The main problems are with weird 'features' MS added (outside of the specification), probably as intentional feature bloat to thwart other office suites importing the files. OO/LO is perfect, I believe, with Word 2000 and older .docs, while slightly lacking in some of those newer 'features.'

Word 2004, though, as I have discovered, has a horribly broken implementation of the .doc format. Any OO/LO-saved .doc will lose all of its formatting in 2004. I call this a Word 2004 bug (and it may have been fixed—my teacher may have an old version; I don't know), because it works fine with 2003, 2007, and 2008, and I know OO/LO follows the standard.

Aah. Oh well. Worth a shot. :\

Depending on your hub and controllers, it may be an underpowering issue. If your hub isn't externally powered you might want to consider getting one that is (one with a power adapter). If you have multiple ports directly on your computer, you can test this theory by plugging a few controllers in directly and seeing if they work.

It is just an interface to the paper form. It's not a very good interface to the paper form. We already know it is buggy :P. And the word counts obviously apply either way; they are nothing to do with paper or online forms.

This problem has existed at least since last year (I applied last year) and presumably ever since the invention of the online Common Application. I find it amazingly hilarious and ironic that the problem is only getting publicity in the year in which the Common Application added warnings about the problem to the website. The obvious solution is to use a monospaced font and allow exactly the correct characters on the online form. (Note: some sections of the application already are in monospaced fonts. This should be easy.)

It is because the form is actually just an online interface to a paper form. The warning tells you to look at the preview of the printed application to check for problems.

FTFY. And yes, that is "legal." *brickdodge*

That Authorized Apple Distributor is a scam, seriously. Take it to just about any other and you'll have it replaced in no time. Maybe even go as far as reporting the place to Apple.

FTFA (don't kill me—I read the article because the picture had no nose or mouth and weird eyes, which had to have a reason):

So, it's not supposed to look or feel like a face.

But it's creepy.

It is badly worded, but I am pretty sure it means that it can hold 32 MWh (megawatt-hours). That is a unit of energy, whereas watts are a unit of power (energy per unit time).

In SI, if unconventional, units, the battery holds 115.2 gigajoules.