It doesn't help that, outside of Boston, Shilling is a very unlikable guy. I wouldn't expect him to throw a rope to a drowning person in a river if it would make him 15 seconds late for lunch.

I am single dad with a single income but I have two teenage sons who like to play games. When something hot comes out like Gears of whatever, I buy a new copy. But for other games they wait until it's available used. I can't afford a new version of everything. I think that what they are doing is, at the least, mean-spirited.

The Android community will eventually get a Siri equivalent though I doubt Evi is it. But, the more iterations the better and we will eventually get there. I'm glad that there is active development.

There were members of the media participating as well. And while I am pretty much in agreement with a lot of the core stuff that the occupy movement opposes, I do not think that a member of the media should report on something that they are participating in. I don't see how they can remain objective. That objectivity, a crucial component of critical thinking, needs to be there so that they can ferret out anything that might go against some of their own beliefs. I teach, among other psych classes, social psychology. In that course we discuss how our biases get in our way and how we can get blind-sighted by them. We tend to see our own group as diverse and heterogeneous while we view the "outgroup" as a monolithic block on unthinking lemmings. We know we do that so we have to correct for that bias.

These protests are short-lived and I wonder if they end up doing any good. I am against ACTA and I have called my congressman as has my son to ask him to not support it. Interestingly, he knew little about it and wanted information. We had a fairly long call. At the end of the call he said that he would not vote for it. How many others in congress are not aware of what's in this bill? Protesting is well and good but I think making phone calls, emails, etc. are also very, very important. We can get to folks in congress one phone call at a time and put ACTA out of our misery.

Lots of free time in India??

I think that most folks do better being an affiliate for one or more large porn outlets as opposed to making & marketing their own porn. I would expect that a well-designed website that was essentially a portal to many porn offerings (as affiliates for those companies) would do well with commissions. I have been tempted to this so many times but it comes down to not wanting to make money from porn.

I'm not a MS Fanboy - not even a little bit - but I still found his argument logical. Not liking his logic doesn't render it not logical. I think we often argue too emotionally in these discussions and we attach each other too much. People have different beliefs and sometimes both sides are mostly right and it's that murky area of overlap where the real work has to be done to tease out what is really going on.

I am okay with a little fragmentation if it means lots of choices in phones. Shopping for smartphones, for me, is like being in a big candy shop and trying really hard to choose. And, while I understand how appealing the iPhone is for so many, I really like having lots of choices (I chose and really love my HTC EVO). The iPhone is a great choice for many but many others like other choices. Too much "sameness" doesn't feel good to me though it feels great to others. I don't think either camp is right or wrong - just another choice to make.

I've lost touch with how many people belong to SlashDot. I am not sure when I joined but my user number seemed astronomically high at the time. But, I agree with the points you make: A little too loud and a little too shrill. Okay, back to my branch (I am, in reality, a sloth and this has been really tiring.)

I wish I had a hundred mod points for you.

Hopefully they get the gift of not having to spend any time with you.

I've hosted five commercial sites there for my customers over the past three years with zero problems. Their customer service has been excellent for me and their pricing is great. I can understand that they may not be everyone's cup of tea but they have worked out well for me.