Yes, Apple actually is saying that the glass back is better than plastic or polished steel because it won't scratch.

The situation was completely identical in the Soviet Union. My parents used to work in a Kolkhoz and the animals' conditions were awful. Shit was always never cleaned out and animals never left the corral. The only difference is that the cows were fed with grass, probably because corn was more expensive than in the US. The conditions were bad because there was zero motivation for the workers to do their job properly.

That's about as stupid as locking the keys inside your car to prevent someone from stealing them from your pocket.

It's an awesome tool that makes interfacing with real equipment (lights, motors, sensors etc) easy for a software developer with minimum electrical engineering knowledge and some knowledge of C programming. After it's programmed, it can run on its own without a PC.

On Windows you'll need to install a driver in order for USBserial to work. There were no drivers on Windows Update ~6 months ago so you need to install the drivers manually (possibly it's already fixed now). Otherwise the board is useless since it cannot be programmed.

If you don't pay $100000+ for your degree, then not having a degree leaves you with some money which can be wisely spent, e.g. on starting your own small business.

Don't forget Android, iOS, webOS and WebGL - all use OpenGL ES.

Chrome updates automatically, this was a feature from the earliest 0.x beta versions. You can force an update check by opening the "About Chrome" window. However even though the update is downloaded and installed automatically, a restart of Chrome is required to actually use the newest version.

Chrome is an open source project, except that some of it is sponsored by Google. So hacking Gnome or the Linux kernel for free is OK (and by the way a lot of Linux kernel code was written by fulltime employees of Red Hat and other companies, just like Chrome) but fixing bugs for Chrome is not? Think of it as Google's Summer of Code, except on a smaller scale.

Russian authorities often (but luckily not always) decide that if you're using Linux, you have something to hide. After all, the interface is completely different so this must be an evasive move to prevent authorities from searching for incriminating stuff with Windows Explorer's Search function. Automated tools for extracting web history, chat logs and email cannot be launched on a Linux machine. Also, the OS can be modified to hide stuff or do some nasty hacking shit. And no, I'm not joking.

Cyanogen is a great ROM, especially for older phones like G1/Dream which is already abandoned and doesn't have an official 2.x ROM. It had some really neat features like the WiFi tethering or additional launcher screens. However I found it to be bleeding-edge and somewhat unstable. For example, the 1.5 ROM had a battery monitor that actually drained the battery because of a bug in the code :)
Some features like AWB launcher are feature-rich but look incomplete and beta-quality. The 2.1 ROM for G1/Dream added so many features that the RAM is always full and applications frequently terminate to free memory for other apps.

Intel thought they'd develop an x86 chip with the power requirements of an ARM chip, that's why they sold their ARM division to Marvell. I guess that was a bad move considering the progress ARM made during the last few years.

I've used 98lite back then. The full version can also remove other unwanted stuff.

What's so bad with Intel's drivers? Even though some are outdated (especially for outdated HW) and don't have fancy GUIs doesn't mean it's broken. I've been using Intel's drivers (chipsets, grahics, storage) for 10+ years, didn't have a single problem. Unlike nVidia or ATI where uninstallation doesn't necessary mean the software is completely removed and the drivers keep crashing. And ATI drivers look even uglier than Intel's.