I really don't understand how one could interpret that to mean that I *never* have time to sit and enjoy a cup of coffee. Or whatever beverage I like. There are plenty of times at work where I'll take 10-20 minutes and enjoy a cup of green tea while just relaxing. But occasionally, I may have a meeting that I have to go, immediately following an hour or two of trying to work through some bugs in code. In that three hour block, I would like some coffee, but there aren't any breaks possible.

Maybe you guys never really go to cafes or coffee shops, but in my home town, there are around 6 starbucks at various locations, and they are almost always full to the brim of people sitting, relaxing, and enjoying a hot drink. And that's usually the same picture I see at most starbucks and coffee shops in general.

It is definitely easy to cherry pick the occasions when working individuals unfortunately don't have time to stop and enjoy a cup of coffee, but then again, I find that cherry picking is usually the basis for most arguments i read...

While I enjoy the same things you stated, I don't really see how you "can't take coffee seriously" if you ever do these things. As a working individual, there are times when I simply don't have the time to sit down and chat for a while. But I sure as hell would love to be able to have a hot cup of coffee as I walk to a meeting or something.

This is the reason I drink my coffee with milk. Cuts the acidity just right, and also cools it to the perfect temperature.

Another solution (for those that frequent coffee shops) is actually specifying beverage temperatures. When I go to starbucks, for example, I order my lattes at 140 degrees. Its a bit cooler than the normal, scalding temperature, and just right for drinking right away.

oooh, nice one. I may have a better one:

Slashdotter: "Uninformed blanket statement which not only demonstrates a lack of knowledge about whatever I'm talking about, but also alienates those who I may have wanted to inform in the first place"

I find it kind of sad that, at the time of this comment's writing, this has been rated +5 Funny and not +5 Insightful.

Conversely, the CS program I was a part of in college had a small number of girls (maybe 3-4), but none of them stood out as being exceptional programmers. Or even very good programmers in general. I say that after having worked on projects together with them as well as seeing their individual work on assignments, etc.

I will also say that there was never a bias against them in any way, shape, or form. They were definitely treated as equals, and sexism or favoritism was never shown at all.

It seems to me that women possess the same ability as men to be good or bad at programming, and that the main reasons (at least these days) for them to not be very present in the industry is simply a lack of interest. Or one could argue that our culture in a broader sense paints programming as an ignoble profession, wrought with sleepless nights and a disdain for social activities and hygiene. (Mind you, I'm not saying its actually like this at all) I'm just tired of hearing/reading about how "male programmers discriminating against female programmers" is somehow the cause behind why there are so few of them.

another group of people being offended by trolls on the internet.

I'll sometimes set up my phone's wifi hotspot with the SSID of 'attwifi' at work occasionally, just to watch how many people's phones autoconnect to what is the standard SSID for starbucks (and others) hotspot names.

I personally have made it a point to NEVER believe any sort of screenshots I see on the internet, ESPECIALLY ones from an iPhone or really any Mobile platform. These "hilarious auto-correct mistakes", "crazy responses to accidental messages", or "super funny drunk texts" are almost always faked. There are several sites where one can create these messages in very believable looking screenshots (http://www.iphonetextgenerator.com/ for one). Why this is posted to /. as news is troubling to me.

don't fix it.

Exactly. What I can't wrap my head around is how a civil liberties group can be behind this push. Isn't it a technology company's personal call whether they want to update a device or not? I personally did my research when buying both android phones I've owned over the past few years, and I bought phones that were not only feature rich, but made by a company that has a history of updating them fairly regularly (Not that it really matters, as I install custom roms anyway). Isn't it up to the consumer to decide if they want to purchase hardware from a company who is known for bad support or infrequent updates? Now, if the company is bound by contract to update a device a certain number of times or for a certain length of time, and they breach that contract, that is another matter entirely. But what this sounds like is a bunch of people not willing to take personal responsibility for purchasing devices made by manufacturers who provide bad support.

The real problem with GMO labeling, like many issues facing not only the American populace, but the rest of the world, isn't really whether GMOs are labeled or not. The real problem is mass ignorance about the subject matter entirely. Many/most americans not only don't care about GMOs, Monsanto, or the effects on the environment/populace, the flat out don't know about them entirely. Before we try to educate people about why GMOs can be potentially harmful, we need to educate them about their very existence first.

I'm not really a fan of apple, but one thing that i'm very envious of is the magnetic power cord connections that their laptops contain. If there is anything that I'd want to see as a standard, that would be it.

Isn't the creationism problem only present in a handful of southern, hyper-conservative states? Yes, I know that many believe it, but the majority of Christians who believe in Creationism aren't trying to force it down everyone's throats. In fact, many of them are open to modern science for the most part, and may even be studying evolution to find the link between the two. Also, I would be hard pressed to believe that half of the US population honestly believes in alien abductions.

Granted, you've stated statistics as fact without any sort of backing proof. Stop playing into the slashdot hivemind of "bash fundamental Christianity, get upvotes".

Did you not stop to think about the fact that if most of the country thinks a Mars mission is possible and/or plausible, then most of the country might vote favorably for a Mars mission in congressional and presidential elections? Sure, it is a long shot, but I'd rather be talking about how we can make that happen rather than making snide, uninformed comments about the dismal state of the American populace.

I'm pretty sure those kinds of people are the ones apple is going to try to appeal to with this: The kind who wear watches for fashion more so than functionality.