Would I be breaking some law if I covered up the sensor with some paper towel or anything else?

How do you know the poster wasn't female in the first place? Aren't you just as guilty in furthering the joke, and stereotype by your response?

"Although the control interface isn't perfect, pressing down on the D-pad to fire missiles still grates, it makes the GameCube titles feel much faster and more fluid overall." What does the author mean by "still grates"?

How the hell could the Earth lose mass from absorbing space rocks in the first place? Loses = gains?

"The software development company that teats its programmers golden is the rare exception..."

No kidding! I have never heard of a software development company that let's the golden teats loose on the programmers! I would code in Turbo Pascal with that job perk!