're not fit for science. If you were correct why would Galileo and Shechtman have ever released or espoused their work?

Interesting perspective. It certainly works for the vain and greedy, both of which appear to be true here.

I use other people's machines. I don't let Norton or McAfee near my own hardware.

Ever seen a system lock up, kick on the fans, and then start to smoke? Something like that.

Unfortunately the French population today probably has even less staying power than they did in '68...