I would venture to say that people would discover side swiping before they discovered the four finger iPad gesture.

As there is an absolute minimum

There is no absolute minimum. The IQ scale is well defined towards negative infinity.

it won't benefit Windows any more than it would BSD, Linux or OSX

It will benefit Windows and OSX a lot more since suspending there actually works.

If you ever successfully unsuspend a *BSD or Linux box, you should post a bragging video on youtube and never, ever update anything.

If the accident was caused by a programming error, do you think Google would have admitted it and risked killing all th new legislation that's being passed, and thereby also the project?

See how lost she is? How the OS isn't giving her a damned clue about where to go or what to do?

My folks needed help when starting to use the web, wifi and digital cameras. These technologies didn't flop as a result.

I, for one, think Windows 8 is awesome. It's basically the Windows version of Maemo -- a nice touch interface backed by a fairly complete desktop OS. I'd easily ditch my iPad for this, and would even be able to dock it with a full keyboard and high res screen for using Visual Studio and similar.

There are 500,000 apps, and at most 5000 of them have any value to anyone (and this estimate includes fart apps). That means that if buying indiscriminately at 99c, each usable app costs you $99 -- not counting loss from SMS scam apps.

I'll buy $12 apps of known quality without thinking, but I'll agonise over buying some 99c app because I don't want to support people who make a living writing garbage, spamming fake reviews, and posting pirate versions with malware or their own ads.

Donald Trump isn't necessarily the next messiah, but The Apprentice was still an interesting and entertaining show.

This could still be interesting, even if done for the wrong reasons.

So pretty much like the Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback joystick from 1998.

I had one of those. It had its moments, particularly when getting hit, but ultimately it didn't add much to the overall experience.

The only great force feedback application I've seen in a game is the buzzer alerting your drunken, distracted friends that it's their turn in Mario Party.

Kids whose parents incentivize them.

You could say the same thing about email.

Facebook stopped being new and exciting years ago. Its usefulness is now taken for granted. You no longer see stories about how Facebook lets you invite your friends from pottery class to your party, just like how you no longer see stories about how you can use email to easily send small files to people.

You don't even have to log in to use it, just read messages and accept invites by email.

Sounds plausible to me. An employee saw a breaking news story affecting demand, and responded to take advantage of it to make money for the company and a probably a small bonus for themselves. That kind of quick thinking is grounds for a promotion in sales and marketing.

I don't think that Sony had time to gather their dark council of unspeakable evil in just 30 minutes.

... unless they knew it was going to happen ...

Your boss could keep track of where you plan to go if you use the office network, and he can keep track of where you are if you have VPN enabled on your phone or tablet and use Google navigation software.

"You're not looking up addresses of our competitors, are you Karl? You know, we don't tolerate disloyalty here at the company. And did you visit a.. gentleman's club after hours yesterday? We're a family company, Karl. We need all employees to represent our family values at all times, also outside work."

Yeah, they want humane treatment for insects too

I wonder how many bugs, worms, rodents, amphibians and assorted other animals are killed when some farmer runs a combine or plough over a field during the course of a year

Car analogy time:

Yeah, they want humane treatment for humans too

I wonder how many people die on the roads each year

Hah, idiots. They think they can be for driving but against murder. It makes no sense!

I am quite surprised that your first example of "bad food" is GMO produce, while the last is "eating garbage loaded with trans fats, not eating any fresh fruit, and in general having a very poor diet."

I have never seen any scientific claim that GMO vs industrialized vs organic produce have any nutritional differences.

I love organic food, but I don't think that Twinkies with organic, refined flour and beef tallow from organic, grass-fed, free-range cattle is going to make any difference compared to your last few points.

I like Apple's solution of letting you chat directly with your phone instead of with other people.

It extends the battery life and there's never poor coverage. And Siri doesn't tell you to shut up about the great new iPhone features.