Curious that you got modded insightful rather than funny. I hope you were joking.

Thing is, too many "in the field" can code better than they can receive instruction, argue a better solution, or describe their progress. The result is they solve the wrong problem. That's not a good thing.

A PSU has a power efficiency curve that looks like this. That article also explains what I'm about to summarize:

Pick a PSU that is no more powerful than you need, to keep your system in the middle of that curve, for maximum efficiency. 100% margin is more than plenty, so if your components will use 250W max, you don't need a 900W PSU. Look for something in the 500 range, or even less if you pick a good-quality PSU.

You probably won't be able to make a cost argument for maximizing efficiency, but you can build a quieter system focusing on efficiency, and it's quite satisfying obsessing over something different.

1920x1440, at about 27", would play HD video without scaling, with vertical space left over, and give me vertical space for coding, page layout, etc. And it'd be 4:3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggravation_(law)

Copy from this IRC, paste to this IRC.

Better hurry up and add this brilliant rebuttal to the two other posts essentially just like mine.

No, real world analogy would be, "See that car around the corner? It's unlocked and you don't need a key to start it. You're welcome." = Trafficking in stolen vehicles

So, you can write PHP in Java? Awesome!

With all else that article had to say, the entire summary was about copyright? Hot button much?

Free software doesn't spy on you? Everything Google, and much that is in the Android app store, says he's wrong. Did he not notice the barn is already half empty?

You have no clue, do you? Neither Amazon nor Apple are DRM-ing their music these days. Very old news. Keep up.

I you find a piece of software that does have an unnecessary constraint, you are free to modify that software to suit your needs.

Freedom to be limited to software choices that need fixing. Freedom to do things the hard way.

Freedom to get help from condescending jerks. I already covered that.

See, you didn't realize I have the necessary skill set to code my own solutions. You just presumed you know something I don't.

Listen, I think it's great that you have the freedom to do things the hard way. I think it's great that a tiny minority of the world's tech consumers are well-served by platforms that allow them to roll their own. I think it's great that there is competition in the market.

What mystifies me is why you care so much about the choices I make. And it amuses me that you think they are non-choices, because I can't modify them. As if that's something many people want to do.

BTW, I'm an iOS developer. I *can* roll my own.

It galls people to pay a living wage to people they don't respect. It doesn't help when so many "in IT" work so hard at earning that disrespect.

I'm so tired of hearing OSS fanatics tell me I'm not free. What, exactly, am I not free to do?

Install your OS on my device? Why the hell would I want to do that?
Shop in your app store? Why the hell would I want to do that? Have you not noticed you app store kinda sucks?
Install music moving it between folders? Why the hell would I want to do that?
Use Gimp? Oops, I *can* do that. If for some damned reason I wanted to.

Freedom to do things the hard way? Freedom to not use professional tools? Freedom to get help from condescending jerks?

What, precisely, am I not free to do?

IOW, one vote for boxing gloves instead of a console.