I agree with you and rarely go to the theaters or even know a movie is out until it's available on dvdrip... I mean DVD.

I always cheer loudly when these commercials are played at the movie theatres. I think it provides some comic relief and lets everybody know that not everybody believes the bullshit.

This is new to you? Reviewers have been receiving PC hardware, Game Consoles, Games, and software for years now.

Microsoft's interests are pretty clear here. Vista is a non-seller, and every day that its out on store shelves Microsoft is losing potential revenue to its bad street-cred. Regardless of how many people actually buy Windows 7, it's still crucial to release it as soon as possible. It might not be something the masses will clamor for right away, but its the idea is to hush the people screaming and moaning about Vista.

It seems to me that the only time a non-compete clause should be enforceable is if:
1. You take special knowledge of a product/design to another company.
2. You use work relationships to bring in clients of your former employer.

What reason do you have to hate the rest of the world so much? If theres someone that can do your job better or cheaper, shouldn't he get it, regardless of what shithole country he is forced to live in?

So if I blow of a college exam and only get 12% because I don't care, I didn't fail it? You're logic is amazing. Failing is still failing, whether you intend to do so or otherwise.

Maybe because they are different branches of development? I don't think it is uncommon for software developers to have to backport security fixes to non-development versions of their software.

Most people want to be able to cut and past AND have any media player installed on their computer be able to manage their music for them, they just don't realize it because they are caught up in the iPod craze. It will happen eventually, and people will love it.

Not only can you run Safari in the virtualised windows installation (which you might use for IE and chrome anyway), but you can run Safari with Wine. So yes, can run Safari. I'm not aware of any rendering differences between the Mac and Windows versions.

What is the difference between consolidating on Macs and consolidating on a single Linux distribution with a standard package base? It seems that everything you list as a reason to use Macs is available through Linux.