What should browsers have done instead to unbreak body text width on an MF website?

Well, if a narrow text body is desired, the browser should break the text to make it narrow. That's something that really shouldn't be done at the server side.

because the operating system forces it (such as a mobile device docked to an HDMI monitor)

Talking about broken...

Better yet, take the design out of the hands of coders.

Not the same problem at all. And no, it's not the coders that design that kind of site.

Looks like your browser is broken. Ok, all of them are, but place blame the right party.

Also, why do you maximize your windows if you don't like the result?

I'd disagree. Media queries are exactly the tool created for that use, and there is no immediate reason for not using them (if you have a deeper reason, I'd say that's a bug, please report it).

Then for the example you used... All browsers (except maybe for IE) improve with time, and do that fast. If you fall into the schema of detecting the browser instead of testing for the capability, your site will become outdated.

Too bad for you. We have plenty of holly days (and parties) in June and July here at Brazil :)

Maybe you just need to start the tradition.

Gaphene not only does not seem to have any advantage, it's high resistance is a big disadvantage. Sounds super highly fishy.

Err, what?! Graphene is an extremely good conductor, not a bad one.

After all we have no particular reason to believe the more concise theories are more "true", only more convenient/useful.

Science is conveniently moving from a "let's find the Truth" to "let's get a usefull result" for a while now. You'll still not see most scientists explicitly agree that they are not looking for Truth anymore, but almost no one in interested in dealing with all the problems that come once you try to look for it.

Yep, you need strong encryption, just like what you get in Firefox's wallet (but you must set a master password or that).

Trackballs were on the side. Usually at the right corner near the screen.

What? I take at least three tries to get an USB plug orientation right - and that after looking what's right beforehand, if not, expect at least five.

Both of these have the same cause: you can get a low-end Android device, but not a low-end iDevice.

Yet, there are more high-end Android devices out there than "single sized" iDevices. If they buy just as much, Android should get the biggest share.

SOME correlation does not require exraordinary evidence. In fact, I quite expect it. That correlation reported here does require extraordinary evidence.

If you're trying to advertise and encourage people to buy stuff, it makes sense to know who's going to buy things and how they're willing to buy them.

Is that because you'll want to optimize your sales to those other people that aren't converting?

Because that's the only action that makes any sense. The hypotesis that people's preference of phone model has that huge correlation on willingness to buy anything requires extraordinary evidence, and people pushing for it with just this study can not be serious.

HDD and tape do not use electric charge. They use spin orientation, what is much more stable, and self sustaining. Flash do use charges, and optical disk, chemical reactions. Theoreticaly, spin orientation is the most stable of those options.

By the way, where is the phase change memory IBM was promissing us 15 years ago? Moving atoms full nanometers from their original position... that would be stable.

I'd say that my inability to follow directions is one of my most appreciated qualities in my workplace.

Well, let me call bulshit, not exactly over your points, but over the entire thread.

The specialist you choosed to hire simply does not exist, because no other place use the same set of utilities that you use. When you post those requisites, you'll simply flter the liars and people that think they know everything. The benefit you get for hiring the generalist is that you got a person that can actualy do the work.

The generalist that is now specialized at working in your company can't use his education for getting into a better job, because the trainning he did was specific for your place and does not apply anywhere else. No other place uses the exact same set of utilities that you use. That does not mean that he won't live for a better salary - he will, because once you hire him you'll refuse to correct his salary for inflation and seniority, assuring the result.