I had a Windows phone and the OS was head and shoulders above its mobile OS competitors. Intuitive and fast interface, and amazing performance for the hardware. Unfortunately there was an astonishing lack of apps, so I had to switch back to android. It was kind of 1995 in reverse: I gave up a better Windows-based OS for an inferior Linux-based one because the Linux-based one had better commercial software support.

Thank you for proving my point.

If you can't afford a $600 EpiPen, buy a $144 Adrenaclick. Only if you can't afford that do you go for the homebrew.

Actually that's a very good point that I hadn't really thought of.

There seems to be a definite correlation between technical ability and lack of empathy. It's not totally determinative; there are plenty of technical people who are deeply compassionate. But on average? Probably noticeably less than the population as a whole.

Seems kind of silly for them to make his pay a metric for the cost of an investigation, particularly a fairly important investigation like this one.

You don't know what you're talking about. If slashdot says these 20-somethings were coordinating DDoS attacks in the 1970's I for one believe them.

Eh, this is basically the average slashdot poster: https://www.penny-arcade.com/S...

I know, slashdot, M$, BSOD, blah blah blah, but I see them around plenty. I have a Surface 4 and I love it, and even some of the Mac websites were conceding that it's actually a pretty slick machine. And not just targeting you, but it's so weird when Linux and Mac fans both argue that sales figures are probative of quality, considering Mac's pre-2000 history, and Linux's entire history.

How dare the government...be a small Italian company.

Linux has a built-in security feature in that things like flash hardly ever work correctly, so it's less likely to be installed.

Where was it documented? Don't say the DNC leak, please link to a single DNC email that actually shows "fraud," and not "some DNC staffers found the Sanders campaign offputting."

"In fact, these are issues that are brought up daily by users here on Slashdot:"

Eh, Slashdotters hate politicians, especially Democratic politicians. If they don't do X they're useless, if they do do X they're only doing it for the wrong reasons, etc. etc..

At this point the music industry basically has been pushed into selling any song you want DRM-free for a dollar. They still screw with musicians, but at this point I think there's not much more that can be improved for the consumer.

1) The USA can just say "Give me that guy". And have his head handed over on a plate.

If he's handed over it will be after years of extradition proceedings, involving significant due process, which is the exact opposite of how you characterize it.

2) The nation of which you are national will not lift a finger to help you.

See above.

3) That a stupid copyright issue is the reason for all this. In this case.

He didn't burn a CD for his mom. He ran a huge organization with billions of visitors and tens of millions of dollars, with most of that coming from sharing copyrighted materials.

4) That and more means there is no place on Earth safe from the corporate greed propagated by the USA.

Yes, America invented greed. And copyright law.