Yeah, it's idiots like that we have to thank for the partially failed conversion to the Metric system.

That was indeed foolish to throw the coin away. Whatever it was, it sounds rare and interesting.

When I play a game, I certainly expect a great user experience since that's the only reason to do it at all. When I use other technology such as my PVR system, I expect it to be convenient enough that I don't have a bad experience. That's the kind of user experience a TV designer should aim for: one that the user doesn't think much about beyond being satisfied. This is no longer as simple as allowing the user to select channels and adjust the volume since video is coming from increasingly diverse sources under the control of various entities. I'm still looking for a good way to combine access to recordings on my MythTV system with Internet sources like Netflix in one user interface.

I assume this is a troll since higher resolution than 1920x1080 in a TV is currently pointless. Where can you get any video at a higher resolution unless you shoot it yourself with a professional camera? HD broadcast signals have been available for over fifty years in some parts of the world but it's only in the last ten years that people have started buying HDTVs in large numbers. Monitors used for text, games and other purposes beyond simple video viewing are useful in higher resolutions but nobody needs a TV with higher than 1080p capability until broadcast, disc or Internet video becomes available at such a resolution.

Who would seriously dispute Jobs did things of great significance? The interesting question is whether the significant things he did were more positive or negative. I'm conflicted about the impact of iTunes and iTMS. They have challenged the powers that be in the recording industry and given customers more affordable access to DRM-free music, which is great. However, while challenging RIAA members' stranglehold on music distribution, Apple has become a powerful force in that space and succeeds in controlling how customers use the devices that play the music to an even greater extent than the RIAA has been able to.

While I will not spend any money on Apple devices or music, I do acknowledge that without Jobs' effort to sell music without DRM on iTMS, I may not have as easy access to DRM-free music via services like Amazon. Similar to the banning of the Flash plugin on iOS devices, pressure from Apple has sometimes improved the situation for everyone even if it was done for the wrong reasons.

You've made the classic mistake of taking the Slashdot headline seriously. The actual post doesn't say Chrome will stop using CRLs. It says they will be pushed to Chrome directly from Google. No one "admitted" that Chrome is broken. The entire system is broken. All major browsers will load an HTTPS site even if they cannot get the CRL via OCSP because doing otherwise would cause huge amounts of unnecessary breakage and just make users angry and confused. From the actual post:

The fifth amendment has already been addressed in this case and others:
Colorado Judge Denies Fifth Amendment Applies to Encryption Passphrases.

Current laws don't address encryption specifically, so it's not that clear whether compelling a defendant to render the passphrase to unlock an encrypted devices is more analagous to compelling her to provide a key to open a safe or to give up self-incriminating information from her own mind. A situation like this has parallels to both situations. The former has precedent supporting its constitutionality and the latter has precedent supporting its unconstitutionality.

I'm fairly certain the "signing" was legally meaningless in the US at least. Only the US Senate has the power to approve international treaties. Of course, the fact that US Congress hasn't declared war since WWII hasn't prevented US involvement in countless wars.

SOPA and PIPA have been stopped for now because many big corporations with a lot of money were against it in addition to ordinary Internet users. I haven't heard of many big corporations against ACTA.

C++ is horrifically complex and difficult to use safely. As a high level programmer, I'd be much more inclined to learn Rust, which is almost certainly simpler and easier to use safely.