Lanparty with all slashdotters participating? What can go wrong? :-))

When you have a real scientist working, is easy to get the facts. But when you have a possible scammer working, which hides all the means to verify the accuracy of what he is claiming, then it gets hard to get the facts.

Depends. What you have described suggests a case of correct application of patents, and I'm assuming that your example patents are valid (things that really are patentable).

While the troll act like a mobster, claiming to have patents on things unpatentable, obvious or clear cases of prior art. It relies on the fact that the U.S. courts have the ridiculous detail you have to pay dearly to defend himself from false accusations, and that therefore it would be cheaper to pay the troll demands than defend themselves in court.

PS: I think is a better idea just do not go in the "lawyers game", simply blow off the troll head.

I think you nailed it, I also think frequently in the "if-then" way. It's hard for me to do something just to do it (example: go to park with no specific goal), but easy to do when they have a defined goal (if-then).

While walking on the street, almost all time I pass scenarios in my head and try to decide what to do if one of them occurs (example: if a girl approach me without obvious reason, what will I do?).

Using an analogy (sorry, no car analogy this time :-)), social interaction to me is like a program where most of the variables and functions are hidden with no way to determine what they do or how to use them.

People who genuinely have Asperger do not realize there is such a thing as non-verbal communication until someone teaches them

Bingo.

Exact.

Note: The Google translator is shit and my native language (brazilian portuguese) is complicated to translate, so expect ugly spelling errors

As a bearer of Asperger's syndrome, I can - safely - affirm for you guys that the inability of social interaction is not my choice. It's like yours social skills being always "offline" with no way to be switched on, I am unable to get the "social signals" that everyone realizes without having to learn and I am treated as "invisible" by everyone or even worse, as "easy target".

In contrast, it is easy, pretty easy to me to develop any complex application without neglecting the details and seeing both the whole and the part of the system, in my work I take care of all aspects of a local government system and the users are pretty satisfied with it. Too bad I have to live like a social outcast with no choice (because others actively reject me for not being exactly like them).

This is because the console have features that only serve to hinder a user, such as the need for a always-on internet connection, the requirement to have an Live account, etc.

Amen.

Good question, I have this crap here too.

Depends. Iframes are useful for me, when I need to put page "A" inside page "B" (both from the same site/server) without one interfering with another (for example, be able to use forms on both pages)

When you use metric units, you shoud use metric conventions... I also read "35760" kilometers instead of the correct "35,76", or "35 kilometers and 76 meters".

"Nice web site you got here, it'd be a shame if we had a court order you to take it down. Give us $100,000 and nothing bad will happen to it, or you risk losing a $100,000,000 in court if we win."

Well .. My answer in such case is silence, followed by several bullets in the troll head. Much better.

I think something is seriously wrong when a program becomes too large to be compiled.

Bill Gates is a crude example. If you prefer a more refined example, for you have a good job, a house (not renting) and maybe a family is not enough "just work hard", is a myth. You also must be in the right place at the right time, otherwise you will end up without a job or in a job lower than your skill allows. Hard work helps, but is not the only needed factor.