Because they weren't going to test the cardboard helmet anyway?

The whole helmet debate is a big red herring., the real problemb in most countries is poor driving and poor cycling infrastructure, most cyclists are woefully unaware of good cycling practices re door zone, shoulder checking, when to take the Lane etc.

My understanding is that this is a non-issue, they can make the cardboard with chemicals that cause it to be fully waterproof proof all the way through.

"Assumptions are: drivers don't suddenly start being dickheads around you because you're wearing a helmet,"
Your assumption is incorrect, study has shown that drivers drive worse around cyclists that wear helmets, so much so that it could well be safer not to wear one. The theory is that the safer you look, the more risk drivers take around you.

Cardboard can be treated to make it water resistant all the way through.

Fuck war, fuck the people that start wars.

At no point did I want or attempt to create or agree to a google+ account.

The bastards gave me one and linked it to my gmail without my permission.

And I still can't post comments to youtube videos.

I am so sick of everything wanting to upgrade all of the time.

FFS my phone wants to constantly update a ton of crap that I'm not even interested in using, Occasionally I let it upgrade and it asks me to agree to some BS user agreement at which point I say no, fuck Samsung, why the fuck should I agree to some BS to use my phone?

Or proportional voting like it's done for EU MPs not some weird complicated crap that doesn't work to represent people.

1. Is hello world easier to code now? When I had an a bit the program was

(type)
print "Hello world" (hit enter)

That didn't seem hard, now - what steps to you have to go through on a modern PC you've just bought. Not as easy is it.

2. Agree with other poster, why are compilers throwing 99.999% of redundant code in to the software? Pathetic.

"and sure you can disable updates but what does that really get you exactly?"

Mod compatibility.

Garmin Forerunner 310XT GPS Sports Watch

It has a processor, inputs and a display. It might not do Facebook or be general purpose but it's a computer and its wearable.

Hitler started WWII, are you saying he was justified?

So, hitler was justified in going to war?

FML

Saddam was apparently lead to believe he could attack Kuwait without consequence, it could have been stopped before it started.

There was no good reason for US to enter Afghanistan, the whole exercise was completely futile, US is mostly leaving now with more Afgans hating America more than ever.

US goes to war to keep the corporate military machine going, if America stopped going to war it's economy would take a dive.