Also, keep in mind that it is the debtor and not the lender who truly holds the power. Don't believe me? Look at the massive losses that banks took during the lending crisis. One single f--k you to the lenders and the lenders have lost their investment. Sure that causes losses for the debtor (see Argentina) but those losses are only real if the lender has the ability to force the issue. Most don't.

"If pixie sticks are outlawed then only outlaws will have pixie sticks!" Your argument sounds no different to me.

I am an Android developer and am curious about your experience with older apps on Android 4.2. Could you provide some examples? My experience matches the GP in that apps "just work" on when placed on newer versions of Android.

To be fair, it's more like buying a new car and just replacing the software on the touchscreen computer. A custom ROM is just software whereas everything else you listed is hardware. The hardware for the S3 is fantastic. I'd love to get a S4, but I think I'll wait until Cyanogen, or someone else, manages to clear out all of Samsung's "awesome software". I know I may not be their target audience, but I would really prefer to have the option to get a vanilla Android install one of their devices. The Galaxy S3 has better hardware than the Galaxy Nexus, but the Galaxy Nexus runs just so much better than a stock S3.

I'm sure that the fact that Java is the key technology behind Android development had nothing to do with Apple's decision.

If kids are going batshit crazy in school, like columbine...

For the record, Columbine had *armed guards*. But, hey, don't let facts get in the way of a good story...

The US suffers from the prisoner's dilema... Pretend you have a small grouping of 10 isolated people. Zero of those people have guns, which means that you as an individual have a 0% change of being shot... ever. Now, assume that the 10 people don't know that no one else has a gun. They believe that at least one of their neighbors has a gun. Therefore, one decides to do something about it and procure a firearm. That one person has now increased the changes of being shot in that community to a non-zero number. Ignoring the fact that you are more likely to be killed by a gun you know than a gun you don't and we will assume that the person with the gun has a 0% chance of being shot with a gun and everyone else now has a non-zero chance.

Now, as a non-gun owner, you say, "well, I must too have a gun." After such an event, everyone's risk of being shot with a gun doubles given that there are now two guns in the community. The original owner of a gun went from a 0% chance to a non-zero percent chance as well. The risk to the community has increased greatly, but yet, two members feel more secure, even though their actual risk increased. Continue that throughout and it's easy to understand the gun nut philosophy.

Those who profess that the problem isn't too many guns but rather too few completely fail at the prisoners dilema. Be sure to avoid doing anything significant with them; they apparently have already proven they will chose their own self interest over the greater good.

Any chance you happen to have a citation rather than a simple unsubstantiated claim?

Totally right. We would have been better off without those damn dirty immigrants. People like Albert Einstein, Sergey Brin, and Andrew Grove polluted our country with their crazy scientific and business ideas. Surely we would be better off if we completely closed our borders and our minds such that outsiders could never corrupt our great country...

Actually not true. Anti-theft measures, custom sizes, plus sane after market prices have all contributed significantly to the reduction in car break ins to steal stereo equipment... come on dude, this was even part of the summary.

My thoughts as well. The victim is rarely the one who should be blamed, but it is often so much easier that people do it anyway. Same concept... if only those first graders had their own assault rifles...

I hate Apple's philosophy. That said, I believe they make great software. The Apple TV is better than any product for my kids and I that I can find. I have a Nexus Q, and it sucks. There is a reason Google pulled it from the market. Anyhow, even with my love for the Apple TV, I recognize the home sharing works much better from iTunes and Windows. The OSX version runs out of connections and can't free them properly. In this case, Windows spanks the OSX version. You have to constantly restart the OSX iTunes version to keep home sharing working. Windows iTunes "just works" and does so really well. Yes, plural of anecdote is not data, but look it up yourself and I think the data speaks for itself. Apple may pretend to prefer their OS, but Windows and iTunes just works better if you want to network the devices.

Exactly. That is why Bush was able to nominate someone so unqualified that even the Republicans couldn't stomach the idea of approving her.

My 0% loan for a new Prius disagrees... In seriousness, I think you should include cars as they.are a pre-req for most people to have or maintain a job.

As an owner of both devices, I can tell you that the iPhone battery absolutely stomps the Galaxy S3's.