Exactly. Nintendo has a window of opportunity to open up its system and avoid total collapse. It will be a lot more painful to escape once that window is closed.

It's news like this that makes me point my webcam at the wall when i'm not using it.

glasshole.

You are right! Most users are not even aware that they are being tracked or that they have the ability to disable it. But whatever, they are just naive/ignorant right? Big brother knows best.

This is a pretty tall claim. Any evidence to back it up?

I hope you are talking about the Android phone?
http://blog.opower.com/2012/09/how-much-does-it-cost-to-charge-an-iphone-5-a-thought-provokingly-modest-0-41year/

Well what are we comparing here price or performance?

Well actually, none of those things are true.

To be honest, in this situation I would like the compiler to inform me that it had eliminated some code as it is probably not what I meant. Why not write it like this instead?

int foo(int a, unsigned int b)
{
a+=b;
return a;
}

Then in the calling code:
int *a;
unsigned int *b;
*b=10;
*a = foo(1,*b);

I understand that this is a simple example, but I prefer to write my code like this as it ensures that the pointers are only dereferenced within the scope in which they are declared.

I agree with most of what you are saying, however... interfaces designed by coders are usually awful.

Who needs a dislike button when censorship can be enforced?

Because it dilutes the gravy train.

I can't see how $150 billion in cash reserves will become irrelevant any time soon. For perspective, the cash reserves of ALL american companies combined is around $1500 billion.

I wonder if this is what Glen Greenwald is joining... http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/10/16/1216218/glenn-greenwald-leaves-the-guardian-to-start-his-own-site

I think you need to re-assess your attitude. Perhaps some people have not seen those links? Did you consider the possibility that the comment was not for you? Like rhetorical questions?

Lighten up or Fuck off. You are taking this way too seriously.