I played EQ from release in 1999 and I would actually say the UI in FFXIV is worse. The lag between opening menus and the need to back out of multiple levels of menu just to access a different area of that menu is unforgivable. It's like something I would have programmed in 6th grade. Also, just because I haven't noticed anyone mention it, the battle targeting and spell casting mechanics are ridiculous. To cast a spell I should not have to click on a mob, wait a second, click on the same mob again, wait a sec, click on the spell, wait a sec, and then click on the mob again.

Here's the link since the AC didn't post it http://unrevoked.com/ just click on the picture of the desire and you can download unrevoked3 for your phone.

Here's a link to their twitter so you can stay up to date. http://twitter.com/unrevoked

I didn't use the "you have no idea what you're talking about" argument. I said "you simply don't know enough" and I stand by that based on the content of your posts. I have seen an AOSP rom running on the Droid X and was told it will have a modified kernel. Time will tell if that is the case or not. I'm sure if they have it working everyone will know soon enough. As for the Desire, if you have a custom kernel running on the device then it should be simple to have write permission to /system after booting the phone. My point in all of this is that custom roms with custom kernels and full nand access are not going to go away. I purchased an Epic 4G yesterday morning and promptly rooted it because the root was available before the phone was even released. Apparently, Samsung hasn't changed that much from their Moment device so full nand access is expected soon. I'm not going to assume that every manufacturer will decide locking down their bootloader is a priority just because Motorola did it.

You are utterly mistaken. If the Desire is as locked down as you say it is then explain the fully functional CM 6.0 that runs on it including the custom kernel. Check out the XDA Desire forum for some details and then hopefully you can come back better informed. Also, AOSP builds for the Droid X are coming with custom kernels. I find if funny that below you posted a quote to try and make your point that custom kernels wont be happening but you tried to completely ignored half of the quote by bolding just what you wanted people to see. Here's the quote YOU posted with your bolding left in place, but I've added a second bold+italics of the relevant portion you should be paying attention to.
"So can we now install custom ROMs?
Yes, but you can't replace the kernel or boot image. But really, once you have access to /system, anything is possible. It will just take a little hackery ."

Also, this quote was written when the Droid X was first released and they were just starting to get root access. Since then, a lot more progress has been made using a "little hackery."

Please stop posting FUD and misleading quotes. It was bad enough you couldn't even attempt to defend your initial post that cyanogen mod phone support was dwindling after I pointed out it had more that tripled in # of phones over the last few months.
You simply don't know enough. End of story.

You can actually do just that. The Froyo source has been available from Day 1 on the AOSP website. You need to realize that Android is still in its infancy and similar to when linux was in its infancy if you wanted to run a different version on your hardware you need to be prepared to modify it, write new drivers, and work out some bugs. This is exactly what the devs do for most of the phones. I have been running 2.2 on my Hero for months even though HTC has said they will never release it for the Hero. At first it was buggy and some stuff didn't work but it has been fully functional and stable for a while now.

You shouldn't really talk when you obviously don't know anything about the subject of conversation. The number of phones that Cyanogen supports is not "dwindling" it is actually booming. Up through CM 5.0 he only supported 3 phones (G1, MyTouch, Nexus one) but with the development of 6.0 he recruited rom developers for all the other phones listed above. This just happened a few months ago and this article is discussing the fruits of their labor. Additionally, the encrypted bootloader you were mentioning on the Droid X/2 has been broken and full custom roms can be installed http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/30/custom-droid-x-roms-starting-to-break-loose-efuse-be-damned/. Really, try to lighted up with FUD and do some more reading before you decide the whole modding community is dwindling and doomed.

Here's one more for the list. http://apps.doubletwist.com/ I actually like this one quite a lot.

This is utter BS. I don't know where you get this info but it's completely wrong. Fiber doesn't affect fructose transport out of the intestinal lumen and it doesn't affect its metabolism in the liver. You seriously need to buy a biochem book.

Actually he was pretty much correct. Fructose is broken down in the liver to DHAP and GAP. They are both part of the glycolysis pathway and are the same intermediates that can come from glucose. At that point the fructose has become equivalent to glucose. The pathway either leads to pyruvate (post-prandially) or glucose (fasting state). The catch with fructose comes from the initial conversion in the liver. It's relatively slow and ties up phosphate. That's why people with Hereditary Fructose Intolerance get so sick when they ingest fructose, the conversion is even slower and their phosphate levels drop way too low.

Just to add a better source with more data: http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1126812

If you look at the article you can see that in one years time (2Q 08 - 2Q 09) Apple went from 2.8% to 13.3%, almost a 500% increase. On the other hand, Nokia went down from 47.4% to 45%, a 5% decrease in market share. I am by no means a fan of Apple, but you should really check your info before posting it just makes you look bad. In the long run I really think Android will overtake both of them by sheer number and functionality.

According to this article: http://www.iphoneworld.ca/news/2009/08/13/apple-share-of-smartphone-market-increases-to-133-with-iphone-3gs-introduction/ iPhone has a 13.3% market share compared to Nokia's 45%. I'd say having about 1/3rd of the market size of Nokia when they have been in the mobile phone business for about 1/10th the amount of time is impressive. Also, it doesn't bode well for Nokia's future.

This isn't true at all. The CDMA Hero from Sprint has can NOT switch to GSM and the European GSM Hero can NOT switch to CDMA. If you flash the wrong radio onto the device it will completely brick it. This is the only way that I know of to completely ruin your Hero. I also have no idea why you are talking about the Hero and T-Mo since Sprint and Verizon are the only providers with Hero (Eris) hardware.

If you have 60 women friends you are probably not reading slashdot...

Yeah, maybe they shouldn't have invented stupid things like antibiotics and vaccines because caution wins over dying of systemic infections and thousands of children crippled with polio just to name a few of those sacred life things you want them to respect.

Your kidding right? The tumor formation doesn't happen because the cells are from a different person. The tumors form because by definition stem cells can replicate in a unlimited fashion and sometimes that go out of control and becomes cancer. This is most certainly the case with adult somatic cells that are induced into pluripotent stem cells. You can even argue it is more likely for induced cells to cause tumors because the artificial steps we take to make them stem cells are not completely understood and are in no way perfect. The embryonic stems cells need less manipulation to perform their function because they are naturally primed to do the job and therefore less likely to go out of control.