Any external projects like that, because I was assuming external public facing projects when I wrote what I did.

Internal projects are much more controlled environments than the wild wild web.

You miss the point. The shortest route to a cross browser solution is the way I propose.

If you are saying that management dictates an IE ONLY solution then I will have to ask for a citation as that does not seem plausible to me.

If the web designers are smart they will make it work first on Safari, or Firefox, or Chrome, or whatever they believe to be most compliant. Then that arduous process of getting it to work with IE will be easier. You have to start with a level or a plumbline when building a house and that is how you should start when building a web application. IE can be coaxed into working correctly but trying to do it the other way will only cause major problems.

I leave all my vehicle keys in my vehicles, my wife does the same.

When we were first married we had our vehicle stolen 4 times. The last time it was stolen the insurance agent asked if I had locked the doors. I told him I quit locking it because I didn't want the thieves to break the window. He looked at the history and noticed that they had replaced the window the other times. So for me I just decided I like the convenience of just leaving my keys in the vehicle.

I liked this one...

audible fascist wart

If usability is defined as letting anything do whatever it wants at any time without the users knowledge on a system then I suppose running as admin would solve that problem.

Actually my strategy is to minimize down time in the event a system gets infected. Using anti-virus as a strategy will make that down time much longer than simply not running as admin.

Your point that a person can still get a virus when not running as admin is moot since the exact could be said for the person running anti-virus software. But if a person is not running as admin the damage is greatly mitigated. Not to mention your chance of getting one are greatly mitigated also since it is more difficult to exploit a limited account than a full admin account.

What software needs full control of a system? And why? Those are questions one should ask when managing any type of system

Between my job, some side work and friends and family I manage close to 70 Windows machines. I have been doing IT since 1992.

When I am asked this question my answer is always this. None. I think antivirus is more trouble than it is worth. First any new viruses will be undetected, second the pain of actually running anti virus outweighs any marginal benefit received from it.

Of course this answer immediately creates a follow up question... Well then what do you do?

The best way to protect yourself is to run as NON - ADMIN. That's it. A coworker recently got a virus and I simply logged in as admin and ran a free online virus scan. It found his problem and removed it.

Got it now. I bit, you win.

My wife and I do have 6 wonderful children, they are all precious, they are all magical. Are those the "precious" that you are refering to?

So you at least get the fact that the OS that will be running on the iPad was designed for a small screen.

Now thats the part the tells me you have no idea what you are talking about.

The OS was designed for small screens. And is being used on a larger screen.

When you do the giving thats great. When that giving is compelled then it aint so great.

The problem is the pop-up or whatever says something like "Would you also like salsa with your chips? (we'll ship a new jar every month)" and when you click "yes" you are aware of it and are also consenting to it.