... that 4.0 really is a big step up from 3.19 or is it simply the same amount of new stuff that would have gone into a 3.20 release anyway? Not that it really matters, Linux version numbers make about as much sense as Firefox ones these days.

Unless the "winners" are completely stupid - but then this is reality TV so who knows - they'll probably notice the complete lack of G's at "take off" and the persistence of gravity once they're supposedly in space.

Personally I think 99.9% of the contestants know full well the whole thing is dubious but are going along with it simply to get the experience of astronaut training and have a bit of fun knowing the nearest they'll ever get to space is on the 747 on the way to the training centre.

Not really. Web "developers" don't have to understand TCP/IP to do their thing. I imagine this will be similar. There'll be a basic set of functionality that can be used by Mr Below Average coder to produce ok results.

In that case you *seriously* need to get a life.

" do not have a spare phone to revert to should I break the current one. "

So buy one then.

Anyway, if you need your phone for ALL of your work you really should get a better job since you're obviously tied to the office 24/7/365.

Don't worry - I'm sure feminists are pushing to widen the definition of rape so far it'll include having sex without getting written permission signed in triplicate beforehand and approved by a lawyer.

The term is so widely abused now its almost meaningless and does a disservice to women who have suffered real rape - not just had a change of mind the next morning after the beer goggles wore off and the guy wasn't as hot as they thought.

Art is a pastime like knitting or stamp collecting, not a fundamental part of an education to operate in the 21st century.

Hey, are you trying to confuse people with the truth?? You can knock that off right this minute my friend or we'll send the right-on thought police around!

Quite. Though its more than an agenda now - its an entire industry where offense is deliberately being taken in order to manufacture grievances.

Nice rewrite of what actually happened there but lets not let facts get in the way of your standard issue feminist argument.

Jobs was never a programmer and Woz was involved in computers and electronics long before they met.

Most stolen cars are shipped off in containers to countries where no one gives a shit. Its not like they're driven through a port. Ditto parts.

It might be regulations, but I doubt the manufacturers are too cut up about having to supply their own service personal, equipment and parts at a high price to solve these problems.

In europe things went the opposite way , with cars anyway. The EU mandated anyone must be able to interrogate the ECU, clone a keyless fob and service the vehicle via the ODBC2 port. Which is fine, except that now any thief with some cheap equipment can break into keyless cars, clone a key fob within a minute and drive away with it.

Do you think navy ships are still powered by sails or something? FFS.

"What do we need a large navy for now?"

If you think the threat from russia has gone you're kidding youself.