So you try to discredit my scale by substituting in an arbitrary scale of your own? You are also trying to imply that old = ancient, suggesting that you have a penchant for hyperbole. As I stated, XP is still very much alive and kicking, with phase out being forced by Microsoft through a cutoff of support more than it becoming obsolete in the business world. Contrast that with DOS, Windows 3.1, NT and 95. Those I would say are potentially ancient, and only persist to run legacy software with no modern alternative (common in laboratories with older gas chromatographs for example).

In my world, a sun dial is ancient, clocks are old. A litter is ancient, a Model-T is legacy, a 88 Honda Civic is old. When using ancient to describe objections, to me it means no longer in use and no longer relevant. Legacy means, it still is functional and has use, but is far from current and is costly to keep running or maintain. Old means just that... not new. In the world of many younger people it's 'Oh crap, they released a new iPhone, the one in my hand is now ancient.'.

Did you really just call XP 'ancient software'? Are you twelve? Calling an operating system that persists on a significant percentage of computers to this day 'ancient' is ridiculous, I don't think it even qualifies for the term 'legacy' yet.

As naive as anyone who thinks that any of the other parties would have come to a different decision. I'll save my criticism of the Cons for the erosion of charter rights and environmental stewardship.

I was giving you the benefit of the doubt, otherwise I'd have posted 'Woosh!'. I'm more commenting on how the followup joke was inevitable.

I knew this one was coming. I almost spelled it "N-O", but thought the result would have been the same.

Cities flooded by NO exhaust? Wouldn't that be gas!

I think the cautionary tale comes from applying what we've learned from GMO in other sectors. Try this on for size: So your parents were told there was a 50% chance of producing offspring with a debilitating genetic disease. A Chinese based company offers a service where they perform an in vitro fertilization with genetic modification to reduce the chance the disease manifests to 0%. Your parents go ahead with the procedure and, voila, you're born to a disease free, healthy life; that is until you decide to procreate. At that point, the Chinese company steps in and says they own the genetic modification you would be passing on to your potential children. They demand a licensing fee, or threaten legal action.

"I do not despise those who can't comprehend the things that I can, no matter how they try. I mean, why should I?" I agree with this statement. What I find difficult to stomach is people who refuse to question things with the intelligence they were born with.

My neighbours named their dog Karma. What an awesome name for a female dog.

Yeah... there's no chance that there was tribal warfare, slaughter, genocide, rape or any other atrocities happening before the stupid white man showed up, right? There was no tribal chieftain who was obliterated by another chieftain because of either a slight or an idea that all land belonged elusively to them. Anyone who doesn't think all humans are the same, and capable of the same actions is a bigot.

Don't confuse stupidity with ignorance. Many parents do not understand computers or that they can be used for bullying with little effort and a great deal of anonymity. Her statement suggests that she saw no signs that he was making 'bad decisions', in other words falling in with the wrong crowd; likely oblivious to the whole concept that the wrong crowd might be having influence over an internet connection. One of the things I'll be struggling with in the future, as my son gets older, is just how much covert monitoring to do on my son's computer and how much to be open about. Trying to strike a balance between keeping him safe, keeping him honest, giving him enough leeway to make relatively harmless errors in judgement and keeping him from doing serious mental harm to others is going to be difficult. If I knew very little about computers I'd be screwed.

I found Borderlands 2 and Saints Row IV thoroughly enjoyable. Mind you, I don't buy games until they're heavily discounted on Steam and have always found that my enjoyment is moderated by how much I paid for the game.

I wish. I'd be a much happier, care-free person were I an uber-tard. Instead I'm stuck seeing hypocrisy and idiocy everywhere I look.

Yes, opposition can come from the right wing f'tards, but saying 'You can't do this, cuz Bible' is not as credible to a jury or panel as someone pulling up in a wheel chair saying that if you go ahead with the proposed change they fear for their life. Yeah, that's right, there are f'tards at both ends of the spectrum, and depending on the issue, one side or the other may have the most clout. This just happens to be one where my experience has been that it's 'debate over' as soon as some unfortunate s.o.b. states that you're condemning them to death if they permit AA.