Trends is just that, recent trends in what people search for.
Timeline is chronological sort of results, allows you to see the rise and fall of a term like jabberwocky, etc.

It's not even a seprate product, just a useful interface to search (they've since hidden away).
Very useful to explore news coverage, prevalence of terminology, etc.

Gears' and Wave are non-news, previously announced... indeed Gears has been death row almost a year now

Where do you pay an explicit "school tax?" It's usually taken out of property taxes and other general funding streams.
Regardless, educated masses (even only semi-educated ones) are a public good, and you are paying for the benefits
you reap or, if you wish, you are paying back the cost of your education.

1) It's the thought and effort that counts
2) It's a fucking stocking stuffer, not the "big gift from santa"

It's nothing like your anaology. People could use the software without becoming zealots.
An office suite is generally useful, and not everybody wants to/can afford to pay Microsoft,
or feels uncomfortable stealing.

And in the case of the question at hand, what difference does it make to the brat if nerds
have more than one reason for liking the games they are being given?

Another layer of framing that might help a project like this would be to explain that the
productivity software is "bullet-proofof", but in the event assistance is needed *with it*
you'd be happy to help. If you're likelyto beroped into providing support anyhow, why
not make it easy on yourself/

Also by preventing plate rebound due to loss of glacial ice as run-off, depending on the locale.

PSPP is a nice idea, but lacks functionality. SPSS is ridculously priced, even with IBM's "discount" for non-profits.
DeduceR and R commander give you access to the full power of R under R GUI. DeduceR gives you spreadsheet
like data entry and basic stats, and then you can load R Commander for a menu driven interface more advanced
functions.

"It costs as much to bury a woman"

That list would appear to be out of date. I queried the MOIRA database directly,
and the record for this host (updated 2011-09-22) suggests it belongs to a student
in civil engineering.

Ummm, there's a lab for that. Label/foo/bar gets split on / into sub-folders.

There *can* be a distinction, my point has been there need not be,
yet you initially cast upon the OP a distinction that was unnecessary.
As I later clarified, the OP was likely speaking to form follows function*,
just as Mr. Fry was.

* Or in this case, form should follow from function.

The words you claimed were distinct to make your argument: style and fashion.
They are synonymous according to WordNet, The American Heritage Dictionary, Moby Thesaurus, etc.

You & Mr. Fry are arguing about the notion that form follows function;
and bollocksing up by using synonyms which have different meanings.
This is different from what the OP said, but is what he was arguing for:
Design/form/style that suits the purpose/function/substance rather than
chrome for chrome's sake.

That is an artificial distinction. Those words are synonyms.

Style over substance: tail fins and portholes on cars.