Citation required. Your anecdotal information is not valid here.

If nobody lived in the country, what would you eat? Good luck with raising cattle on the roof of your apartment building.

It's totally useful. I used it to check the sound level differences of noise coming off of fans and harddrives. The electro-magnetic spectrum analyzer is useful also. The tool is in the hands of the user, not the intent of the maker.

Captain Kirk had a tablet long before Bill Gates had in idea.

Then why would you make another run at a loss after you were sold out?

You've never had a Packard Bell, have you?

I live in Texas. My son was sent to Alternative Education, (jail for students), for not having a close enough shave. His chin whiskers got him in trouble. AEP ruined his education. He eventually dropped out and got a GED instead. All because he did not shave close enough. My friends child got the same punishment because his hair touched his collar.

when I could see music flowing out of the speakers.

You mean that if I write a Windows 8 application, it will run on Windows 8?? AMAZING!

This is the kind of problem you have when you totally code with entry level or outsourced programmers. ANY programmer with a few years of experience would see that one coming.

That is why Microsoft was found guilty of abusing their monopoly in the desktop market to take over the browser market.

There is nothing invisible about malware detection software. It is bloated and eats up valuable resources.

I don't remember signing any objectivity contract when I joined /. Unreasonable expectations much?

And what about things like processor optimization and memory handling? How do you turn on or off hyperthread scheduling or pre-emptive multitasking with a module? These things are important to HPC.

So, I completely disagree with your assertion.