Man I wish I had it that good...

Oh pshaw. I wasn't pulling a No True Scotsman on you. I just didn't have all the information. The only guilt I will claim is assumption that anyone who only attends a class long enough to not have their Pell Grants taken away is not majoring in that field. Even there I am not so sure. Of the many programming classes I have taken, any of the intro level ones would always have a decent share of people who just need the 1 programming credit for some other degree. Their engagement level was similar to the 1/3 who stopped coming to your classes. I will also contend that your statement "The answer is simple: There will be more smart students at community colleges who probably would have gone to a better 4-year school if community college wasn't "free"." is not proven by the rest of your post. You don't know that for certain and seem to be pushing an agenda. You were fine up until that point. I don't think experience is wasted, especially when a young academic might still be trying to figure out what to do with their life.

You are comparing students who clearly are there just to get the credit for whatever reason and not pursuing CompSci as a degree to students who are majoring in it. Presumably people who want to learn to code are not just there to show up and retain their Pell grants. I am reading this as a false equivalence logical fallacy. It's also a very negative perspective on the untapped potential of today's youth.

What about fracking induced earthquakes? That's just as bad as contaminated groundwater.

They could try. They might succeed with the phone vendors, but I don't think the big mobile carriers would go for it anyway, which makes it pointless. You are right about becoming victims of their own success. The open model that lead to widespread Android adoption hamstrings them here.

So a copy/paste of the Apple EULA then.

At least they said "couldn't" which avoided the usual error with this phrase.

Google should not have given up total control over the OS when negotiating with hardware vendors and carriers, however, it's also possible Android would not have been a success if they'd been as tight-fisted as Apple.

XP is an excellent example. OS vendors aren't required to patch end-of-life versions of their OS. The real issue is Android, as a mobile OS, gets end-of-lifed far too soon because the carriers won't send out updates anyway.

I was not aware that I "threw out a jab at a favorite whipping boy of the left". Wow, you read a lot into my post that I didn't say. And I am the one being butthurt? Please. I am sorry your clear penchant for assumptions is so strong. It must be exhausting to be so sensitive. The OP used a spaceship analogy about sealing off bad sections and the discussion is about events in Texas, so I was trying to see if that is really what they were calling for because I think that is ridiculous. No political implications involved nor insults meant toward Texas, but feel free to keep reaching and accusing others of being the butthurt ones.

Not without a big upgrade to add a strong magnetic field.

No but perhaps opening with an insult and a 3 word response that could mean anything, you shouldn't assume anyone would understand what you mean or care to try and work at it. Dick.

"Seal off Africa" isn't exactly a detailed explanation. That could mean anything, hence you get sarcasm in response. Either way I think you are over-simplifying the problem.

Yes, that's much easier. Good call!