Seriously? Do you really need to?

I've got a Windows 2000 install that's still going strong at 10 years old, and a couple of XP installs well over 5 years old. We even have a couple of Linux systems that have been running continuously longer than you keep Windows XP around - we only had to restart them during a UPS replacement. The Mac OSes only get upgrades (which counts as an install, I guess) when The Steve unveils a new version, so the system OS install I'm using right now is however old 10.6 is (about a year and a half). I have an install of OS X 10.5 on a PPC Mac at home that is still working just fine after 5 years.

So, this begs the question, what are you doing to screw up your XP installs in a year?

Even my boss, the resident malware catcher (seriously, I think he actively tries to get malware on his system) is using a three year old install of XP.

I think you'd be safe to extend your reinstall interval.

That's the same retail price - not the wholesale price.

Don't retail outlets charge a markup too?

Surely Barnes & Noble is getting some cut of the $5 they charge for a magazine. Might even be more than 30%.

Wouldn't you expect that Amazon make a profit on things sold via their website?

The only difference is that we can all see what Apple's cut is.

This is a prime example of why people without legal training should not attempt to critique court decisions.

Words that mean one thing to lay people mean something else to the courts.

On top of that, couldn't this have been summarized in some compact format so that readers know if they want to read the entire wall of text or not?

How do you think we get stuff? Magic? Recycling yields less that 100%, so as the population grows, we need to get more stuff out of the ground.

I'm on Uverse too, and when I go to their bandwidth usage thing, it basically says that it's under construction and I don't have to worry about how much I'm using.

Presumably they're rolling it out slowly.

Can you tell me how I can fire my boss? There's basically nobody above him in the organization, so I'm just wondering how you'd apply your totally easy method in this case?

There are also the cases where an employee is main rain-maker for the company, but hasn't a clue how to keep from getting malware on their computer. A law firm is not going to fire an attorney who brings in $30 million a year just because they keep getting malware on their pc, for example.

No, but it's far easier when it's already built in.

I'd hate to live in a world run by you.

Can you imagine how boring society would be if nobody studied arts or humanities?

Picture street after street of dull gray buildings, no theater or art or even interesting architecture, etc., then tell me you want to live in that world.