With the exception of mail I *was* using third party apps (google maps, iCab mobile and corus radio in this particular instance)

None of the tasks I was doing had anything to do with "background notifications". Radio and nav were running properly in the background.

That is an optional setting, yes.

This isn't even a little bit correct.

I was just in the car listening to a radio app and receiving turn by turn directions from a navigation app. I pulled over to eat and read some emails and surfed the web for a bit. I sent some messages and IM'd with a few people. All the while the radio kept playing. If I was receiving updates from some external accessory that would have kept updating in the background too. all while the map gave me directions and the music played.

More money to be had maybe?

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-ios-android-spenders-2013-1

Or maybe the developers know iOS better than they know android and they're trying to keep things simple until they know if the business has a future?

Why does every discussion about paying taxes have someone making this stupid point?

My internal combustion engine car only converts about 25% of the gasoline into work (ie. moving the car) the rest is dissipated as heat (ie. waste). Are you going to suggest that I just pour a bunch of gasoline on a bonfire too.. since the car is so wasteful of gasoline?

You seem to be of the (foolish) opinion that in order for me to have no problem paying taxes that not a cent must be wasted. Sorry.. but nothing is perfect. Sure I'd like government to waste less.. who wouldn't? Just like I'd like my car to be more efficient. But just because my car's engine is incredibly wasteful of gasoline doesn't mean I stop buying gas (or driving).. nor does government waste mean I stop paying my taxes (or get my panties in a bunch while doing so).

Any refund I may or may not get is tiny in comparison to how much I pay.

I have absolutely no problem paying my taxes. I look at my T4 slip and if the tax number is high then that means my earnings are high. I have plenty enough left over at the end of the year to enjoy a ridiculously comfortable life. Made far more comfortable because of what my taxes pay for.

Why shut it down? If she can't do groklaw without input then just take input by good old letter mail. Sure it's harder. But as the old saying goes.. Nothing good comes easy.

I supposes a case could be made for the government reading letter mail as well but getting into a sealed envelope undetected is much harder (and far less efficient) than just slurping up all electronic communication.

How is that easier? It's an extra step that gets me nothing useful.

I watch Netflix almost every day without a hitch or worry.

If paying $8 per month for more television and movies than I can actually watch in a month is being a sucker then I guess that's what I am. I use nextflix maybe 20 days out of every month. What kind of messed up worldview sees that as getting suckered? I pay more for bread and orange juice in a month than I pay for Netflix.

I see it as damned good value myself.

I do? That's news to me.

I wish someone had told me that I hate paying taxes. I would have been angry at tax time.

I prefer to pay for what I use when those who are providing it ask for money.

Principles.. It's good to have them.

I'm pretty sure (though not 100%) that this isn't true.

I've downloaded many apps that have since been pulled from the app store (some MAME apps and some tethering apps). They all still run. Apple can pull apps from the store so that they can't be downloaded again but once you've got them on your device they can't do anything.

Ah. Again.. they've implemented that in the terminal but not much else.

It's something that would be nice but certainly not a dealbreaker for me personally. Certain things follow the mouse (scrolling, for example. I can scroll the window under my mouse even though it's not selected). I can see a number of stumbling blocks for this on the mac (mainly owing to the pervasive application menu) but I think they could all be overcome with a bit of design savvy.

I'd be happy to see the feature but I don't need it.

As a long time Linux and Mac OS user (80% of my work time is spent on a linux workstation) I can unequivocally state that for my needs any downside to OS X is far outweighed by the upside. I'm not sure about other desktop environments (nor do I really have the time or energy to try any to be honest) but I would much rather use my Mac than spend time in KDE. I get all of the unix goodness that I love and I get an absolutely wonderful GUI to boot.

Highlight/middle click works for me in the OS X terminal. It's not *quite* the same as the shell on my Linux machine since you can only paste once but it's relatively workable. It's definitely not OS-wide but the functionality is there in a limited capacity (good enough for me personally)

Generally I prefer using the clipboard since many times I have to highlight the text that I want to paste/replace.

What's FFM?

It's really too early to be able to proclaim that. The drop in sales could be attributed to the fact that there was no new iPad model released this quarter whereas there was one last year. Sales always spike when there's a product launch and languish when one is expected in the near future (presumably this fall).