Doesn't the app store have geographic-based restrictions, so you can offer a program for download only in the USA?

In this particular case that would be fine, since Southwest doesn't fly internationally.

So if I want to watch, it is tax free. If I don't want it, or don't watch at all, it is taxed. Huh?

Say I have both cable TV and internet from Bell. A show I want to watch is available, in digitized compressed format via protocol A over cable TV, or via protocol B via the internet. All the bits travel down the same wire to my house. So the *only* difference is in the transmission protocol. Why should one method be taxed, and the other not? How does that make sense?

Which is precisely my point. A parking ticket does not add points to your license.

The bus has a picture of a vehicle violating the law, not of the driver. To put points on a license you would need to prove who was driving.

It would be interesting to know whether the insurance paid for a new truck, or not. They should not have, since he was violating several laws when hit.

from the Tesla web site: "Blending the best of an SUV with the benefits of a minivan".

Just like the majority of SUVs these days.

Drivers are the largest problem with x86 Windows - well over 50% of the stability problems and blue screens come from badly written drivers. Microsoft has a process to submit a driver to their labs for testing and approval today - but (a) they make it insanely difficult and expensive, and (b) the market doesn't care whether a driver is approved or not.

Drivers are also the largest security hole there is - a kernel module has full and complete access to your system. People claim to be concerned about security, but then install third party drivers without a second thought.

Overall, it looks like Microsoft is doing exactly what people have been asking for - a more secure Windows environment. Locking down software to approved sources only, and getting rid of creakingly old APIs that date back to Windows 3.1, will make it faster, more stable, and more secure - but now people are complaining.

Note that for the hardware/software developers - hobbyist or professional - there will be a developer switch, to turn off security and allow you to load unsigned/unapproved programs and drivers.

You do realize that your smartphone won't work without some sort of data plan, right?

Not exactly. On the millions of other decisions, when the wrong call was made, it was either (a) caught in time, or (b) was non-fatal, or (c) was like Apollo 13, where an engineering mistake caused an extremely serious incident, which was rescued by the brilliance of other engineers.