MSDOS was a lousy product... MS didn't start raking in cash until they made Word, and Excel, on the only desktop GUI that existed at the time... MacOS.
In short, MS owes it's existence to Apple.

Have you seen the Incan images? Terrifying stuff, and yet, we have turned their sites into tourist destinations.

"Otherwise, spammers would rule the first SERPS"

Nope, and that's what frustrates the hell out of the spammers... all the major parts of their formulas (Pagerank, Hilltop, etc.) *are* published, what isn't published (because they change daily) are some of the constants used in the calculations, but all the algo pieces are out there. It's standard reading in IR (which is what SEO would be if it wasn't a bunch of scammers). It's just that for a given page there are two over hundred measurements per page, and spammers are in search of something "quick and easy", rather than take the effort to make pages, and sites, that would wind up at the top of the SERPS.

What projects did she contribute to, then? Yeah. thought as much.

He didn't promise that you could evade taxes, or launder money, or run a "non-profit" as a for-profit operation, if you were a marijuana grower or distributor. Hence, raids continue on businesses that are committing such crimes, and their choice of product does not mean they are free from prosecution. They went after fairly visible operations, ones that were making a lot of money and growing rapidly, because California MMJ law does not allow such business practices.

Let's take, oh, car monitoring systems.
(1) we've installed this logging software on your device;
Like a car error monitoring system.
(2) it is not possible through normal means to deactivate it;
Like a car error monitoring system.
(3) this software runs without any disclosure or agreement in your contract;
Like a car error monitoring system.
(4) this software runs on your device even if you are no longer under contract or even subscribed as our customer;
Like a car error monitoring system.
and (5) this software is not an integrated component of the device's operating system.
Like a car error monitoring system.
Do you, perchance, use a horse for travelling?

If you file a false claim, you not only get to pay for all financial damages to their site, you also have to pay for all legal costs. For IP lawyers, it's win/win.

"the" Democratic Underground? No, it's just Democratic Underground, or DU.

I'm imagining you trying to turn on a car by swiping your fingers on the dashboard.
Repeatedly.
It's hilarious.

It's not "a swipe to start using a touch interface". It's deliberately moving an image, with a gesture, across a touch interface, to verify that a "swipe" isn't accidental.

Exclusive rite? You mean, like a Masonic order?

"Frankly, if the world standardized on C tomorrow, and we just used extensions thereof for different platforms and purposes, we could all concentrate on getting useful work done and quit dicking around with learning the latest obscure and allegedly more elegant syntax."

FTFY

It's about time we started subjecting the complexities of society to science and computing on a massive scale. For the younger geeks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series

I work internationally. This means that I don't get to pick where keys are on a given keyboard. This also means that touch typing is worse than useless, because it teaches something that is *WRONG*, but habitual.

Bullshit. I got competent in PHP not because I had a job, but because I was willing to volunteer for the project. I got competent in PostgreSQL not because I had a job, but because I was willing to volunteer for the project. I got competent in OpenLDAP not because I had a job, but because I was willing to volunteer for the project. (etc)