Wow, just wow. Talk about fucking clueless

Not entirely true. Yes Steve picked Tim Cook. God only knows why, the mans so far removed from reality it's mind boggling. How can any CEO keep their job after their stock value was chopped in half in less than a year? Regardless, most of the top dogs at Apple have fleed the sinking ship. I've kept an eye on this. Yes Jon Ive is there and Tim Cook and a couple of others who've been around a while but dig deeper. Many of Jobs "hand picked" people have run for the hills.

Tim Cook is not what he said he was. He is not the same guy Steve picked. He's running the company into the ground and they have no plan going forward. I hope this changes but I'm not holding my breath for it. I do not believe Tim Cook understands his own customers.

Companies don't pay taxes. They pass them off to the customers. Every time I hear one of you tax hungry douche bags scream about corporate taxes I want to slap you across the face. You raise taxes on companies, the companies pass the buck to the customers. Every time you pull this shit my cost of living goes up. So fuck you and your tax and spend bullshit.

Bullshit. It's already been shown that PP doesnt have a single facility with the ability to give a mammogram. PP is a baby killing organization. Look it up, the founder was a rabid racist that believed blacks were sub-human. Her name was Margarete Sanger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sanger#Race). The entire abortion movement and PP is all about eugenics. Only they were smarter than the Germans, they've sold it to people in such a way that they line up for it rather than being forced to a furnace at gun point.

Honest question here, not trolling. Doesn't your last point negate your first? If it's obvious then who cares about "familiar"? To me "familiar" is what's killing the industry from making any major progress. It's already proven that people will accept new (via iOS and Android) if it's easy enough to use.

Lot's of people do, not thinking about it. It's like walking around with a tin can that says "Save the children!" on it. People think, "Oh hey, it's for kids, I should put some money in there." Only this is with puppies! And fluffeh kittens!

PETA should be dragged to court and exposed for the frauds they are. They can take all their celebrity nudes with them too. Sick of seeing washed up actresses on their commercials posing with nothing but hand bras telling us how cruel we are because we don't give them money to kill animals. These freaks are almost as bad as planned parenthood.

I have priced out American cars lately and unless you want a POS they cost just as much as Mercedes/Audi/BMW.

I'm a truck guy too which is worse. I priced out a truck that I considered minimum requirement and it was over 50k, closer to 60k with the stuff I actually wanted. The prices on American cars are ridiculous. On the other hand, Japanese vehicles seem to be priced more competitively. They used to be a hell of a lot cheaper but ever since Toyota got the reputation for being crazy reliable the prices sky rocketed.

The Union issue in the US is one of corruption. American Unions are beyond corrupt. The Union execs are constantly under scrutiny for corruption charges, never mind the history of Mob involvement with them. This all leads to added manufacturing costs. There's a reason Pinto's arent built anymore. Its not because they are ugly as fuck it's because they cant make any money of them. SUV's have flooded the market for two reasons, they have huge profit margins and they sell like hot cakes. The age of the 3-15k car in the US is dead and gone.

The internet has become the new "idiot box" as my grandparents used to call Television. It's not all bad news though for those of us who choose to use it well. Between Google, WolframAlpha and Wikipedia we have, at our finger tips, the greatest accumulation of knowledge humankind has ever known. Using it well can and will make the difference between an idiot and a resourceful, intelligent human being.

Ah the Google+ haters. I and millions of others use Google+ every day. We just use it for things other than whining about stupid shit and complaining about High School like what you find on Facebook. Unlike Facebook I find Google+ to actually be useful. Hate all you want, bitch about how Grandma and little Tina in 10th grade aren't using it. I really don't give a fuck. I'm just glad you and the other whining bitches aren't on it. Thanks for staying away.

Careful what you wish for. We'll end up with an RMS/Linus sex tape or something.

In my experience it's usually the opposite. When the current dictator in charge refuses input from a large group of contributors, is abusive or otherwise tries to exploit the free labor being contributed to the project. Take XF86 for example and how that debacle ended up. Take OpenOffice.

A lone person not feeling like they are in control enough, as you say, isn't enough to create a fork. There has to be people behind him/her and willing to contribute to the fork. Take OpenBSD as an example of that or Cinnamon.

I actually thought about contributing until I saw "C++" in their requirements. :)

Firefox is on the decline. I really do hope they switch gears and get Firefox up-to-par again. I would really hate to see Chrome dominating the web like IE once did. Mozilla just seems more interested in Rust and FirefoxOS these days. I know they are capable of doing more than one thing at a time but Firefox needs some serious love, I'd like it to be the focus again.

What's 3 and 5% of 3-4 billion? Hint: it's a lot more than 50 million.

I get two days off every week. I get 3 weeks off every year and I have 6 paid days off a year in the form of floating holidays and sick days. That's plenty unless you're a lazy bitch.