The allergies are so bad this year that the drug dealers are turning meth back into Sudafed.

Shouldn't that last line be 1st hater? And who else saw CVS and wondered why Eric would want to stamp out comma delimited files (CSV...I know dyslexia)?

WOW! The fact that you missed the whole point of my comment (entitled E/W coast Millennials who think posting selfies on Twitter is worth 1/2 mil) and the insightful ranking means reading comprehension here is at an all time low. My post totally agreed with yours you just failed to grasp its true content.

That depends heavily on where you live. $100k on the East or West coast is considered poverty level by the entitled masses in those locations whereas that same $100k on the 3rd coast (AKA Houston, TX) makes for comfortable if not copious living.

Consuming CO2 rapidly, as happens when drinking carbonated beverages, leads to stomach expansion. The stomach is capable of increasing in size to accommodate a large meal but if the practice is habitual the stomach will actually grow in size permanently. There is a nerve where the esophagus meets the stomach that triggers when the stomach is full. When triggered it tells the brain to stop eating (you are no longer hungry). Studies have linked an enlarged stomach to overeating and thus obesity. So while it may not have a direct link to obesity there is evidence it may be indirectly linked.

It WAS the OEM's problem that's why they began locking their sh!t down. They couldn't have you upgrading the software on your device and not need the newest shiny. How would they stay in business if they let you do that. I bought the original Nook Color. Arguably the most hacker friendly android device ever made. I am running KitKat 4.4.4 on it ATM and it runs faster than when it was new. B&N realized to their horror they had not locked consumers into the B&N ecosystem and future devices were considerably less friendly to customization. I also have a Galaxy S (D700) running KitKat 4.4.4 with no noticeable issues. The hoops needed to get KitKat on the Galaxy SII (D710) were a veritable nightmare because Samsung started mucking with the works to keep me out. It has gotten so bad root ability and customize ability are now selling features for some OEMs.

Big corp CIO's need somebody to blame when things don't work. Open Source doesn't easily facilitate that. That is why Red Hat and Canonical have thrived. They have taken on the risk of deploying an open source product out of the CIO's hands. The support for proprietary products is in most part an illusion. I can't count the number of times I have had a product languish with an issue that the ISV had no intentions of fixing. Unless the problems affects a large enough group most ISV's aren't going to lift a finger to correct it. At least with OSS even if the maintainers of a project dismiss your issue you are still able to hire someone or find someone who happens to be interested in your issue to modify and possibly correct the issue. That's not even an option with proprietary software.

It's telling that their web site looks like it was designed for browsers from 1995. I'll stick with WaterFox

I vote for the European Swallow. I'd prefer the African Swallow but what with the Ebola outbreak and all it's a bit too risky.

I can hardly be expected to answer this nebulous question. I mean...by what metric are we measuring success? The first mission to GET there, the first to make it there and back, or the first mission that loads all the duck face narcissists onto a rocket and strands them there? I really need more information to provide an accurate estimate.

Nah it'll be a string bass getting progressively faster and louder. With ticking it could go off at any time.

In your analogy your car would not be stolen. It would be copied and you would only know because you saw the guy driving it around.

Also your car would be parked in a gated parking garage and the parking attendant was the guy who copied it and made his copy available in the public parking lot.

Of course if you left your car unlocked and it got stolen I would most likely blame you for being so irresponsible but the attendant had elevated privileges to your car and should be held to a higher standard since he had been entrusted with your property.

I didn't realize badanalogyguy had another account.

In your scenario bithammer would be you taking out a hammer and hitting the guy with the bucket until he stopped taking food most likely due to the fact he is now dead.

I read the summary and imagined Soulskill hunched over his/her keyboard rubbing his hands together as he let out an evil giggle just before he hit return to publish michaelcole's submission. Knowing what hell was about to be unleashed on this poor soul.

They use all the CPU overhead in your PC to run UPlay to make sure the crappy experience is consistent across platforms.