Why should they do that when you're going to pay for 150+ channels anyway? Cable/Satellite won't change until more people start cancelling their subscriptions.

18-40 is a pretty broad demographic.

This is a committee, guys. By definition they never get anything done.

Slackware, my friend.

I think it's fairly obvious that Facebook's enormous success is at least in part because so many businesses have gotten on board. Even little mom and pop stores have "like us on Facebook" stickers everywhere. Which in turn makes people, even old people and such that aren't usually so tech-savvy, want to check out this Facebook thing. Which makes more businesses want to sign up, and we have a nice feedback loop going.

Yes, people need to be on + for its success, but Google has just taken too long to get the ball rolling. There was a brief surge of interest when all sorts of people were trying it out, but then everyone but tech people simply went back to Facebook where they can play games and get malware and be marketed at.

By advanced calculus do you mean multivariable calculus or an undergraduate course in real analysis? I know quite a few US universities call their undergrad analysis courses "Advanced Calculus."

I subscribed to Linux Journal because I wanted to support a Linux publication. I can get everything I cared about from Linux Journal from a variety of blogs that I already subscribe to, for free, via RSS.

Fun fact! "Respect" is arbitrary.

Yeah, people not showing up for things is a dick move. But if anything, faking a phone call is actually a more respectful way to duck out of a conversation. Let's review the alternatives. 1) Wait around for the other person to wrap it up when you have better things to do. 2) Tell them to their face that you have better things to do. (Disclaimer: I have never faked a phone call, because I can't lie worth a crap. But I can understand why people would do it.)

When you start generalizing and blaming "young people" for things, you have finally lost all perspective but your own. Also, you can have your lawn back; I'm going to go do fun things somewhere else.

It's not the immaturity of children that bothers me, but the immaturity of adults. Not having my broken toys replaced was how I learned to take care of them. If every broken toy is replaced, the child never matures. Children need to start learning, as soon as they're able, that their actions have consequences. Just because one does have the money to replace everything one's child breaks doesn't mean one should.

Not to be "that guy," but it's time to be that guy. How do you justify buying your kids replacements for stuff they don't take care of?

Stop making Snow Crash seem even more plausible than it is already.

This is why I prefer the phrase "roll your own."

Cutting its throat with a toothbrush?

Example #2: Amarok, the most kick-ass music player there is.