Didn't read the article, but the summary made me laugh!

They could take a chance, analyze their markets, find a niche, craft a workable business plan, and invest in it. Or just beg their government for money. Right. My bad.

Beat me to it. The internet will "remember" you so long as the information about you is perceived to have value.

Process Explorer will let you hover over the executable to see what services it is hosting. You can also open it up to examine which thread or threads are consuming all the resources, as well as kill said threads without killing the whole process.

Maybe their reasoning is something along the lines of it being too difficult to prosecute/litigate the creators/originators, so instead go after the consumers! You know, like with child porn?

First, as above commenter, portion size. We tend to like our big meals, one way or another. Second, I remember reading (no, I don't remember where so no citation) that the sugar (or the high fructose corn syrup, one of those two) that Americans feed on a LOT from a young age causes lasting issues. IIRC, it was something along the lines of that sugar/substance having a detrimental effect on the metabolic process of children as they grow up, resulting in being unable to handle carbs as well as others without that damage. To put it another way, it said that eating sugar as a kid predisposed your body to get fat. Hogwash? Dunno. Don't remember where I read it. :)

Another Windows problem that can be fixed by having the user restart his or her computer!

I don't always test my code, but when I do, I do it in production!

Incorrect. "It's" is a contraction of "it is". The word you are searching for is "its", which is possessive.

I've run into a lot of problems with IE10 on client's systems (seriously, having to set the option for rendering all sites in Compatibility Mode because too many sites are broken is ridiculous; and, of course, even that doesn't fix all sites). Not really surprised at IE11. When 8.1 was announced, it was postulated it might actually fix many issues (real or imagined) that people had with the new OS. Right. IE11 fixes IE10's problems like 8.1 fixes Win8. Actually makes a lot of sense, phrased like that. "Feature not bug" probably.

Fewer people is acceptable.

I should know better than to respond to this post, but I just have to say it: That last story cracked me up!

I've used dial-up in the past year, but not for myself. I have clients that STILL use a modem to go online through AOL. Whatever, they still pay. Hell, if I'm working by the hour, sometimes they pay more! *sigh*

WE ARE NOT AMUSED!

I've long resisted the urge to search for my name on the internet. I would hate for my searches to be identified as from me; not that I'm searching for anything that is embarrassing or illegal...it's just I don't care to be so easily identified. So I gave it a shot. My full name turned up zero matches (only related search results). Trying just first and last also failed to return any results that were ME on the first page (didn't check subsequent pages). I don't know whether to be insulted or flattered! I maintain a low and fairly anonymous presence on the net, sure...but there are other things in my life that I might have expected to appear in a search engine. Huh.