What evil has Nintendo done to customers?

Not arguing, I'm just uninformed. I though Bethesda and Nintendo where the last bastion of defense for the ethics of major gaming companies.

I can't answer on why they went up to 48, but why they did 48 instead of 50 is obvious:

It's easy to convert down to 24 FPS if need be.

...What state is this?

Are you kiddin'? Maybe 5 or 10 years ago, but these days GPS is quite reliable. I live in BFE and it works well enough.

Well, at least most GPS...

Linux Mint impressed me. It's Ubuntu-based, so it still has the training wheels, but it has a sane interface (I prefer Mate to Cinnamon). It's still a little sluggish though.

Personally, I just use Debian. It's grouchy at first and takes a little time to get it how you want it, but after that it stays out of your way.

I doubt the $50 is from driver QA. It's much more likely because they're not getting the crapware kickbacks that they get with Windows.

Texan here.

The youth is surprisingly liberal -- I have no idea what changed, but the younger ones turned their brains on this time (Not to say conservativism is brainless, but blind parroting of religious right ideals are). Moreso than past youth. I actually expect Texas to be a liberal majority in a generation or two.

I usually overbuild on RAM and CPU and my hardware goes through at least one graphics card upgrade for a gaming rig.

Charlie Mopps? Hey, thanks for the suds!

Well, some of then had software that ran at boot for security (anti-piracy) reasons, but it was gone by the time the game started.

Sorry, I'm out of the loop. What's bad about DDR3?

Perhaps I'm missing something, but is there a downside to the government having everyone's DNA or fingerprints on file? It's different than being watched all the time. It's not a privacy invasion.

I don't really have sympathy for this guy.

Downloading for personal use is an entirely different ballgame where the laws are ridiculous.

This, however, very directly contributes to loss of sales. This is selling other people's work for personal gain. It's wrong, and it's very rightly illegal.

". . .in anticipation of a final exam this evening."

I see the problem in with the other two, but not this one. Enlighten me.

Hello Mr. Euro and/or Person who has never lived outside of a big city. Many, many job holders in America who don't live in New England or California live quite a distance from their place of work. Living closer is frequently not an option in these more rural areas. Likewise, public transportation is often woefully inadequate or entirely nonexistent. The vast majority of America's land is actually a pretty low population density with a few high-density cities scattered around.