Yet another arbitrary distinction... especially when most people here complain that 4.0 should actually be called 3.7.

They don't carry meaning other than what we assign to them. What I showed is that they broke their own rules before, in a small way, pointing out the inconsistency does not mean that I think those "rules" are important. Are they doing it arbitrarily now? Nope, just differently. Bugfixes etc: small number, features added and major functionality changes: first number. It's not confusing to me, nor is the old system. And I don't care if a user says he has a problem on 4.3.5 or 7.0. The only thing that I find annoying about the change in version numbers is the addons needlessly expiring, but that situation already seems to be improving. How those numbers increase isn't very important, as long as we have an easy way of determining which is which. Their removing the number from the about box does have me worried though.

Really? What about 5.0.1 and 4.0.1? Bugfix releases still can and do happen. 7 is a feature release, as were 6, 5 and 4 before it. Perhaps the features added aren't alway major news or huge visible changes, I agree. But at least they're coming available much quicker now and can be refined sooner as well.

As a web developer, I am not frustrated by the jump in version numbers. It is, after all, just a number. If anything, it makes it easier to know when new functionality becomes available, even if it comes in bite-sized chunks, rather than wondering whether a point release is just a collection of bugfixes or actually expands functionality. If anything, I thought that they shouldn't have done the out-of-process plugins in the small numerical step from 3.6.3 to 3.6.4... that alone warranted calling it 3.7, imho.

Depends on what you call "recently". The tax on fuel was already getting long in the tooth slightly before the dawn of time. Today's fuel prices are â1.682 per litre. That's â6.367 per gallon or $9.07 in fake money. Don't think for a moment that the price of petrol will drop when this "rekeningrijden" is truly introduced. They'll probably find ways to keep the "wegenbelasting" too, taxing both ownersnip and use based on distance and use fuel consumption.

I'm sure somebody will figure a way to blame it on gay marriage.

I think it has to do with what you feel like when it gets dropped on you.

This is only for things like USB sticks etc. It's not like every CD-ROM that John W. Clueless has ever bought is suddenly going to stop auto-running. From the original source:

...so this update does not turn off the feature entirely. For example, it does not impact "shiny media" such as CDs or DVDs that contain Autorun files.

I for one think this is a sensible thing to do.

What makes you think they're not heterosexuals already? Paedophilia exists regardless of sexual orientation.

Or maybe they're just ahead of their time. This feature is obviously intended for Windows 8 only.

That's just plain Flash though.