Maybe if we leverage all our 404, 405, 403 and 500 pages to "blame SOPA for the problem with this page", then maybe John Clueless will be enticed to call his congressman.

Stop allowing Apple to cloud up the argument by making you think that the form factor and interface is bound by definition to the UI design and feature list of the OS it runs.

Argument 1: What if the iPad could run, say, Win7 or Linux or some other OS? It adds wide-open capability, and gives way to content creation. But the form factor and UI frustrate.
Argument 2: What if there were a PC out there with a huge 32" touchscreen display and gesture UI, and it ran iOS. Could a stockbroker be happy with it?
Argument 3: What if the same PC with touchscreen display and gesture UI, and it ran Win7 or Win8 or WebOS or Cyanogenmod? How would that stockbroker feel then?
Argument 4: What would be gained by mouse-enabling an iPad? Who uses an iPad with mouse to access a PC via Remote Desktop? How is that working out for you?

Point is, if the platform were open, we would readily consider these questions, and make inroads on the answers. But Apple packages the UI, OS and form factor so well, we don't budge. Pity.

I always say: "There are no stupid questions, only stupid people."

Then I follow: "Stupid people are the ones that don't ask stupid questions."

While all you process-laden geeks with your SCRUM teams and unit tests are getting the life sucked out of you in the Valley, we here in Automation Alley live by the seat of our pants, Montgomery-Scott-style, delivering barely-passable code on time, with the enhancements and 80/20 fixes to be pushed ahead of next year's model refresh, and a keen eye on the Bugzilla board, waiting for our user community to serve up the bug list. Thrilling, I tell ya.

Didn't yo mama ever tell you not to buy a first-year model?

Sure, 2.3 really is faster and more responsive than 2.2, with better battery life and a sexier interface to boot.

But WHY does the dev team INSIST on BREAKING streaming and AAC+ audio on EVERY release?

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13715
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9308

Neither is electricity, natural gas or running water.

Some things deserve protection, even if it's not constitutional protection.

This isn't a First Amendment issue, it's an FTC issue. But it should be a BIG FUCKING FTC issue.

(And I'm a left leaning centrist, BTW...)

So am I. That cheating whore.

Judeo-Christian nuclear abortion socialism!

I now await my Fox News story...

a caravan is a piece of shit minivan made by Chry^H^H^H^HDaimlerChr^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HFiat.

it's got electrolytes!

I am someone who lost prolly 75% of his sense of smell over the 90s. Why, I do not know.

I do find favor with extra spicy foods, as they stimulate me in ways other foods cannot.

My wife has a hyper sense of smell. I take out the garbage.

I purchased a Grandstream VoIP unit and connected the POTS line to my house copper, the ethernet end to my switch.

I purchased inbound VoIP service with les.net for a mere $1.00 a month. Outbound is $0.01/min

So, for $12/yr, I still have house POTS service.

Shame on you, CTRC. You ruined the most popular radio station in Windsor & Detroit, CKLW. We have never forgiven you. And we'll remain deeply suspicious of anything you plan to do on the Intertubes or elsewhere.

The future is like the present, only more so.