Of course, a tablet's keyboard, being virtual, can adjust to adhere better to the task, rather than suiting the task to the keyboard. This is what I like about my phone/tablet keyboards.

What? Ballmer isn't dead. (This is a joke, please take it as one.)

Lots of places, some around the same time and with no connection to the outside world. The point is that people can figure out right and wrong without religion. Maybe it was original to the biblical authors at their time and in their region, but it wasn't original to the world and the world didn't learn it from them alone.
http://chaplaincyinstitute.org/rev-nancy-schluntz/common-threads-world-religions-the-ethic-reciprocity

My doctor growing up was a kleptomaniac. He would take things out of the local grocery without paying for them all the time. No one ever stopped him because he'd always return the goods a couple of hour later. Of course, he wasn't conspiring to do it for profit, he just couldn't help his impulses any more than someone with OCD.

I suppose this could be something similar, but criminal charges are definitely in order for the nature and amount of the crime.

Somehow I doubt that the cashiers follow Lego pricing so closely. To someone with any amount of ignorance on the merchandise, $50 may seem like a reasonable price on a large box of plastic foot needles.

Also keep in mind the repetitive, mind-numbing task cashiers perform. After a while, I doubt they even notice what it was they rung up. Scan, bag, repeat x N. Total, swipe, next. Try that for five or six 8-hour days in a row, for hundreds of customers, then see how much you notice or care about the merchandise.

Sorry, I got to the point where I had to click on the next page to continue reading the article and bailed. It just wasn't interesting enough to put up with that.

I'm a fan of Apple and their iOS devices (though I know many are not). But I disagree with this change. To make it an option is all well and good, I'm all for it, but to make it a requirement is a step in the wrong direction. I, for one, will continue to purchase my books from Amazon.com. eReader apps help sell Apple devices. IMO, Apple should treat them with more courtesy than this.

Did they learn nothing from the story of the old lady who swallowed a fly?

Poor thing. I hear she died.

I sincerely hope moderators understand tongue in cheek humor.

Surely you jest. These are, after all, slashdot moderators you're talking about. I think you're just as likely to get scathing comments from people rampaging at the (overly literal) idea that we should fire nukes into the sun. "But you'll set the sun on fire! Think of the children!" et al.

Now that I've mentioned it as well, I expect similar results.

There is no such thing as a rolling stop - you either stop or you don't. You either break the law, or you don't. Not harming someone or their property doesn't make it any more legal to disobey rules of the road.

This whole concept reminds me of the George Carlin bit about staying seated until the plane comes to a "complete stop." There is no such thing as a partial stop. If you roll through a light, get caught and fined, at least own up to it. Any driver who does this knows they are taking the risk, knows it's against the rules, and, while I'm not saying they deserve to get caught, should at least take personal responsibility if they do.

I roll through stops sometimes, though I do try to make a conscious effort to not do so. I also speed - and have no shame in doing it. If/when I get caught, I accept the consequences unless I have what I feel is a justifiable reason for what I did.

I find it odd that the Retweets (RTs) are/were discarded with the spam in these statistics. RTs help the information spread, which is useful indeed. How many of those 1,000 actively monitor or follow any official World Cup reporting stream? Certainly not all. A RT may not be an original post, but it still can have value in the dissemination of data.

Sad but true. Even so, look where financial "innovation" got us... we crippled the global economy with our "innovation" (read: creative bookkeeping by large, powerful finance firms).

It only took 65 years, but they finally got their revenge for those invasions. Subtle, the french are, very subtle and patient. Like mice.

Erm... I think TrueCrypt would be more secure with less effort. IMHO.