I have to disagree. The only difference between the Apple slide and the MS slide is 20 years of updated graphics. The Apple slide even has a little 3D graphic of a sliding button, just like the MS video.

RAID 6 is only one more than RAID 5.

I've never actually seen him say something worthwhile, and often what he says is painfully stupid. I don't know what the gimmick is, but it's been sort of a long-running sore point for ages. He's the one thing Slashdot has that's more annoying than the obvious insertions from the DICE people.

I like wheat beer. I don't like fruit in beer in general, and in fact despise the trend of sticking a wedge of citrus on the glass.

Either you or Wikipedia is wrong. If it is Wikipedia, please get in there and fix it rather than wasting your time correcting just me :)

That's not horrible... just 1200 lightbulbs. You could protect the occupants with some space shuttle tiles or any ablative impregnated carbon shielding you might have sitting around the house.

In NJ, for a long time you could renew your driver's license via mail. It was a tri-fold thing with no picture. You could stuff a $50 or $100 bill inside and have a plausible defense in case you met an honest cop. I never heard of anyone needing to use that line, though I did meet a guy who claims that the cop pretended there was nothing in there and still gave him a ticket.

Yes, I usually find it helps to think of politics as a team sport. People are very irrational when it comes to our tribal instincts, and both politics and professional sports provide ample illustrations.

Most people would consider fermented fruit some kind of wine. I've had something described as barley wine before, but it was just very strong beer.

Whiskey and beer wort is very similar, so you might be on to something with the "distilled beer" comment. Never heard it described like that but it gets the point across. If you go on a whiskey tour, they introduce you to the mash, wort, and brewing process before getting into distillation. I think most people would insist on having their beer fermented, though :)

Even the Germans gave up pretending beer was only made from barley. The wheat prohibition ("purity law") was political anyway.

I don't really care one way or another. From my perspective, they promised "free forever" and for a while they delivered. Then they started down the annoying their users path and I fled. If they held some kind of monopoly I'd be a lot more worked up, but there are plenty of alternatives.

I'm not. But my thesis is that two reasonable people can become more educated and come to different worldviews. I maintain that this is true even when their intentions are identical because the starting conditions can be quite different. That there exist people with different motivations is not in question.

I've been happy with ChangeIP for several years now, ever since Dyn started their pushy shenanigans.

I think you took things to an extreme there because of your personal bias :)

Two educated people could very well drive by the shanty town and come to much different opinions on what should be done, both with the motivation of improving the lot of the folks living there. A billionaire driving by might set up a foundation and tap wealthy donors. A lower or middle class person might decide to pursue a career in public service. Both are reasonable courses of action, and likely to result in at least some differences in base ideology. Bill Gates probably has a wildly different worldview from Mother Teresa, but they are both helping the same people.

Presuming you are talking about Coors Light... I've never tried it for cooking, but it might be so far in the "water" side of the spectrum that it no longer imparts any flavor at all. :)

Strategy is part of politics, and I'd say that Obama's liberal base is acting strategically. Thus, I have to disagree and say that this is a political issue.

Sorry, I misunderstood. I agree.

So I'll amend my statement a bit. You can will yourself to take a different worldview, but you don't have a choice in what direction you end up in :)