And the great bulk of businesses in the US are run by Joe Sixpacks and do *not* have IT departments. His argument holds.

Pull your panties out of your ass crack. It's unusable for him. 2003 does whatever he needs and he has no reason to "upgrade" just for the ribbon.

Jeesus, people take such offense about personal preferences here. It's lame.

On the cloud, it doesn't *have* to leave on flash drives, it's already out there.

In no way can you guarantee security of your data when it is on the premises of someone else.

(which of course reminds us on how "we" were taught that in the 15th century that everybody thought the Earth was flat)

Had you not been so intent on being a sarcastic ass, you might have done a little reading. This is one of those dumbshit factoids that aren't true.

"The immense sarcasm in this post points to how many people talk about a subject they have no firsthand expertise in"

Irony, thy name is Anonymous Coward.

DLC is more like buying the next books in a series. If one were to wait for all the DLCs to be implemented, one would never get the game as it would take far too long to hit the market and simply cost too much. Every map, wireframe, movement script, (etc, etc) costs for someone to construct. .

If you were unaware the DLCs existed, you really didn't look into the game did you?

People don't 'not realize' how much money they're spending. Don't be so condescending of players just so you can take a perceived jab at game developers. People want to play and buy little things. It's a successful technique for expanding the game after release.

By the way, I play on a PC. My favorite game involves extensions and micro-transactions. The platform in no way affects that.

Assuming you're referring to pirates (unclear), the pirates have modern arms as well. Same could be said for arms you can keep in your home.

Your first line is just trolling.

As to the rest, no one in this country (aside from some felons) is required to live in a given state.

Correction: Generally, Tea Partier members are opposed to legalizing pot. I am not. It's not a plank because it's not important and should be controlled locally, not nationally.

"No!" says the tea partier. "We can't do this things! ...

Not the stance. Just don't do them to stupid excess is the stance.

Straw argument on your part.

"Don't see anything about an Air Force!"

Pedantry of that nature is an admission of defeat.

Easy, blow the bastards out of the water.

Agricultural subsidies are **claimed** as needed to provide incentive for overproduction. Please provide some proof, not social theory.

Have you never seen a civil war photo of a black soldier? Or the group shot of the Tuskegee airmen? Or To Sir With Love?

His was overreach, but sometimes it *is* appropriate.

"That's the best way to deal with stupidity."

Erm, no, it is not and your very post is an excellent example of why. You come across as an adolescent ranting about people who don't do things their way.

Dehumanization is done by those who don't think their idea can stand on its own. Often they are correct.