Rather than debate this if you have and Android phone or Apple iPhone for that matter go to to the App Store and search for "karaoke", you will find that there are quite a few apps (I counted 250 on Android) dealing with that. Now just for fun why don't you "tap" on an app (don't install unless you want too) and see how many downloads of that app has had.

Basically you are going to see 100's of thousands and even millions of downloads per app so just because you can't see karaoke being that popular I think 10's of millions would disagree with you.

If you like watching Japanese Anime you may find the introduction and ending song if there is one set-up with "karaoke" and people do buy the dubbed/subbed anime.

It looks like the big corporations want their pound of flesh and they don't care were they get it.

On a side note, do you know it is actually illegal to sing "Happy Birthday" in a public place without paying royalties.to the copyright owners. Now IMHO that makes no sense but the law is definitely on their side.

Been using a Linux Desktop professionally (no dual booting) for over seven years and I have not missed MS Windows.

Who cares it's your choice, but what has this to do with the Linux Desktop?

I think I will stay on a planet with a breathable atmosphere.

Over a billion of android users (smart phone and tablet) would like a word with you.

Who cares one way or another.

This may be the case for the Linux desktop but for Android (Linux kernel) that is a totally different story.

Like it or not humans have been classifying things from the beginning of our species. Yes sometime we get it wrong or not quite right but we do try and refine our classifications using scientific principles.

That is just nit picking and is covered by the quote (see below) from your reference anyway. Basically all of that cosmic rubble (call them asteroids or chunks of rock if you will) are orbit crossing and are tiny in respect to the planet which is significantly different. None of the eight planets cross each others orbit however "Pluto" does cross Neptune's orbit which makes Pluto fall under a different criteria than what we classify as "normal planet orbital behaviour". Oh before I forget Pluto's orbital plane is different form the orbital plane of the other planets, read into that what you will.

As per your reference I quote:

Oh well maybe in the future Pluto will cross Neptune's orbit and Neptune will be waiting for it then the debate will be solved. Of course in a few billion years none of this will matter anyway.

I concur I did not want to comment any further for what I consider a troll. Personally I don't have any issue with BSD Unix since it actually was the first Unix I ever worked on in 1980 but many business or at least those that want to make money want an OS they know is going to be supported and the track record of the company that is going to support that OS.

Ah the troll is strong with this one!

Over one billion android smartphone and tablet users world wide might disagree with you and that is over 65% of the market.

I suggest you look at your smartphone or tablet, over one billion people might disagree with you.

Chrome is already up to 40 whilst konqueror is up to 14 (both web browsers if you are interested) if that is any help.

Have you ever heard to utmp and wtmp they are binary logs?

How do you think you can read an ASCII file since in reality it is a binary file? Don't believe me well try to open an ASCI file without the appropriate software to open that file. Examples of that software are: cat, more, less, pg, view, vi, vim, gvim, emacs, - I could go on if you like. Like it or not ASCII files are a binary file consisting of ones and zeros.

Reading so called binary logs with the appropriate software is no more different than reading an ASCII file with the appropriate software.

What pray tell is the UNIX way of doing things?

I have been using Unix (BSD, Ultrix, Tru64, AIX, SunOS, IRIX, HPUX, Solaris, SCO (when they were the good guys) and others) for over 35 years and what you have just said would get you laughed out of a design meeting.

Where do you suggest we put all this CO2? Over millions of years the excess CO2 of our planet was removed by plants and safely locked away until we decided to dig it up and released it. What is really needed is a balance but how to determine that balance and even implement it that is the question although planting more trees would help.

Basically we need to be fairly energy neutral and a balance between producing bio-fuels and consuming that fuel is essential. All fossil fuels do is produce more CO2 and other products although even this can be offset with some thought.

Please note I am well aware the pluses and minuses of bio-fuels not to mention some ridicules and possibly criminal choices of the type of fuels for certain areas. It is very important to decide on the appropriate bio-fuel that can be relatively cheap to produce and appropriate for area. In some areas such as those with high population densities growing of bio-fuels impacts on the growing of food so some sort of balance is needed and that is not easy when greed takes over.

Actually Mother Nature could not give a hoot if our species lives or dies, likewise our solar system, galaxy or even the universe. The entities that should give a damn are our own species although that may be asking to much.

I suppose the first thing to ask is "What can go wrong?"

Our planet maintains a balance so far and if you start to upset that balance then you are going to have two possibilities. 1) The planet goes through a runaway greenhouse effect and effectively gets far too hot, although probably not as hot as Venus. 2) The planet goes into deep freeze and this has happened before. We can actually thank volcanic action for reversing this process.

I can understand concern over potential global warming and am in favour of reducing green house gas build up or better still to have a balance between consuming liquid fuels (example: practical bio-fuels without the hype) and growing them. Burning fossil fuels without some sort of balance is asking for trouble. Solar energy in all its forms should be seriously considered and the most suitable for each region implemented if possible and practical by all nations, although IMO that is basically asking the impossible but at least first world countries should set the example.

Another area to look at is the design and building of housing that is energy efficient in that there would be less need for heating and cooling. Practical solar solutions should also be considered here as well.

The things I have just mentioned are easily achievable with our current technology and would go a very long way in stabilising the climate of our planet. Of course this is but a pipe dream since we are a short lived species but if our life potential could be made to say 200 or more healthy years then most people in power would realise that they and not just their children are going have to put up with radical changes if they make stupid decisions. Of course human greed and fanaticism can still blind some even in the face of imminent disaster.