I like Gnome 3 too, but for a different reason. I just find it simple enough. Thing is, everyone's workflow is different, and mine is extremely simplified - I need a web browser, gterms, and multiple desktops, that's it. So Gnome's ultra clean interface appeals to me.

That said, I can certainly understand not liking Gnome 3, but it really seems out of proportion. After thinking about it a bit, I wonder if the hate is not because of the interface per se, but rather that the Gnome developers made a huge, unsanctioned change which affected a massive number of users. That sort of thing breaks a lot of trust.

If someone does that while I'm talking to them, I just stop talking and wait for them to finish. Usually does the trick; they typically catch on after a few seconds of silence.

Agreed. I was thinking about 3D printing the other day, and after considering the problem, I don't know if I would actually buy one for home usage. I just don't buy that many objects.

Don't get me wrong, it's a fantastic technology with a ton of possibilities for replacing existing industrial processes, etc., but how many lamps, DVD players, or other household objects can one family need? It seems more likely to me that most people would just order something at their local neighbourhood 3D printer and go pick it up later.

In an ideal world, I wouldn't even think about this possibility, but in the current system, what you're suggesting lends itself well to abuse. For example, crooked authority figures would only need to appeal to the notion of politeness and privacy to cover their own deeds.

After encountering the notion in the Vorkosigan series and thinking about it a bit, the notion of lab-grown meat doesn't seem like a big deal. It's arguably more sanitary than an animal that's been standing in filth for its entire life, after all.

Lunar New Year, you insensitive clod! It's celebrated by more cultures than the Chinese, after all.

Agreed. DVD stores are a thing of the past; time to move on to value-add. Gourmet popcorn, home viewing hardware, private viewing rooms, all that sort of stuff.

If you're a religious person, would religious colleagues push their opinions on you?

Agreed with you on the other point, but one caveat: you're at work to work, not to preach. At some point, common courtesy indicates that a subject be dropped. Otherwise it's disruptive to everyone.

I'm really curious about how they solved the last mile problem. I've thought about starting a non-profit ISP in Canada, but the real questions is how to avoid paying Bell their pound of flesh. Until that problem is solved and you've got ISP-agnostic fibre being laid, it means that you're charging what Bell is charging.

Here in Montreal, we don't even have cell phone signal in the vast majority of the subway network. Hell, I'm still waiting for bathrooms and disabled access, let alone such 'luxuries' as wifi.

Really? I wonder why they'd bother. I had an unlimited data plan on my smartphone, and as far as I know, pretty much everyone else did too, and at least with KTF, I had tethering.

Maybe I'm just a cold, cynical bastard, but when I see booth babes, I don't feel positive associations. In fact, I immediately get suspicious - if their product needs booth babes to drive traffic, how good can it be intrinsically?

Hell, I don't even know what Cinnamon even is. I keep going back to the website, but it doesn't ever explicitly tell you. I think it's a desktop environment?

I'm genuinely curious. Have other countries really, truly explicitly asked the US to militarily intervene in the sovereign affairs of other nations? I often find myself a bit out of my depth with US/international relations, so I'd be much obliged if you could provide a link or two.

Well, I suppose you'd have to check countries where this has already occurred, such as in South Korea. In South Korea, the smartphones are subsidized, but you can still change carrier. It just so happens that when you do, the new carrier simply buys the phone contract from the old carrier, and makes a new contract with the client for the phone.