(1) Rails and Ruby was virtually unheard of until 2007-2008 and definitely was not in mainstream use until that time.

(2) This vulnerability has nothing to do with "cryptographic key"; it is related to the fact that default YAML parser allows serializing/deserializing and executing arbitrary Ruby code (including objects) and ActiveSupport didn't properly sanitize the input.

It does. iOS 6 has Auto Layout system.

It takes a pair of scissors and about a minute to cut your old full-size SIM and make it a "micro-SIM". Not sure about US (I'm guessing you're from US), but in most other countries you can replace your old SIM with micro-SIM for free.

You don't ask Apple for anything. You just declare what your application needs from OS to function.

Ever heard of Android? Works the same way.

Just curious, where is this 70% share coming from? I see different stats here.

The PC was the IBM PC, and they were just as closed as Apple.

Are you aware that first IBM PCs included commented BIOS assembly source along with their documentation?

I use lynx. Does this make me a God?

Looks like you're either mistaken or lived under a rock. Most mobile apps devs speak Objective-C now and it has been this way for quite some time.

If you're talking about Angry Birds on Android, "coarse location data" is AdMob requirement.

You are asking an advertising company that developed Android to provide API to subvert advertising? Good luck with that...

Not having an atmosphere will actually make temperature regulation much harder - without convection to cool suite off there will be a problem with excessive heat, esp. on Mercury.

This is incorrect. When certificate expires, you (as developer) lose the ability to upload app update, but the app itself will sit in store forever.

Sorry to hear that, but you are a 0.01% minority. Almost all mail that is coming from ADSL or cable netblocks is spam. I also have run my mail server for many years but I run it on a colocated server, and I've always (and I suspect many other admins) blocked everything coming directly from ADSL. Sorry, but the time for setup is long gone, get a cheap VPS and be done with it.

if you're fighting with a friend and want to let your BFF know what's going on as you send your frenemy a nasty messsage

Wtf does that even mean? Who is frenemy and what's "messsage"?

in this case, shouldn't 16 year old girl's life be destroyed instead, because it is she who is producing and distributing child pornography on the internet?