Nerds aren't good at writing software for non-nerds.

But non-nerds aren't good at writing software for anyone.

I've found puzzles and word games to be a good way to learn useful data structures and algorithms. There's not a lot of complex UI stuff required for games like boggle or scrabble. Implementing a crossword puzzle generator can also be a fun and challenging.

Complaining about Apple will not hurt them, but withholding your funds from them sure as hell will.

Well, if the 40 people in the world who realize that they can install an os that didn't come on their computer and think that OS X is worth installing withhold their funds then...

apple probably won't notice.

but if all 40 of them come here and complain, then apple will...

still probably not notice.

I'm annoyed. Geocities was a convenient place for me to dump files I needed to access from home or work.

The internet is not just something you dump something on. It's not a big truck.

Sure, but what about ~50,000 lines of python..

Well, I'd still prefer ~50,000 lines of python over the equivalent 500,000 lines of java (with 1,000,000 lines of XML).

So the HTML 5 guys are in a bit of a bind.

For once, the DNS guys get the last laugh.

I don't see how you can compare Android to the iPhone as both being closed. The iPhone is closed in every single way. Android in nearly none.

Well, his name is "BadAnalogyGuy"...

Hey, is it any surprise campus security are afraid of Command Line Interface Terrorism?

I'm sure they've been searching for CLIT for a long time.

MacOSX is just FreeBSD with a kickass GUI

FreeBSD has a kickass GUI. It's called GNOME. For whatever reason, it's easy to install on FreeBSD, but practically impossible to get working on OS X.

Really, Mac OS X is just Free BSD, but more difficult to use.

I'm posting this comment from a workstation...

Congratulations! This is the most epic trolling I have seen in a while.