Either that or I got unlucky. But it's there, and has a beneficial use. My condition still stands.

Then why is/was NASA the one doing all those aeroponics experiments (successfully) in orbit?

The "kitty-litter like" substance sounded like (to me) just material to hold the plant in place, since you don't have gravity to do it for you. However, it seems they would go with aeroponics instead?

"Don't normally" means that it's usually done correctly during write but not always. That it is even an option (and yes I've had to use it) means the filesystem does benefit from it. This has been around since ext2 and remains in ext4, so I don't understand what that has to do with it either.

You mean like everyone running Windows, as well as anything using an ext filesystem?

From e2fsck:
              -D Optimize directories in filesystem. This option causes e2fsck
                    to try to optimize all directories, either by reindexing them if
                    the filesystem supports directory indexing, or by sorting and
                    compressing directories for smaller directories, or for filesys-
                    tems using traditional linear directories.

                    Even without the -D option, e2fsck may sometimes optimize a few
                    directories --- for example, if directory indexing is enabled
                    and a directory is not indexed and would benefit from being
                    indexed, or if the index structures are corrupted and need to be
                    rebuilt. The -D option forces all directories in the filesystem
                    to be optimized. This can sometimes make them a little smaller
                    and slightly faster to search, but in practice, you should
                    rarely need to use this option.

                    The -D option will detect directory entries with duplicate names
                    in a single directory, which e2fsck normally does not enforce
                    for performance reasons.

DRAM refreshes and rewriting data are two different things.

How is a tiny square of black tape on black plastic in a dark room ugly?

Nope.

Sorry, Dice, I do not come here for multimedia. But I will come and bitch about it in the comments (wasting resources is my revenge).

Personally, I prefer Bush and Shrub.

I'm pretty sure you could find someone to say anything, for the right price.

You're not even interfering with the photon, your antenna just happens to resonate with it as it passes by.

Examining the patch would make it stupid-easy for them to go and fix it, without actually applying the patch.

What ads? I don't know what you're talking about.

Of course, my device is rooted - and I claim it's irresponsible for carriers to try to prevent users from doing such.

No. Their predecessors like the old Chinese Hand-Cannon were designed for killing and destroying. I won't argue that. However, target rifles for example, have evolved from that base goal.

As well they are not necessarily destroying targets either. For example, these which the projectile only makes noise and some motion.

I'm sorry that your only experience with firearms has involved killing, or that your only firearms experience is that which has been fed to you by the TV.

That was terrible. And hilarious.