And the support for Big Bang style cosmic inflation (universe ballooning up from nothing in a trillionth of second) is sparse. (As opposed to the normal expanding universe we see that even old Steady State theory said existed.)

If cosmic inflation happened, everything real far away should be in its infancy, but we see sprial galaxies 13 billion years away.

Quasars are supposed to only be in the beginning of the universe in early times according to the Big Bang, and there are 2 of them within 800 million miles of us which should not even be possible. http://www.sdss.org/news/relea...

So we have old structures very far away well-developed with plenty of metal, which shouldn't happen.

We have "newer" structures nearby, which shouldn't happen.

Add to the fact there are no metal-free stars (Pop III) ever seen, it is difficult to see what aspect of Big Bang Theory holds true. Astronomy might be better off if it were discarded because a number of the popular conclusions double-down on bad science and result in wild goose chases (dark energy only need exist to support the Big Bang because only the Big Bang says expansion must be accelerating.)

It is added to the HTTP request on the Verizon server when you use the internet.

They add it to your internet communications, like adding a name-tag on to your luggage.

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The same logic saying biofuel is inefficient (requires a lot of land for low energy yield) is the same logic saying meat is inefficient (which is true, meat is energy inefficient) because it requires a large amount of crops for the livestock.

Global price pressures on food is probably a good thing, you have places like Mumbai, India with 35,000 people per square mile. Increasing the quality of life is more than just the price of food. World population isn't a problem, but how it is distributed is what keeps poor nations miserable and cheaper food is solving the symptom of the problem, not the problem.

Unpopular comment, but something that would put any of the OpenOffice family branch head-and-shoulder above the rest would be ditching Java.

NeoOffice did this on the Mac, and NeoOffice as a result is very responsive.

I do not like having Java installed because

A) It's slow.
B) It is a security risk just like Flash.
C) I have had malware attempts do pop-ups asking and recommending Java be installed, no kidding.
I prefer a web browser with no non-HTML options even being available.

This makes installing a Java-using variant inconvenient.

I well-understand this will "never" happen because the people who maintain it are, well, Java programmers --- the Oracle and IBM types.

They are launching it from Antarctica because the ozone hole has expanded so much, from certain angles in the right place the atmosphere lets all the radiation in, so they can get the best measurements.

Marketing types love acronyms because ...

1) You don't know what it is, therefore they have the power because you have to ask them WTF they are talking about.

2) It presents an opportunity to explain what it is.

3) A new acronym is an exciting new concept!!! New word!

4) The feel of knowing something and being able to talk about something and no one else understanding the private conversation.

5) And some people respond to "magic letters" as being the easy secret they have been waiting for. Agile, ERP, CRM, URANUS, etc.

(In all fairness, if your job is to sell and promote something corporatey, you do need to have methods for getting attention and engaging people. But it seems like there was a Dilbert cartoon on this.)

I was taking on that $10 billion number, which a hefty piece of it is gaming/casual gaming in-App purchases --- meaning that kids (Clash of Clans, Simpsons Tapped Out, etc.) are using iPhones/iPads instead of a Nintendo DS/Sony Playstation Portable -- which is a shift of leisure activity to Apple. With Candy Crush + company being targeted towards adult casual gaming.

Sure, the mobile app ecosystem is a few times larger than Apple's AppStore revenue.

I wanted to point out were that revenue is going.

Your hockey stick chart http://metakite.com/wp-content... shows this.

Your chart appears to zero out +/- at 6000 apps, 1.3 million apps in the Apple App Store so 1299400 are making almost nothing which is 0.999538 or 99.9538% ...

So "almost 99.999% making 'near zero'" vs. 99.9538% ---- I think I was pretty close!

"How come such a relatively simple files - something that essentially plays media content - continues to be such a hot-bed of vulnerabilities".

Flash didn't start out as a media player, per se, but an interactive presentation layer for animations and for a while imagined itself as browser-independent web based user interface programming language.

So it is a complex unwieldy beast.

Which is why the Adobe Flash installer also include McAfee anti-virus as a courtesy.

If your coding is terrible and very newbie like, they can't single you out since your code is similar to the ocean of other terrible coders.

So if you are a paranoid freak, the best way to ensure your safety and keep the government off your back is to write terrible code.

Clearly.

In relatively recent times, there was no true consumer marketplace for computers or mobile phones -- it was business or homework. Microsoft Office, Blackberry (the corporate emails phone), consoles gaining capabilities and rendering the PC gaming segment tiny.

The consumer market emerged, with the decision making behind purchases for that sector being very different and only Apple sought (or had the acumen) to target it effectively.

Business spending is an expense (cheap, functional), consumer spending is an acquisition of a want.

Subtract out the top 1% of pay to play games and quite a different story will reveal itself.

Case in point, Clash of Clans makes $500,000 per day and it is well known that Apple commands the overwhelming majority of mobile app $$$ volume. If you add in the revenue from the top 100 "freemium" pay-to-play games that $10 billion figure is going to shrink very, very quickly.

A handful of Freemium games are the top payouts, with almost the 99.999% of the rest making near 0.

And free cable too!