Funnily enough, I found this useful exactly once - on a C64. A game I was playing (forget which one) used the shift key to pause. A way to pause for long time, while you got something to eat, etc, was to use the caps-lock.

This gives you the best explanation: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=phonon

He was: The Most Interesting Man in the World.

Now, it's more like: you are more likely to accept broad generalizations and we are more likely to not realize that it was never changed from that way.

Obligatory: http://xkcd.com/378/

You are absolutely correct. And Finland has a very homogeneous culture with strong traditions (sisu sp?) of self-reliance and an awesome work-ethic. Now, pretend you live in America with vast inner city ghettos, heterogeneous cultures (breeding an us vs. them attitude) and a culture of entitlement. Your system would be the biggest boondoggle ever in this country.

Ok, how about a phrase: short-sighted greed. Like when a software vendor screws their customers for short-term gains. Like when a salesman lies to his customers for short-term gain. I agree with GPP, it's all about simple (short-sighted) greed.

Well, the real problem is that one of the charts is a gross distortion. Look at the "Large File USB to HD" chart. All the other charts are absolute, in that the starting y-axis value is zero. In this chart, the numbers are so close that the author fudges by starting them at 16.5. This makes Ubuntu look almost twice as fast as Windows, when the reality is that the biggest delta is about 5%. I don't think it was intentional, but it has no place in a benchmarking report.

One one hand I'm happy...

On the other hand, I'm frightened...

On the gripping hand it's also good...

There, fixed it for you. :-)