In the past you had twitter? I think the issue here is two-fold. Yes, people used to have more respect for one another. At the same time, there were those who thought these types of disrespectful things but they didn't have the guts / ability to actually confront the abused party. Digital communication has lowered that barrier, so pathetic little haters can spew this type of garbage and feel good about themselves without any fear of consequence. I don't know that having laws against mean tweets is the right way to do things, but there should be an ass kicking deployed in this specific situation.

You must be new here. On slashdot, editors don't actually edit anything. Instead, they just post whatever was submitted.

In other news, a representative from Chick-Fil-A has stated that the company does not support bone marrow transplants.

This may explain the obesity problem in America, especially in the midwest . People are trying to add a bit more God to their lives.

"God particle" comes from Leon Lederman. He wanted to nickname the Higgs boson the "goddamn particle", but was blocked by his editor. So while it is annoying, it did come from a prominent physicist.

People voted for it.

Yes, because there is no piracy on iOS.

I thought some of the latest devices were packaged just fine. I attended I/O and the packaging for the devices they handed out gave me no troubles. I also thought it was designed fairly well. Maybe that is because I'm not one to watch videos of people opening boxes or to film myself doing the same.

The fact that we use the term "win" so often when talking about software patents shows how we really need to change how they are handled at the very least. If we could get it to the point were companies earned patents then it wouldn't be so bad.

Depending on your sample size and definition of major state, you could say that a defeated Napoleon prevents war. I get what Waltz is saying, but I don't know that his conclusion is valid. I think the major states have more modern ways of fighting than outright killing. A trade agreement or sanction can do about as much damage as a war, especially to the governing officials.

It is actually Flavor Aid. It is a bit cheaper (so that we can still afford macs) and is also the trusted drink mix of cults since 1978.

As long as the compiler for x86 works similar to the ARM one, it won't be bad at all. I've never had an issue doing cross platform C/C++. Also, you are making a big deal about an insignificant fragmentation problem. It is pretty obvious you haven't done android dev work.

If my toaster cost $3000, I think I'd have money to pay a toaster repairman.

2-300 pictures a day is a lot. I don't know about everybody else, but I actually try to enjoy myself on vacations. I'd rather not consume my time taking pictures every couple of minutes. Once you scale it back a bit, I think you will find that you don't need some complex setup.

AOL has moved on to purchase many popular websites in order to stay profitable. The Huffington Post, Engadget, Joystiq and many other major news blogs / websites are owned by AOL. They really are more than a dial-up ISP.