Fudge factor G: to say that m_inertial = G m_gravitational is to say that there's a linear relationship between them (and normally you think of G as the coupling constant and say m_i = m_g). A priori, there's no reason there had to be any sort of relationship between them, much less a polynomial or a linear one. Take for instance electric charge, where the analogue of m_gravitational is q_electric, which can be anything whatsoever, independent of m_inertial. It's the fact that there's a relationship at all - and that it's such a simple one - that is so bizarre, and which has led scientists from Galileo on to test the equality, made Newton confess he hadn't the foggiest why it might be true, and led Einstein to his Equivalence principle.

Jobs hears people cry out for the return of the 12-inch Macbook Pro form factor, and we get the MacBook Air, so slim and badly-realized that it lacks essential ports on the back (even though it's big enough to fit them).

And Jobs saw it was good?

Sigh...that's the sad thing about failed jokes...

The economy has tanked since Vista shipped.

You think Vista caused that? I don't see any evidence, but somehow it seems plausible.