The level of Quality Control in WOTC is astounding.

That may be the case, but they allow plenty of broken cards to be printed; cards that end the game by sending the rules into an infinite loop, or cards that end up in nearly every deck for a given color.

I think the real reason Magic wins the card game race is simple momentum. When your choices are playing a new game that no one else is playing, or playing an established game with an enormous player base, there really isn't much of a decision to make.

This is a continuation of a chain of events that began when the N64 was released. Whether it was the cart vs CD debate, or whether it was something else, the result was that the majority of third party developers stuck with the Playstation. It's been the same story ever since: Third parties are hard to come by, and Nintendo's first party games are criticized for being too childish. The first Wii was a huge success because it filled a casual gaming need that is now being fulfilled by iPads and phones.

Nintendo's handhelds seem to do well, perhaps because the same people who talked up the "childish" nature of Nintendo's games were also self-selected out of the handheld gaming audience.

I think developers, knowing that players will at least have the hardware, will be free to make Kinect required for their specific games.

BUT most games are ported between platforms. So gone is this notion of "it will always be there". It won't.

Movie theater is $30 plus the junk food and other costs to see a movie once

Good grief which movie theater are you going to? You don't have to go to the IMAX, XD, or 3D showing of a movie, and if you do you're getting a much better experience than you're likely to get on Blu Ray. Heck you're likely to get a better experience even with a $6 matinee, which is the price you should be paying if you're interested in spending less money.

Now Netflix is another story, since the monthly fee is a pittance compared to buying the discs or attending a movie. But I vastly prefer the theater experience.

2-3 years? These days you can buy a mid-low end graphics card and keep it for 5 years. You can thank the consoles for this, since publishers are keeping their hardware requirements low enough to run on the Playstation and XBox.

That said, we get new consoles this year. So that means this may be the year to upgrade your graphics card too, if you want to be proactive about it. Or be like me and hold on to the old card until you encounter a game you really like that runs poorly.

I guess you missed the point. Do you like the outdoors? They could turn Yosemite into a theme park. Do you like food? They could outlaw salt. It really doesn't matter how broad your interests are. Someone can tread on them.

Choosing not to participate doesn't magically remove the problem.

Well for one thing it denies them a highly-anticipated game. Or ruins it perhaps.

Would you feel impacted if they ruined the upcoming Hobbit films?

Would you feel impacted if they made the Super Bowl pay-per-view?

Would you feel impacted if Slashdot decided to cover celebrity gossip instead of nerd news?

You can choose not to participate in any of the above. Doesn't mean it won't ruin your day.

The courts decided correctly

There's the rub. What makes you think they decided correctly? Freedom of Speech is not absolute. It is supposed to be interpreted reasonably.

Let's look at the purpose of the constitution:

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Which of these purposes does the court's decision serve? I can think of none. If anything, it disrupts the general welfare by polluting people's property with trash. I would say the ruling is unreasonable.

Right. What Nintendo viewed as innovative (hey look a touchscreen on the controller!) actually turned out to be an inferior imitation of the already-popular iPad. If they were hoping for people to be wowed, I think they failed. They may have been better off ditching the new controller and just calling it the Wii HD honestly, but it's just not Nintendo's style to release something so bland. They probably got a little cocky.

Crazy hardware carries with it a big risk. If people don't fall for it, you're done! You simply can't afford to write off an entire console generation. The Wii U is not the Virtual Boy; it's supposed to be their flagship. Perhaps if they are lucky they can transition the new controller into the role formerly held by R.O.B. That is, an eye-catching gimmick that quickly loses support as Nintendo realizes the merits of selling a cheaper hardware bundle without it.

Even professionals need leadership. I don't view this particular move as disrespectful. It's not strictly a money grab, it's not exploitative, it's not done from a place of ignorance, and it comes at a time when a drastic cultural change is needed. In many respects Yahoo needs a reboot. Mayer can and should make a big splash to establish a new work culture baseline and hopefully bring about a new perspective for everyone working there.

The no-telecommute policy, in one fell swoop, encourages a lot of employees to make a decision on whether or not they choose to follow Mayer's new direction. It could end up being a great decision.

That said I'm glad my workplace allows me to telecommute from time to time.

Right on. The ability to simply know what's going on eliminates the need for most of the frivolous stuff that destroys productivity. Communication is fundamental. People are too quick compromise on that simply because we have fancy technology, and because they can't stand the thought of sharing a building with other people.

But be careful about stuffing everyone in a war room. It worked out for you, awesome. I can see it working great for crunch time too. But it only works if you have the right people in the room. I'm not for cube farms, but I'm not for a complete lack of personal space and/or privacy either.

There's got to be a better middle ground. Maybe instead of having cubes, have walled-off areas with smaller groups of people. That, at least, allows people to separate themselves from those who they are incompatible with, and allows you to isolate the Pig Pens and Chatty Cathy's. There are people I work with that, although I like them, I'm glad I have some sort of separation from them.

Oh, and in a war room it sucks to be the guy with his monitor facing the manager's desk. That's just wrong.