So, I went to the link to read TFA, and realized that the TFS isn't a summary at all. It's just a copy/paste of the entire blog post with the line breaks taken out. It's amazing what constitutes "New for Nerds, Stuff that Matters" these days...

And you still get either Coke or Pepsi...

What I really want to know is, did it make a tiny solar system? Maybe we should wait a few trillion years to see... :-P

For example, when I do really really detailed graphical work in GIMP

He can't use his hand, you insensitive clod!

I'm one of the people that get headaches trying to watch this current run of 3D tech. Until we get actual 3D holographic projections, you can count me out.

Apple decided to allow devices to use serial over the dock connector in February 2010. Why does the summary list it as a "little known secret"? It's hardly a secret that the dock connector which uses USB communicates via a serial connector. That's what the S stands for in USB, btw.

Here's an article telling about the serial port OK from Apple last February:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-approves-serial-port-to-dock-connector-design/

It's survival of the fittest, I guess. It just makes my high-quality work stand out even more.

California being the most liberal state doesn't mean that there are NO conservatives there. Not that Arnie is a real conservative anyway...

I use ESXi on a box at home to host about 6 VMs. the base OS is about 70MB so it's got a tiny footprint on the server and most of the resources go to the VMs. For a dedicated box it's a great solution. For running VMs on a computer that's doing more than that VirtualBox is great.

it's actually the full ESXi that's free now with the basic features. If you want things like clustering you can pay to enable those features.

this is good for the end user IMO. I remember sometime over the last year Apple was bit with a security hole by including an older version of Flash in an update. Their Java version also usually lags behind the current releases. By not including both the end user will be able to update them more frequently or not have them installed at all if they don't use it. I can see people that don't have a need for Java at all.

3D is getting better. I've been playing Battlefield 1942 in VMWare Fusion on my 2008 Macbook Pro and it's surprisingly playable. Granted it's an older game, but it still impressed me.

You must have never heard of Macros. Also, you must have never thought of:
mv Scarytrojan.exe LifeWorkDocument.DOC.exe

The Mayans never claimed to have predicted the end of the world... This is not majorly different than rolling over from December 31st to January 1st, except it happens less often.

I'm pretty sure that video broke 2-3 patents that were just granted to Apple. Apple should totally sue them and take 10% of their revenue from selling downloads of Ub... Nevermind.