I suppose it was a disgusted rhetorical... ;-)

My big problem was "change default audio device". :-)

Very anti-intuitive. I had to go through Metro to Win7 wrapper of XP menu for legacy NT/95 control panel. Ow.

I know 45 minutes in I was blowing a .00, but I have no idea how accurate the cheapo breathalyzer is (it even feels cheap with a battery case that doesn't quite fit, an LCD screen, and a "detector" behind the grill that looks like it isn't quite mounted straight).

I do know this, it beeps quite loudly at anything over a .06. No way you could miss what it considers a fail. No idea what jurisdiction .06 is considered drunk.

My wife gave me a breathalyzer as a joke. I rarely drink away from where I am sleeping for the night, to make the world safer for me.

I decided to try this cheap-ass pocket AAA battery run breathalyzer out. I took a shot of vodka, blew a 0.07. I waited 15 minutes, blew a 0.02. How drunk do you have to be to not pass a breathalyzer?

The common denominator apps for Web, Twitter, Maps, Angry Birds, MP3 player and whatnot are basically equal across platforms. You can easily adapt to the peculiarities of one, so that the familiarity becomes an actual asset. Differentiation is then minor preferences in form factor, UI idiosyncrasy, etc.

But when you get to serious applications for music recording, editing and processing - or astronomical observation - or organising a rock climbing expedition - or any other rather specialised pursuit?

iOS is really the leader space. Because the tablet really is all about the apps. I can do everything from replace a 4-track studio to manage XBMC/Kodi, before a jailbreak. Nobody bothers with this stuff for Win or Droid. They seem destined for Spotify not Garage Band.

How about Bar Interlocks? "Want a drink? Blow into this device. I can serve you if you're under .04."

I guess that was a bit forced.

We should declare Dec 25 a national holiday!

The birth of the man for whom the unit of mass was named.

Neal Caffery? Is it you?

Oceania has ALWAYS BEEN AT WAR with East Asia.

That's a real down side.

It's not going away. People still regulate things.

Let them eat chicken.

It's not "better", you do both. It's not clear that there are any technologies which will let us continue deforesting without consequences.

there's also a difference between posting verifiable objective truths and, well, being a dick about it.

Making a cute joke by changing the expected ending of a bit of useless glurge to something unexpected doesn't count as "being a dick".


I'm certainly not going to bust into any of Dr. DeGrasse-Tyson's celebrations and go out of my way to tell him why the reason he celebrates it is bullshit

His original tweet doesn't say anything negative about Christmas or Jesus. He didn't comment on how the church usurped the winter solstice with a made-up birthday, he didn't snipe that at least Newton actually exists, he didn't even mock the annual materialism-fest. He just wished Newton a happy birthday.

Look at it this way - If he had made a similarly clever tweet where you expected the ending to involve the tooth fairy, would anyone have cried foul?

OK, that's funny. I'd give you mod points, but I traded them for crack.

I think the point was that Norse Security looked at this as if it was a criminal investigation as opposed to a political finger pointing match.

Except those weren't their fingers they were pointing and waggling at each other.