Wait, wasn't this an episode of The Critic?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Qr1Jm5cK2b4#t=283s

I agree. Costumers deserve to be treated well out of the theater, too!

Wouldn't this make every web browser illegal or subject to scrutiny/some sorts of rules about how it displays pages?

Would links be illegal because it does not display images?

Yes, but the problem here is that you have control. If you published your personal data on YOUR site, that's your choice - you can remove it, change it. It's your data.

As soon as you give it to FB, they can do whatever they want with it, including not deleting or changing it.

This costs money, Facebook costs privacy.

I'd rather pay money to have control of my own data. I can accrue more money, but once Facebook knows something, I can never get that privacy back.

I wish I could just pay less money to see the 2D version. My problem is that my favorite, local, single-screen theater is now only showing the 3D versions of films. I have to go to crummier theaters if I want to avoid headache.

The sad thing, to me, is not that this is happening, but, rather, that only a small minority seems to care about it.

Then, clearly, 2011 will be the year of the Sandboxed Linux Desktop.

Ah, yes, you can "[use] entertainment applications... play movies, browse the web, play music," but can you run Dawn of War 2 and iTunes? I don't think a lot of people are as software-oriented as we are - 'playing music' isn't something you do outside of iTunes. If it doesn't run the thing you are used to using, what good is it?

I just think we need to figure out how to teach that software is replaceable and modular, which is the best part about open source in my opinion. People are used to Windows, they're used to Microsoft Word-like omnipotent software, not UNIX-like bits and pieces. How do we teach people to view computers differently?

Are you using Comcast too? I started having this issue a few months ago and it also infuriates me!

Because no one runs a home web/mythtv/file/ftp/distcc/??? server! At least not according to my Comcast EULA.

Tiger-attack-preventing rocks could lead to a decrease in tiger attacks?

I think what needs to be said is that ANY model can be driven into the ground by people who don't know what they're doing. Having good managers who can create and follow through with a working strategy is better than having the best laid plan that no one is following.

For the car analogy, you can't say 'well, if the car was better, he wouldn't have crashed' - the driver still neglected to stay on the road.