What about these angers you so much? I mean, I didn't use them but I don't see why having a button to order more toilet roll is the end of humanity?

It's a nice idea unfortunately a bit wanky in practice. I found they weren't completely reliable (wouldn't do what you asked about 10% of the time) and were very slow to respond; randomly taking up to like 10 seconds which is no good for what I hoped to use them for (light switches).

All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

CSS Media Queries.

I know the mainstream media have a rule where they have to say "creepy" in any post about Google these days. But Slashdot? Anyway, what's creepy about a website having photos YOU UPLOADED TO IT!?

I'm confused about the whole arch-atheist thing. Pretty much by definition, you're not going to convince the god-botherers of the obvious falicy of their beliefs and the rest of us don't need convincing. As a clearly phenomenal scientist, would mankind be better served by you working on the science stuff instead of the religion-bashing stuff?

In other words. Shouldn't you take your own advice, that "there's probably no god, now stop worrying and enjoy your life?"

Thank Jebus for that...