Agreed

And the redesigned nesting layout makes it harder to follow threads. I'm not exactly sure what others are seeing but my current layout preference has comments nested with clear boxes/lines delineating each, which makes telling what nesting level they belong to.

I think that's pretty much an international standard, right?

God damnit! I wasted precious lunchtime trying to figure out WTF this was all about and in the end, I'm still not sure. I should have just gone to Zombocom where at least I can get positive re-enforcement in a nice soothing voice while I browsed the rest of /.

So much this. It's a great competitive activity for programmers/developers/nerds who don't generally have the most athletic ability. Dare I say it's almost gender neutral as it places a lot more emphasis on hand-eye coordination and quick reflexes rather than any real amount of strength.

I used to play against my mom when I was still in high school and she would regularly slaughter me without even trying. She'd have me chasing her returns from one side of the table to the other and then finish the volley with a nice subtle spin return that would leave me befuddled.

I run and work out regularly and still love to play ping pong. I think the reason it's looked down upon by a lot of people is because it's not so much a macho game. But that's all the better for me.

Not that I doubt that the NSA has access to my data anyway, but this part makes no sense for me. For god's sake, MS *writes* the OS. Why would they need someone to install the Skydrive client to be able to access my hard drive. Windows already has entire access to my hard drive.

Your wish is granted

Interestingly enough, while the lyrics are copyrighted, you can hum the tune all you want, copyright-free, since the tune itself has fallen out of copyright.