A citation on economically counterproductive - your citation please.

After reading the article I believe the authors of the study have graphically demonstrated that their hands are best suited for masturbating.

Too right mate! They should have double checked against google maps.

Mildura isn't "the wilderness" you drongo /humour

An eminently suitable epitaph for you.

Okay,
Turkey Breast with Coffee Marinade:
Marinde:
1 hot chilli finely chopped (leave the seeds in preferrably).
1 small onion, finely diced.
2 cloves garlic, minced.
1 teaspoon olive oil.
1/2 teaspoon coffee grounds.
1/2 Teaspoon sea salt.
1/2 Teaspoon crushed red pepper.
1 shot of esspresso coffee.
dash of Worcestershire sauce.
dash of balsamic vinegar.
heat the olive oil in a saucepan.
Add the chilli onion and garlic and saute for 3 minutes or until the onions and chilli soften.
Add the coffee grounds, salt, red pepper and cook for a further minute.
Add coffee, Worcestershire sauce and vinegar. Simmer for about 45 minutes.
Cool the marinade.

Put Turkey breast in a zip lock bag and pour in half of the the marinade.
Put turkey breast in fridge for 2 - 4 hours.
Pre heat the oven to 180c
put turkey breast on a wire rack in the oven.
Cook till internal the temprature of the turkey breast reaches 70c - use a meat thermometer - (about 30 minutes per kilo) basting every 15 minutes using the remaining marinade.
Take the turkey out of the oven. Take photos of the turkey with phone, post photos on facebook/twitter/WATTEVA.
Phone for a pizza.

I'm curious, what's flaky with the Playbook? I've got one and the only issue I have with it is the number of apps available. I've had it for over a year and the only restarts have been on upgrades.
I have had Android apps crash (ones that I repackaged for Blackberry) but the OS kept working fine.

Apple make fine products but are lacking in features and have constraints imposed that might be important to others - even if those features and constraints are not important to you (or your friend).

You've only calculated one measure of tonic for the double and you've increased the price of the double by twice the cost of the additional gin which is higher than their net profit (50% is higher than 47.5%) this has raised your net profit. If you hadn't skimped on the tonic, the percentage net profit would have been lower
Even if Apple only passed on the additional cost to the consumer, they would make less profit per unit.

Judging by your posts, you're as one-eyed as the people you rail against (imo) - it's your perogative.
You are based in the U.S. I gather and by all accounts it works better there but the world (and Apple's market) larger than the U.S..
Apple have good products (some great, some not so great) but the maps is a blunder imo - I suspect Scott Forstall would think it was a catastrophy considering it appears to have cost him his job.
Companies make mistakes, it's how they react to them that is important to me and Tim Cook deserves credit for owning up to the issue and suggesting alternatives - in my books at least (the line users are holding it wrong..... still makes me shudder).

Why don't you write to Mr Cook and ask what he was apologising for? Perhaps he's a very polite and apologetic sort of chap.

Another walled garden? It's Jailbreak time!

True.

Is the shape important?

They are also required to provide proof.

What U.S. laws did Assange break?