By it's very nature the changes to the kernel will be small and incremental. As to not break everything. So if all of the changes are small it's unlikely that you would ever reach definitive threshold for a major version. This is compared to other project that do major upgrades, feature additions, or complete rewrites.

Every version system is arbitrary. The entire point is utilitarian and supposed to be helpful in keeping track of which version you are using.

The relevance completely depends on if you are a prescriptivist or a descriptivist.

Yes, but no one can actually read that tripe. Anyone who clicked on that just wanted to get to the comment section to read all the responses pleading for the crappy blog posts to stop.

Even more so, it's not just at school where infection can be spread. There is no reasonable way to keep someone out of all areas of public life.

Always stuck me as silly that your SSN was supposed to be secret and is used as a password. But you can never change it and you have to give to everyone including companies like this that lose it. Seems like the SSA should also give you a password that you can update that places could authenticate against. That way if you suspect a breach and you could update that number. Something like they you come in verify your identity and give you a new PIN.

They are upfront about this and right when you install it they give you the link to uncheck to block unobtrusive advertising. The fact that people pay to be on the "unobtrusive" list isn't exactly surprising. Nonstory.

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Might want to call a plumber.

For Pedantry sake, if you are going by kernels OP should have only included the NT's, since the Win 9X product line was discontinued after WinMe. But if you are talking consumer OS's then the OP didn't miss anything.

Such is the nature of any politician in their lame duck period. Happens after midterms are over, it'll tone down once his decisions affects the new presidential race. Then it'll get really heavy after there is a President-Elect.

New institutions isn't the only form that increased supply. Increased capacity and additional branches is another form.

If you want tuition costs to fall, you have to stop subsidizing education and start creating a competitive market.
Tuition prices have steadily increased with no jumps matching any of the changes matching changes in student loans and grants for both public and private schools. I find it quite funny that you mocked students attending non-state schools with higher than average job placement rates and pay rates and then argue against competitive private schools. Perhaps you would like students to attend schools like Corinthian?

there still is no tuition crisis
Crisis is definitely a weasel word. But call it what you will, inflation adjusted costs doubling is definitely problematic.

Why is that a relevant statistic?
How much more basic can you get than a statistic than students are carrying more debt than before? You could even just have the statistic be for four year schools and eliminate the med school or post docs. The point would remain the same, debts are increasing. Your first article even points to this indirectly by saying that they have increased by current low interest rates and longer payment schemes are keeping the monthly payment the same. We also know that payrates have stagnated and decreased.

Don't argue ad hominem, look at the facts.
That was my entire point. Only selective facts were given.

in the Brookings study: when you look at the statistics
My point is that they don't include all the statistics. Here is a page with only the numbers and no commentary. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org...