This is misguided. I have experience with programs trying to guess what I want to do ("It looks like you're writing a cover letter. Let me help you with that.") They are notoriously bad at that. If Google concentrates on reliable results for a generic search, we'll be better off than having them try to get personalized search right. We can already clarify our search in the search line, so this will adds no value.

Maybe they meant personalized ads, and they're just looking for ways to trick us into surrendering the additional personal information to make it more effective. What's next? Are they going to send us search results we didn't even request, because the computer thinks we might want it?

Why choose such a negative-laced word?

Because everything is homophobia now. Didn't you get the memo?

Did you vote against gay marriage? Homophobia.
Do you hope your children are not gay? Homophobia.
Are you Catholic? Big homophobe.

No its not petty stupidity, not using Python because of your reasons is sadly what I would call petty stupidity.

It's just a matter of personal preference. It's not as though I need to program anything in Python. Like the GP, I skipped learning Python when a need arose, but I picked up Ruby instead. Code was written, it still worked, it cost me the same amount of time. I would still like to learn Python some day, but I know I'll have to deal with this annoyance, so I'm still putting it off. This is my preference, and it's not wrong or petty.

BTW, I indent my code properly in every language I use. I rarely encounter code that doesn't. I always assumed that you are just saving braces, or an extra line ending blocks. This feels like the need to be different, rather than an actual improvement to the coding process.

Did someone say totally new and much better? It wouldn't matter even if it were true. We already have good and inexpensive photo sensors. If it's cheaper to manufacture, it should eventually get into products, but the consumer shouldn't notice.

I dont quite get the point of this then TBH, i mean it is nice to open source their code, but given that it has pretty much been reverse engineered already, isn't it a bit late!?

Full feature support
Support for more chip revisions
Manufacturer supported testing and debugging

I'm speaking in general here, since I don't know if the reverse engineered version supported 11n, was stable, and offered high performance, but wireless is one area where I would much rather use a driver developed with full knowledge of the hardware. Also, if an official version attracts more users under the same driver, that will also have OSS benefits.

"...because someone called your daughter a name and she killed herself..."

I find that to be an inadequate description of what happened. If simplification was your goal, then "stalking" would have at least conveyed the personal nature of the deception and the length of time it continued. The tormenting of a minor by an adult who knew her personally, including the fact that she was on medication for depression, is not fully conveyed by your estimation of what it amounted to.

I'm not saying I would convict anybody of anything.

A strongly worded letter can't be far behind.

Here's a tool to help you in your quest to become a pedant: http://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-english-verb-swim.html

"swam" is correct.

"refers to breaking the plane of entry"

No it doesn't. It meant breaking your way in, just like it sounds. The application of the laws later changed to any forcible entry and finally to even using just the force required to open an unlocked door. Isn't it great how judges can change our laws without rewriting them?! In some states the laws *have* been changed to call any trespass of an enclosed property "breaking and entering". I guess they liked the name. It's kinda cool.

"Breaking the plane" is an explanation after the fact. I think everyone here knows that that is not breaking anything. Next you'll try to tell me that breaking wind and entering is sufficient. It depends on your state, I guess.

It merely says to contact EA Customer Support now.

Whereupon, they will try every number and letter with a utility program. It's the same thing, but they'll look much less stupid this way. "I'm sorry, let me look that up for you..."