The big problem isn't a slippery slope, the big one is that it becomes a hammer in search of a nail.

Back in '31 my state started a sterilization program to specifically weed out "idiocy, imbecility, feeble-minded[ness] or epilepsy". Of course that was a front for the real purpose, slowly sterilizing the black population (after passage, the bill's sponsor was very happy to admit that it he looked forward to a day that there would be no black people in South Carolina).

As time went on and slow genocide went out of style it became jumbled. Through the 60s and up until the 80s female employees, black or white, were regularly screened for any traits that would have made them undesirables.

"So Margaret, you have heterochromia, too bad, your hysterectomy is at noon; sorry, we ran out of retards to spay and we can't afford to lose funding (and you can't afford to lose your job). Too bad, so sad."

He is taking the politician's fallacy and running it in reverse [a.) we did something b.) it created a problem c.) this solution is a failure].

It is a frequently policy taken by the local gadfly at the end of the bar who strikes down every suggestion with ease, but never suggests a solution of their own (knowing full well there is no such thing as a perfect solution).

I'm not knocking the guy, at least he is interesting (and smart, don't let him fool you, he is very careful with a lot of his wording, even with a phrase like Digital Maoism). Unfortunately, as it stands, everything he has to say is Millennial poster-child blues.

Kids are odd creatures. They often have short attention spans, but they can watch the same thing (literally) thousands of times. If the kid learns something from it that is pretty awesome.

I'll take a language fight over a commie GPL v. capitalist proprietary license v. any other license style fight any day of the week. At least the former doesn't end with totalitarianism v. global corporatism.

I'm just some guy on the street, but I was pleased to read it and see that it was for pragmatic and not political reasons. At least a pragmatic problem can have a pragmatic solution instead of turning into a ideological mess.

Sorry, I didn't intend to sound critical, just guessing the most likely reason for the plane comment (unless the GP really was talking about the Wright Bros).

Boeing built a plant in N. Charleston, SC for the 787 Dreamliner seeking wages and right to work status (not to mention tax incentives). The Dreamliner has suffered from delays and electrical failure, engine and cooling problems.

Those naked princesses generate a lot of revenue and the general public knowing what they look like naked can make, break or stagnate the significant investments put into them. A naked girl is pretty much worthless these days. A semi-naked girl with a couple hundred million behind her in marketing is at least worth your life, my life and maybe a couple small towns.

Really makes you wonder what Fred Phelps funeral will be like. Will it be behind 3 or 4 brick walls in a compound surrounded by CCTV and posted signs or will he go for one last cash grab?

That is the price of not having 32 years of .NET experience.

Trying too hard. There is always Vic's Vap-O-Rub or Mentholatum under the nose.

Have you ever enjoyed using it? Nope, it is about as fun as Sony's old NetMD software and about as fast, stable and non-intrusive.

Would you recommend that others use it if they didn't have to use it with their iDevice? Nope. There is better software out there for playing and managing your audio. Apple knows this, but they don't really care, because it is first and foremost a device management platform. Screw everything else.

"Newton was a product that technology hadn't managed to catch up with."

That is the epitome of what Jobs was interested in. Wait until the tech and the price are at the right spot for mass consumption, then polish and sell it at a premium. As cool as the Newton was it wasn't any of those things. Too expensive, not enough muscle and not enough polish.

Agreed, the whole post treats Bob like he is some kind of asshole who needs to be destroyed for the betterment of mankind and advancement of the poster's power. How about buying Bob a beer and talking to him instead of running around behind his back and smearing him? If that doesn't work, ok, you can maneuver around him.

Odds are the whole problem is that he didn't have the time, resources and money to build what he wanted then other things came up. 10 to 1 says he never wanted to deal with a bunch of document files to begin with, that was someone else's preference and there was no web based WYSIWYG at the time that document person would have been comfortable with.

Beats Marrowlivion, I guess.