Let's face it, the most conservative grouches who most venomously oppose anything new in UIs and desktop environments are usually the "tech savvy" and them nerdier they are the more potent the venom. Just take one look at the angry tirades over Gnome 3.... Ok, so they changed Gnome, learn to like the new UI or fork the old one, it's not the end of the world. I'm a Mac user but I actually kind of like the new Windows UI, it's different and innovative. Microsoft deserves some credit for not taking the path of least resistance and aping somebody else's UI like Google did.

With all due respect for the plight of these people and being fully aware of the fact that Apple Maps is crap, I would never go into the outback anyplace relying only on a web based navigation aid and I don't care whose mapping app it is and that includes Google. I'm pretty sure I could find some tiny village in the Chaco Boreal, the jungles of Thailand or the Gobi Desert where Google Maps would get me lost and that's assuming you even get coverage there. I don't care if your destination is the Australian outback, S-American\Asian\African jungles or the Arctic wilderness there is no substitute for proper gear and knowing how to use it. If you really want to go places like that which are seldom traveled by others, take an offline GPS unit with quality maps, carry a reserve offline unit, plenty of batteries, a paper map plus compass and make damn sure you know how to use them. Most places have some sort of hiking club or scout association that gives courses in basic navigational skills.

Hmmm... simple... let me try.

1. 1) Once upon a time a small rural library could not afford to upgrade their library management software due to a nasty bug.
2. 2) The small rural library then got the bright idea to set up a FOSS project aimed at creating a free alternative library management software system and named it Koha.
3. 3) The Koha library management software project became a big FOSS success.
4. 4) Due to a variety of reasons the homepage and domains of the Koha project were taken over by a bunch of US American corporate weasels called PTFS.
5. 5) The US corporate weasels then started a campaign aimed at convincing the world that they have taken over the Koha project and are the only legitimate source of Koha software and support. Basically they are trying to hijack the Koha project.
6. 6) This campaign by PTFS has now gone so far that they have trademarked the word Koha. in New Zealand for no other reason than to deny it's use to the Koha foundation.

Change jobs and track down a job with a company that does stuff you find interesting. Startups often do cool work but the pay is often shitty so that's a trade-off you have to be willing to make. I concluded some time ago that the I prefer to do boring stuff for an employer that pays well. It finances the stuff I enjoy doing I do in my spare time which is contributing to a FOSS project.

This is not a new problem. About 10 years ago a Luftwaffe mechanic changing bolts on the propeller assembly (IIRC) of a bunch of heavy transport planes became suspicious when the nuts he was handed were a different color than usual. He reported it and the things turned out to be made of mild steel; his meticulous nature prevented a really ugly accident. Some people weren't that lucky. I read somewhere they even found fake parts on Air-Force One.

People B left their land for a variety of reasons during Roman times. People A (The ones who stayed behind and are provably very close genetic relatives of People B) continued living there under various foreign rulers for over a thousand years during which they abandoned the religion they shared with people B in favor of Christianity and later Islam. People B come back, after over a thousand years, decide they want 'their land' back, drive people A into concentration camps where they live in squalor and misery. Meanwhile people B live a good life financed by the tax dollars from their good friend country C who also provides them with high tech weapons free of charge.

White-washing Israel works best in a right wing, christian conservative or jewish zionist delusion.

The assumption that one population replaces another is erroneous. What usually happens is that they merge. Genetic analysis shows that the Palestinian 'Arabs' of the Levant are actually to a large extent descended from Jewish ancestors who in turn probably got a large genetic contribution from Persia, the Hellenic world Africa and, especially during Roman times, from Western Euorpe. The Palestinians may not practice the Jewish religion but genetically they are quite Jewish. The genetic ancestry of most human groups, tribes, nations, etc. is way more complex than most people realize.

If it's all the same to you I'd like to skip some parts... like for example their trips to the toilet.

Name examples and break them down by cost of components.

You'd be surprised...

I've been hearing people say that for ten years.

For the last 30 years people have been loading a Microsoft PC operating system whose UI was designed for a mouse and keyboard onto tablets and then wondering why hardly anybody wants to use it. Apple hit it out of the park with the iPad because they designed a handy tablet that came with a proper tablet UI.

I've got an auxiliary battery, just go to amazon.com and enter the search term "iPhone 4 battery pack" the entry level price seems to be at around 10 bucks.

Yeah, that was a brilliant move, fire 11,345 air traffic controllers and ban them from working in their field for life all because they decided to fight for their rights. The FAA brought in military air traffic controllers, put in overtime trying to train new ones, and it still took them close to 10 years to bring staffing to normal levels. Better yet they only managed to do that by eating crow, ignoring Reagan's order and hiring some of these guys back. It seems Reagan and his neocon geniuses hadn't counted on the fact that you don't just pull random citizens off the street, give them a 3 month course in air traffic controlling and let them loose on the world of civilian air traffic management. It takes YEARS to train an air traffic controller and there is a good reason for it. Just because conservatives practically worship Reagan doesn't mean that he never did galactically stupid things.

Nevertheless, they seem to be hedging their bets and they'd be dumb if they didn't. Apparently Nokia just confirmed that the N9 MeeGo phone will be 'fully supported'

That depends on the people who took over from Jobs and how well Jobs judged their abilities. If they think like him the company will prosper. If the spreadsheet monkeys move in they'll piss away everything Jobs achieved inside of 10 years... tops.