For the most part, it's rare for a Windows program to actually take the whole system down unless there is actually an issue with the computer at the hardware level (bad ram, etc). Closest thing I've seen to a serious crash was a program crashing the video card drivers, but Vista and higher automatically restarts the graphics drivers when this happens without the need for rebooting.

I don't think I've ever heard of someone enjoying beating themselves with a 12oz can of Pepsi before...

No, we don't. Please, no more insults.

If the code for hands was just siting around waiting to be activated. What code is sitting around in us waiting to be activated? Is it possible to activate it ourselves through our thoughts and actions or only through many generations of humanity bringing forth their expression? I'm not sure if this supports or denies intelligent design. I do think this shows that all life is much more closely related then any of us realize.

(Don't tell him I said that, otherwise he may click on my "cancer" check-box or something.)

Now what might work would be a requirement for all data exports to be completely non-proprietary non-binary well formed XML. You might not get their DB table design but at least you'll get each row. Just putting in in XML doesn't accomplish anything. Besides, what kind of apps don't allow for exports of some kind? I hear people complaining about "lock in" all of the time, in terms of data, but I don't have a single business application that doesn't allow a data export of some kind. The format that it can be exported to really doesn't matter, since you'll always have to do significant work to get data moved from one application/platform to another.

They could always enabled strict_all_tables and things like ignoring NOT NULL and so on will not happen. I will note that Postgres also inserts a default value of NULL (same as MySQL) when no value is given and the column has no default value.

Using windows to provide an internet facing service was the first mistake.

What would you suggest if someone wants to run ASP.NET code on their website?

Goldberry is waiting... for her Tom Bomba-dildo.

Windows 3.0, 3.1 and 3.11 ran 16-bit apps! The only exception is that Microsoft in the end provided a Win32s (32-bit Windows subset) extension for Windows, and I remember Mathematica using it. Think of Windows 95 as MS-DOS 7.00 (with VFAT) and on top of that Win16 and on top of that Win32, plus the new Window Manager (MS call this 'shell') borrowed from NT 4.0.

How about NSA's Type I ciphers? They are classified TOP SECRET. Would you say they are "weak" or "badly designed?" Do you think NSA keeps them secret because they believe in security through obscurity?

Weird signature.
Try this: 1^0 = 1; 2^0 = 1; 1^0 = 2^0; 1 = 2;
I can misuse math too!

I hope you aren't talking about Android here. Android should no more count towards "Linux" marketshare than OS X should count towards "BSD Unix" marketshare. It's in there all right, but all the parts that make it what people want to use are put on top by somebody else.

I am sure that Mitt Romney will be happy to explain how he would never use his power to invalidate a decision of judiciary and prevent the Marshal's Service from going about their normal duties.

And like all lying politicians, the second he's elected he'll go back on his word and do what he wants anyway, just like every president has done. What's your point?

The real message here is that it's getting old to have submissions in the form of a question, "Ask Slashdot" excepted. Who's the real troll here?