Netflix, hulu, amazon video, itunes, history channel .com, comedy central .com, etc.

There are plenty of ways to get content legally for prices that are tiny compared to what the cable companies or direct tv offer. I only have an internet package and then pay for netflix and occasionally use the free hulu. My girlfriend has itunes and amazon video and we don't miss tv.

People have no problem paying for content; It is the extra $50 to $100 a month plus commercials that many don't see worth whatever extra value they provide over the above services.

Due to some life problems I had to move quickly on the cheap. I ended up in time warner territory and had no problem ordering 15Mb internet for $29.99 a month sans tv or phone. Of course, time warner has jacked up the price to $43.99 but that plus netflix at $7.99 is still better than the $100 for a tv/internet package.

A corrupt corporation can load food up with stuff to make it more profitable, dump its waste illegally, etc. There are plenty of things that corporations have done over the years to fuck things up for more than their customers. The BP oil spill would be a recent one...

I missed the part where they said Americans are more clueless about politics than other people are.

The first sentence.

The last time I ran WoW on Wine (around 2009) I had a higher FPS than Windows XP on the same machine.

75-80% of games are crap. Ever, not just today.

Who is talking about them? The context was Apple, trademarks and businesses in a different trade. The guy was arguing that since bars are a different trade Apple wouldn't pursue them. This is just wrong considering they have gone after NYC, etc.

When has that ever stopped Apple?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._litigation#Trademark

"Page 25 of about 2,590,000 results"

I clicked the link in the article and there 2,590,000 results. I went to page 25 and they still look like valid results. Definitely more than 73 printers.

It is an interesting concept however it does appear to have some easily named exceptions as others have pointed out. It also though has a lot of overlap with reproduction selectivity (r/K theory). Namely animals with shorter lifespans breed quicker and have more offspring than animals that live longer and have longer gestation periods.

Think about it... you have an elephant which takes nearly 2 years to come to term, it would make no sense to have a 10 year life cycle. Instead, they can live 60-70 years. Think dogs and cats. Cats have anywhere from 2-4 kittens on average; dogs 6-10 puppies. Cats can live easily 20-30 years, dogs 10-20. Which one is bigger? Then again, wolves tend to have smaller litters and breed less often than dogs so maybe we tinkered with that.

So I guess my point is he has stumbled upon something (which may already be known according to other posters) but that it heavily overlaps with other theories. Now maybe size does play into r/K theory. From a high level view you have things like elephants, whales, humans and other large mammals that breed rarely and live long. Also I suppose its difficult to compare mammal verse reptile here. A tortoise lives a long time and lays many eggs but thats kind of how reptiles work. I don't know that it is a valid exception since it has reasons for not investing in raising children and to take a shot gun approach to it.

I'm a carnivore but for some reason tend to only date vegans and vegetarians. While I agree with most of your post what I've found is that it often is better to not share cooking utensils between meat and whatever veggie dish I make for them. The reason tends to be their inability to comfortably digesting meat and the issues it causes (stomach ache, etc). My girlfriend has never eaten meat intentionally (parents were vegetarian) and gets quite sick having it as her stomach ecosystem is not prepared.

No he didn't, you just fail at reading and Google.

Its been done on the iPad, iPod, iMac, iEverything.

Have a source for that? Real time is used basically everywhere lives are dependent on the system responding properly. Its not like Google's car is using Android.

I don't understand... can you make a car analogy?

" Let the Content Eaters get their rocks off on their iPads and iPhones, "

And you know what he is posting this from how? It is entirely possible that the post was consistent assuming he is on slashdot from an iPad or iPhone.