It takes 16 days to go from 0 to sitting in a Vindicator.

That sounds a lot like EVE General Discussion to me.

Avoiding RTS stories (most are bad) is as easy as multiplayer and skirmish.

Citizen, you enjoy microtransactions.

No it fucking doesn't work in EVE Online. I also control the character 'masternerdguy' who is an EVE veteran and let me tell you that PLEX (an in-game item that represents 30 days of game time) seriously damaged that game. First of all PLEX exists to try and reduce RMT (and by reduce I mean move the profits to CCP). For those who don't understand the system, a PLEX is bought for about $20 a unit (or less if you buy in bulk) and is traded for in-game currency, ISK, on the free market. So if I wanted to sell a PLEX I'd pay my money, get a PLEX, and sell it in Jita for about 500 million ISK, assuming that another player wants to buy it from me. While it is true that PLEX is a zero sum game (no ISK is created, it only changes hands to a willing buyer. The buyer wants a PLEX because they can pay their subscription with it using ISK) the system results in bizzare wealth distribution. You get 30 day old players flying 10b ISK officer bit Vindicators ( which die hilariously and are made fun of on themittani.com ) because they have a big credit card. PLEX isn't pay to win, but it does allow you to buy things you shouldn't be able to afford yet. You shouldn't even consider stepping into a Vindicator for 6 months after you start a character.

"The computers were corrupted through an Adobe PDF attachment to an email." -- It never ends! Why is this still an attack vector? This could have been totally avoided with a little user education and decent network security policy.

Yes, everyone's always wanted to pay $1000+ for a computer that they don't own that has worse specs than one half the price.

You're using the metro interface on the intended device, of course it works. Most people's issues with Windows 8 have nothing to do with the mobile market, it's the desktop.

I don't want to go back to Palm, Firefox OS doesn't exist yet (they've yet to ship a product), so that leaves Android (which is a great choice because of the well developed ecosystem and ease of deployment). But you forgot about WebOS which is being sold off and is already fully developed by HP, and you forgot Chrome which is looking for someone to care about it.

Microsoft partnership is like the kiss of death, at least in the mobile market.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, sue.

Monsanto only goes after farmers who knowingly grew their seeds, and they determine that because the pesticide monanto's "roundup ready" seeds are engineered to be resistant to kills regular plants. You'd never apply it to your crop unless you either wanted to kill it or you knew it was the resistant strain. Do the research.

Last I checked lots of countries now require a minimum state approved education paid for by tax money. That's much better than only educating the aristocracy and putting all the peasant children to work.

We didn't spend 7000 years trying to educate everyone, we've been trying to educate everyone for maybe 400.

Shut up and take my money!