*upvote*
Yes. Exactly. All of the above and especially; the UNIX philosophy is the way it is for a reason.

Is this why my smart phones battery life is so bad?

When I wanna read highly likely baloney articles I visit http://digg.com/ (no offense Kevin, but it happens more often than not nowadays - unlike when digg was still new)
I come to Slashdot because I favor and believe in the system article moderation system.
So how then does nonsense like this reach the Slashdot front page?