Maybe that phrase needs to be updated a bit. In more ways than one.

Entertaining? Yes, in a watching a train wreck type of manner.

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Frank? Unknown. It is difficult to ascertain the truthiness of his answers.

But my original question still stands, why is everyone wasting so much time on this person?

... the collection of data helps after the fact, i.e., once someone is caught. The additional data allows a more solid case to be built, and makes it easier to find co-conspirators.

What benefit does this give to me now, at this moment? Probably little if any.

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On the other hand, it would be really nice if the Firefox developers fixed their proxy issues, and fixed the javascript engine choking on sites.

The problem with the testerone-induced rapid development cycle is that it apparently leads to a lot of bravado (we're better than Chrome") and little ongoing maintenance of browsing issues.

Since Mozilla has embaked upon the quick-turnaround development cycle for FireFox, the browser has become less and less useful for my needs.

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More and more websites have stopped working properly.

More and more plug-ins have stopped working.

Since version 18, http proxying has become very problematic, to the point that it is no longer a working function of Firefox.

So I will ask a question that I have asked previously, what is the benefit to me of the accelerated Firefox development cycle if there are more problems introduced than resolved?

Probably not. But I suspect we definitely would have been spared 1600 Penn. Geesh, what a disaster that show was.

It appears that their current software strategy requires Apple Engineers to hand-hold developers at the developer conferences. While this is great for those who are able to buy tickets for the developer conferences, it scales poorly.

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For anyone who depends upon Apple for monetary gain (stockholders, developers, etc.), the inability of Apple to properly accommodate the developers who want or need to attend the developer conferences should be a major red flag.

Thanks. Good point.

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It reminds me of the clauses in many current consumer "agreements" that force the consumer to [typically corporate-friendly and anti-consumer] binding arbitration and force the consume to give up the right to legal process.

... the companies stop collecting data on consumers, and going forward require opt-in to allow the data collection.

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It is as if the companies are saying, "we stole all this data from our customers, and it would be too expensive to allow them to have it back."

... I'd rather Facebook put up a dashboard that shows how much they have been violating my privacy. I'd like to see a Facebook dashboard that is customized for me that shows, among other things:

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- what data nuggets have been collected about me over the past 24 hours, week, month

- what third party entities my data has been shared with

I am sure that this community can suggest other items that would be useful on a Facebook Privacy Dashboard.

In the background, I cannot shake the thought that Facebook is putting up this energy consumption dashboard for the purpose to divert attention away from Facebook's ongoing privacy issues.

... and he considers himself above the fray of bad journalism?

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Talk about the irony of narcissism.

That everything in one view aspect is not an advancement, but a step backwards.

If you don't want nested folders, then don't use them.

But why take the ability to use them from people who want to use them?

Do the license agreements for iTunes and Amazon digital movies (and music) allow you to pass them on to others?

Does the 2nd amendment give my drones the right to bear arms? Can I have armed drones patrolling my property?

How many remember that phrase? Back in the days when it was all but obligatory to upgrade to the latest and greatest from Microsoft. Back in the days when the only way to take advantage of new hardware was to get a new version of Windows.

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Well, hardware improvements have slowed down --- when's the last time you heard anyone gushing about a new Intel CPU?

And with Windows 8, Microsoft has put Windows' progress in reverse.

If you want to find out why PC sales are slowing, don't ask columnists, ask PC customers.

Customers who, btw, are saying that Windows 8 sucks.