And parents of kids. And cousins on whom those parents rely to babysit the kids when the parents are having a night out. And people who used to be kids. Apart from games based on characters licensed from preschool E/I cartoons, "Rated E for Everyone" doesn't mean only for kids; it means what it says: for everyone. The Animal Crossing series in particular has been used to train a work ethic in at least one adult Asperger patient.

There are plenty of M-rated games with western developers.

Python isn't it?

You need some sort of compositor to be able to draw "friend wants to play" requests and other game OS UI overlays in the corner of the screen.

You still need the DirectX renderer for Xbox 360 and Xbox One ports, provided you can find a publisher on those platforms.

People who buy game consoles want gaming performance at a price under $400, which may require some sort of subsidy. They also want a large selection of games, which requires the console maker to find some way to reassure publishers that sales of legit games won't have to compete with illegal copies. They also want to buy consoles with cash in retail stores as opposed to sight unseen online, which requires the console maker to find some way to reassure retailers that shelves won't be flooded with absolute crap like back in 1983. That's why consoles have lockout chips and disc-based DRM and developer entry barriers and the like.

Python comes with a Tkinter-based editor called IDLE that can open a module by name or open a function by right-clicking a line in a traceback.

It takes all of five minutes to restore a not-crappy desktop experience on Windows 8. Google classic shell. After you install that, the only thing you really have to use the environment formerly known as Metro for is create a new user.

That's why I recommend Xubuntu to people who are familiar with the Ui of Windows 95 through 7.

True, only 2 percent of the sitting U.S. Senate (Sens. Scott and Cowan) are black. But I count 42 black Representatives in the 113th House, making up 9.7%. And for the past twelve and a half years, the United States has had an African-American President or Secretary of State.

Tax evasion is illegal. Tax avoidance, on the other hand, is legal, and people pay tax professionals big bucks for avoidance advice. Food trucks avoid property tax by not occupying as much property. This makes them more tax-efficient. Think of it this way: Does a higher MPG (or lower cL/km) vehicle dodge fuel taxes? And is that a bad thing?

Are dumb customers enough of a reason to ban food trucks entirely? It'd be better just to figure out a way to make certifications easier to check and harder to forge. This is a technical problem that admits a technical solution. Photograph the food truck's license plate with your Android phone and get a history of its reviews, code violations, etc.

Phil's Hobby Shop appears to get away with calling them radio control airplanes and helicopters.

You'd be surprised. At various times in the video game console market, a lot of console makers have simultaneously supported an older console and a newer console. Sega did this with the Game Gear (a size-reduced Master System) while the Genesis was out, Nintendo did it with each Game Boy or DS and its predecessor, and Sony did it with the PlayStation 1 and 2 and then with the PlayStation 2 and 3. (Source: "Daddy System" on TV Tropes) And even in the cellular market, I've seen prepaid carriers sell older models in Samsung's Galaxy S line to price-sensitive customers who understand the $1,000 per year price of a contract phone.

How crappy would it look next to the density of the iPad mini?

What sort of forcing are you referring to? Windows 8 can run without Secure Boot, and all x86-64 PCs and motherboards certified for Windows 8 default to Secure Boot but let the owner turn off Secure Boot. Yes, I'm aware of unfounded rumors that a future version of Windows will act like Windows RT and forbid PC manufacturers from letting the owner turn off Secure Boot.

If you're referring to the gamepad support in iOS 7, there's a snag: iOS 7 won't run on even a 1-year-old iPod touch.

Case in point: Wendy's introduced the W cheeseburger, priced between the Super Value Menu (now the Right Size Menu) and the more expensive full-sized sandwiches. The intent was that people like me who routinely bought from the Super Value Menu would trade up to the W, but instead, people traded down from the full-sized burgers, and the sandwich ended up reducing Wendy's margins.

And there are probably gazillions of parents who don't want to pay hundreds per year for the kid's voice and data plan. MVNOs such as Virgin still sell dumbphones and pay-per-minute voice-only plans.