Replying to undo incorrect (thanks /.) moderation...

You're a missing close paren, oodaloop!

YOU'RE A MISSING CLOSE PAREN!!!

They describe it as "automagic", SO I HAVE NO #$%&*(*+&% INTEREST IN IT!

Ever! Arg!

OK, that's it.

If you people want to win the PR war, stop using the enemy's PR terms!

It isn't a walled garden. NO WAY.

That implies something wonderful and pleasant and beautiful and...

Walled garden? Nope, it is a JAIL. Designed so you CAN NOT escape, and your free will is negated.

Stop using their PR terms!

(note: Wattos.. you just happened to be the dude I replied to. Nothing personal, everyone seems to be using the enemy's PR terms)

I live in an area with very poor roads.

I must have driven at least 1000 km on flats in my life, with nary a damaged rim to show for it.

Heck, a year ago, I drove for 2 days on a flat, until the entire tire ripped away and tore apart.

The rubber of the flat itself seems to protect the rim just fine, as long as you avoid deep potholes and such. So, yeah, when the rubber disintigrated, I put oon the spare.

Other than that... may as well drive to the garage on the flat. Heck, I've driven to the garage.. slowly, and even had them plug the tire. The garage was 15 km away...

As soon as you start driving, your tires warm up..

Google will fail utterly and completely at this.

Why?

Customer service. They have a horrible, HORRIBLE customer service record. They just simply are unable to do customer service.... and this product needs it.

Partially frozen chocolate milk is AWESOME when she's hot outside...

A months notice?

Bizarre. Apple usually isn't this silly.

Any quality company should give months and months notice for something like this. A year would be good.

Hell, some people's summer vacation will last longer than the whole warning period!

Burned people will remember this!

Yeah.. but does printing work yet? :P It's been broken for what?

A decade?

That was never the case, ever.

As I expected, there is at least one comment about how "Not everyone is obsessed with amassing property."

That comment was, of course, made in response to someone talking about how large their bed is. Yes, owning a bed is now considered "amassing property" by some nutjobs.

Regardless, my whole point is different than that. Property size can correlate directly to where you live.

As an example, merely by living in a colder climate -- one requires an entire array of winter gear that someone without ice, snow, and -40C temperatures does. This expands to more than merely coats, boots, and portable heaters. It also includes things such as snowblowers or snow shovels, skis and snow shoes (instead of just a bicycle for summer exercise).

I can think of many tools I own, merely because of the climate I live in. Tools such as booster cables, battery booster packs, extension cords with lights (to show that they are working, when you plug them into your block heater for your car).

This sort of logic expands to what type of dwelling you live in. If you live in a house, instead of an apartment -- well then, you're going to likely want some form of lawn mowing device. Rakes, shovels, work gloves. Soon, the list expands, a variety of tools to repair your dwelling -- unless you want to throw money at contractors merely to paint your house and the like.

My point? Well, clearly the comment I mocked at the starting of this post was thrown by someone that doesn't comprehend these things.. and likely there are others as silly as well.

Don't even get me started on what is required if you own a farm. Or your own business. Such things are your "belongings" as well, but to be inane enough to pull the "greed" card -- well, small minded indeed.

There are many areas of Quebec that are very unilingual friendly. I live in an area that has almost a 50%/50% split of english/french language, and it is very rare to go to a store where you can't get service in english.

Of course, by some odd and strange course of events, this is also the poorest municipality in Quebec. :P