If people insist on repeatedly buying rubbish, then why should the manufacturers have to pick up the slack?

Personally, I run Linux and the only problem I've had with drivers not working from one release to another was with a Multitech multimodem that I've not been able to get working on a anything newer than a 2.4 kernel. Luckily, I can still quite happily run an old OS and thus it's still working today (although why we need to run fax modems anymore is another question).

If it works when you bought it, then it's your fault if you change the OS and it no longer works. You should have thought about that before changing your OS.

On the other hand, if a manufacturer doesn't provide you with all the drivers that you want, then don't keep buying from that manufacturer.

VO2 max isn't necessarily the most important factor for marathon runners as there's running economy (how much oxygen you require for running at a certain pace) to consider as well. Strangely enough, high VO2 max and high running economy don't usually appear in the same individual.

Can't he just sue his ex-employer for wrongful dismissal or does that not exist in the U.S.?

I imagine that self-altering program code could become incredibly hard to analyze and unravel.

Thailand has loads of different types of chilis all with subtly different flavours. It's not just about the heat (although it's an important factor), but about the flavour as well.

Real Thai food is very spicy as the Thais love their chilis. I like my food spicy, but when you ask for Thai food "local style" (as opposed to the tourist food that is a lot milder), you get a VERY hot dish.

Disk to network directly without going into RAM? I'm not sure that's possible with typical disks, filesystems and network protocols. Does the network card have details about all the different filesystems? What happens if you're using encrypted disks - how would the network card know how to read the disk?

That depends on whether I'm expected to join in with the fucking of bonobos or not. (I'm not going to say which answer I'd be wanting).

Does that reasoning apply to sites that host pictures of actual killings/beheadings etc? Are the people hosting the site complicit in the guilt of the murders commited? Does that apply to news channels as well?

I prefer a passcode as I don't leave my passcode around on every surface that I touch.

All the big international companies end up reducing their tax bill by shunting money around and finding loopholes. I think you'll find that Microsoft is adept at avoiding tax bills. I remember reading somewhere that they end up paying around 13% tax.

Is it because all the stupid people use Microsoft?

Patching windows is a real pain. What I don't understand is that you apply all the available updates and then after rebooting, you find that there's critical patches to fix the patches you just applied.

You can end up spending hours checking for updates, applying them, rebooting and then repeating it because your time is worthless to Microsoft. With Linux, when you apply the updates, you get all the updates at once and you only reboot if a new kernel was installed. A job that takes many hours on Windows takes maybe half an hour on Linux and doesn't require constant user attention.

No, you can use a 2400dpi photo of the fingerprint on the glass: http://www.zdnet.com/apple-iphone-fingerprint-reader-confirmed-as-easy-to-hack-7000021065/. It's not trivial, but it's certainly not beyond a determined attacker.