No kidding. They should have said browse the solar system. Everyone knows that explore has an inherent Microsoft bias.

This statement of yours alone makes my case that there are too many ignorant and stupid people out there. Not only are you ignorant -- even after having read what I wrote -- but you're full of condescending bull-sh*t. I realize that you're probably a victim of the public education system, but go back and sound out the words real slowly and try to understand them as you go. You'll find that I was expressly against taking their vote away.

But, WTF, like so many, why let the facts get in your way.

I think you missed my point. I don't object to people voting: young, old, rich, poor, white, black, brown, yellow, red, green, and blue. I object to ignorant people voting. I object to stupid people voting. I even stated that I will defend their right to vote; but encouraging someone who is stupid or ignorant to vote, that's just stupid.

Completely off topic, but everyone keeps saying how bad it is that so few people actually vote. When I go to Wal-Mart and look around, I'm glad so few people vote. I think a case can be made that too many ignorant and/or stupid people vote.

Yes, we have to protect their right to vote, but I'm pretty sure it's stupid to be encouraging them.

How much of this is a reflection of "I trust the government, if my guy is in charge. I don't trust the government if the other guy is in charge."

The Patriot Act is probably a great example of this. How many people flipped positions on whether the Patriot Act was a good thing or a bad thing when Bush left office and Obama became president?

From what I can see, consistency of thought and philosophy seems rather rare in American politics. Too many people are partisan whores who always agree with their party and always disagree with the other party.

The U.S. population in 1906 was 85,450,000 compared to 2014's population of 322,583,006. Apple is definitively a world wide, global corporation. Did Standard Oil reach as far.

Sorry, but you don't have much of a comparison here.

I appreciate your argument, but I think you're wrong. I think there is more risk to reward trade-off analysis to be applied. There's a major difference between the risks of a person driving two blocks to the grocery store and someone driving a 25-mile school bus route. I want more scrutiny on the bus driver than the mom going for a carton of milk.

When it comes to Uber-Lyft, I admit that I'm on the fence. There certainly should be a regulatory even playing field: either apply existing taxi laws to the Uber-Lyft drivers or remove those restrictions and regulations from the taxis.

Claiming "free market" when one side is regulated and the other isn't is disingenuous.

I'm not sure about that. Just before Gulf II, Bush the lesser was incredibly popular. By the time that 2008 rolled around, most people didn't want war. So war is just one of those things that goes in and out of fashion.

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times. -- Mark Twain

Actually, it should be you pay for what you get.

Did you even read the article on testosterone in the womb? Have you tried googling it? There is a lot of real science about people being born predisposed to male roles versus female roles. Even explaining why your one son has been feminized.

As far as women in IT, I haven't taken a stand on it. I have only taken a stand on the idiotic notion that culture is the only thing guiding people's choices and that people's natural wiring has nothing to do with it.

I never called your son a faggot. I said feminization. Obviously you're hypersensitive and resentful of how your son has turned out so far. Really. There's nothing wrong with your son being gay (even though I never said he was -- but you need to watch you attitude. You're going to do the exact thing you're so proud that you haven't. You're the one that is going to actively damage him because of your own hostility.).

Sorry Coward, I have done plenty of research on the topic and yours is the ignorant post (perhaps explaining why you choose Anonymous Coward). Try Googling testosterone womb and you might learn something.

I'm sorry Coward, I'm confused. Are you trying to extend my argument that people are wired from birth (and not by up bringing) or are you trying to oppose it. Or maybe you've decided on a false strawman claiming I said they are wired from birth only one way?

As far as your feminized son goes, there's plenty of evidence that it probably has to do with the level of testosterone in womb.