You believe that gameplay can't be copyrighted. You cherry picked some unnamed and unknown sites that support your believe about gameplay and copyright. You kind of half heartedly mention patents in a way that seems to bolster your opinion. That's all well and good, but where is the part where you actually went beyond your belief, spoke to a lawyer/professor/industry professional, and learned if gameplay is copyrightable or patentable?

You copied someone else's idea. They're not happy about that. Maybe they're in the right or maybe you are. Either way you should hold off on the righteous indignation until you give up your opinions and educate yourself on the matter at hand.

Maybe you should read Spolsky's 2000 article. He doesn't use his small company as an example. He uses the rewrite trials and failures of such other 'small' companies as Microsoft, Borland, and Netscape.

Actually, Cuccinelli wasn't "appointed" as attorney general—he was elected. He defeated Democrat Steve Shannon by a huge margin. We chose to have this guy as AG, and it wasn't even close. Any informed voter should have known what they were getting into with Cuccinelli. He's really, really far right, and he's never hid it. It doesn't speak well of Virginia.

It's sort of like selling you a car that has a note in the glovebox that reads "you are not allowed to use this car to transport women between the ages 20 and 28"

The average Slashdot reader would have no problems whatsoever with such an automobile.

Well, ok, then, I guess that's settled. Since you seem to be in charge of determining what an electronic device with a CPU, RAM, I/O, and a display is called, how should we refer to it?

I've never heard of a Nokia S60, but I recognize Palm. Obscurity is relative.

I guess if an idea is 20+ years old the statute of limitations has run out and someone can use it again as NEW and EXCITING.

They said that when spears beat rocks. They said that when guns won against swords, spears, and bows. They said it when machine guns decimated rifle ranks. They said it when airplanes and tanks rolled or flew over the trenches. They said it when V1s and V2s were raining on London. They said it when the US nuked Hiroshima. They said it when the US adopted stealth, night vision and GPS, and on and on. Face it, technology wins wars and ensures safety for the side that has the better tech. War is as much a technological battle as it is a physical one.

"NO laptop has line in. None, Not one."

It's admirable that you are so specific and resolute in your statement. It's too bad that your statement is demonstrably incorrect. All Macbook and Macbook Pro models, except for the Macbook Air, have analog line-in jacks. the 15" and 17" Macbook Pros have a dedicated line in jack. The Macbook and the 13" Macbook Pro both use a single 1/8" jack for either analog out, digital out, or analog line in, depending on how that port is configured in the system preferences.

Macbooks ship with a line in jack. Macbook Pros use the same 1/8" jack for either input or output. You just have to go to the Audio preferences and set it for the mode you need at that time.

It's much the same on any modern motherboard. The line out jack is also a line in jack. You just need to configure it as such.

Wow, so you ask a question, get a reasonable and correct reply and your response is to...take it as an affront to your ignorance, spew crap to try and change the context of your original (arguably naive) question and then resort to personal attacks for no apparent reason...other than to possibly try to deflect attention away from your ignorance. You must feel so very superior in your anonymity.

In email usage 'RE:' is short for regarding. Getting an email that says 'Regarding:(previous email subject)' makes sense. Getting an email that says, 'Redoing:(previous email subject)' is nonsensical. So, no, 're' does not always mean re-doing. In regards (aka re:) to what you are referring the 'regarding' context should be assumed.

Spoken like someone who is too self-important and socially inept to ever get to the point of being a parent.

That you are more worried about making art with 3D models, and wanting a CAD package that will easily import into your 3D modeler of choice, instead of being worried about actual engineering makes me think this project will never get off the ground (all puns intended).

Here's a free CAD package that seems to be just the right caliber for your organization...Google SketchUp.