You can't seriously expect a new OS to run well on a one year old iPhone 5S?

That's funny, because I certainly do. But then again, I use Windows so I guess my expectations are a bit higher, in terms of longevity...

Wow, I'm surprised at that. I'm a member of three different credit unions, and none of them charge for stuff like that (if for much at all). Very strange!

The merchant doesn't see the credit card number with modern POS systems, either.

That's partially your fault for using a bank. My credit union contacted me last week and already sent me a new card.

That's what you get for doing business with a bank. Smart people use credit unions.

Part of what makes iTunes so hard to use, in my opinion, was the creation of a completely superfluous extra layer of a "playlist library" or some nonsense. People who use iTunes don't even know where their actual music files. A file system isn't a complicated thing for anybody to use, so I don't really see the point. Of course, all of the nasty memory-leaking hooks it puts into Windows is what got it banned from my company, but I still don't understand why it's so damned complicated to use. I just click on the music files I want to play with Winamp and play them.

I gave up on iTunes a LONG time ago because the software was, quite simply, a piece of shit. Why do people still use music software that takes *more* than one step to delete some music? That seems really insane to me. I can't imagine trying to fight with software in order to simply delete a file.

Put down the Ayn Rand, and step away slowly.

The technology is there. A web page isn't rocket science. The money, though, isn't there.

Windows is associated with work, pain, crazy difficulties, nerds and viruses.

Huh? Most people I know associate Windows with easy and simple. Crazy difficulties and nerds is called "Linux".

There is more control and power if another language like Java or C++ is used.

That's true. However, Access and C++/Java aren't anywhere near equivalents. One is a database and a front end that most people can have working in minutes. One is a programming language, that somebody may be able to use to develop a database front end after a few years of training.

Maybe even give them a free linux laptop for the home. They can afford that because of the license fee savings for not using windows.

A retail copy of Windows 7 is about $100. Nobody sells a laptop for $100. Tack onto that the extra training and support for Linux, and you're nowhere near as cheap as using Windows.

And how does Amazon get your chip and pin, exactly, Mr. Einstein?

There is a price for everything and those that would consider themselves your betters force payment.

They're called regulations, and many of them are in place for good reason, such as public safety. In society, we all have to play by the same rules.

No, you have it backwards. A single soda is about 300 calories, which would take most people about 2.5-3 miles of running/walking to burn off. It's relatively impractical to think that one can exercise off the calories consumed from a bad diet. It's much easier to change one's diet.