Play something she may find interesting, and see if she lingers watching, showing interest, then offer. Or maybe she'll even ask to try. But if you push it too hard, she'll end up resenting gaming.

I can get my girl to play Mario Kart sometimes, but other than that I just let her enjoy her own thing.

I don't have Java installed on any of my machines. Mac or Windows. I have no personal or professional use for it.

I sorta wanted to play Minecraft, but nope, not installing Java just for that.

I had horrible blue LEDs inside and on the front of the case. I couldn't sleep if I had to download something big. I eventually completely disconnected them.

Alright, if that's not a good enough example: I bought someone in my family a Nokia 500 with Belle on it last year.

It's an excellent phone (which is its primary purpose), but I wouldn't call it a good smartphone.

If you charge me a fee to send a message, then guarantee me the person receiving it will see it.

Depending on how consumers react, Apple may be pushed into the touchscreen world.

Then my boss will have to learn to stop pressing his fat finger against my screen when he's pointing at something on it.

How many of those licences are installed on computers currently sitting in warehouses and on the shelves at Best Buy? They're in the channel (on all new PCs, whether people want it or not), not necessarily in the end user's hands.

I used a Nokia 5800 until about 10 months ago. I kept with it for about 2 years. It was my 5th Nokia phone. So no, it's not a knee-jerk reaction. I know what's up.

You actually want Symbian?

Eww.

BTW, MeeGo had already flown the coop. You do know that, right?

Seriously? You're comparing Jobs to Hitler?

Can we compare Stallman to a rather unsuccessful Stalin, then? "Free the Software! Software belongs to the people! Death to the bourgeoisie!" Here, I'm imagining lines of starving programmers waiting for their bread ration, and clunky, Soviet-esque software running on oversized computers.

Unless you just got onto some crazy ghost train that you are forever doomed to ride, I'm fairly certain most trains have multiple points of disembarkation.

Define "meaningful".

I use my iPhone to make calls, send texts, take and send photos, connect through social media. As a pocket communication device, that fits the meaning perfectly.

I use my MacBook to do graphic design and digital photography.

I use my Apple TV to stream media to my TV, which is what it was designed for.

Strange. I've never encountered that problem on my Toshiba. I have all my inputs into the TV's HDMI, and digital out from the TV to my receiver.

The collectors market will certainly disappear, but Lego won't (unless they're foolish and bank on the collectors market.)

Parents will always buy their kids Lego, because it's a fun and creative toy with universal appeal. Your average parent doesn't give a damn about the collectability of Lego, just that it will keep their kid occupied with something constructive.

Some people appreciate industrial design. Some people don't. It's like how the ugly "beige box" ruled the industry for decades, and some people still have them and say "it works just fine."

This is not a put-down, just a statement of fact.

In any case, it's not putting form over function, it's a matter of form complementing function.