I am surprised that you find it exemplary behaviour to create a fork that leaves off a number of platforms (especially Linux) and requiring everyone to migrate their existing Mojang accounts to Microsoft's.

Oh, right. This is how they killed netbooks.

RE: porch pirates aren't so common. While I don't have empirical data, I've never had a package stolen from off my porch until this year. In my neighborhood, we've had a rash of car break-ins and missing deliveries. The thing is, I live in a relatively nice neighborhood. And I've heard of more porch pirates this year than in years past. It was bound to happen with more online shopping occurring. And it is common enough that USPS, UPS, and Amazon all provide temporary boxes for concerned customers to come pick up their packages.

http://www.merriam-webster.com...

Of particular note is the commentary on item 3.

you jest... but, currently, that's the way people act when their favorite political candidate fails to win the primary in the US. "That candidate doesn't agree with me 100%!!! I'm going to let the other guy who I disagree with completely win!"

That's not the point. The point is everyone uses the same 4-digit pin for the bank card, CC, or practically anything else that requires a 4-digit number. Passwords are much the same way.

A deer in my path while I have my car fully braked at a stop light is of no concern to me. The deer will likely move before I do, even if my light turns green.

That might have something to do with the fact that tenure selection is (almost) entirely based on publications, research, and grants and not on teaching.

No they don't. MSNBC has a horrific record of presenting its news in a biased and sometimes offensive manner.

I'm not saying FoxNews doesn't have its problems. I saw a graphic today that shows the problem very distinctly:
[image of Obama with a Pepsi]
1. CNN: President Obama appeals to Pepsi drinkers
2. FoxNews: President Obama declares war on Coca-Cola drinkers
3. MSNBC: In a few minutes, we'll cut to the President drinking the acceptable drink. Anyone who disagrees is racist!
4. BBC: The US has fired a drone missile on Pakistan.

Okay, did anyone else think of the one or two episodes where Data was trying to be funny and do stand-up? This story reminded me of that. So did the jokes.

That's where context comes into play. The soundbite generation misses a lot of context due to that context being located in the rest of a paragraph or in preceding or proceeding paragraphs. But saying "tried to conclusion" means that it is over (unlike the SCO case, apparently). I suppose he could have stated tried to conclusion and won, but it would be repeating himself based on the context of the entire statement.

If you can't argue both sides of a point, you will likely lose the argument. Along with that, don't ever ask a question to which you don't already know the answer. Doing so puts you in a position of weakness that will cause you to lose the argument.

Yep, stats is important. But stats isn't diff. eq. Once you understand differential equations, they're really cool! Unfortunately, I'm in the same boat as the author of the question, I was a B- at very best on the advanced maths. Linear Algebra was also very cool. I can completely see where it applies to computer calculation optimization, geometric calculations and a bunch of other things. But, again, I couldn't follow the process very well while in the class and certainly not now.

But stats... no matter what field you get into, even if it isn't an engineering (or pseudo-engineering), stats will come up.

And there you have the problem with most home owners. (of which group I obviously fall into)

It's pretty bad. You go to install Windows XP. Which edition do you have?
Home OEM?
Home Retail?
MCE 2005?
MCE?
Pro?
Was it made by Dell? Those codes don't work anymore with the other ISOs (at least the ones I have saved), not even the OEM version.
Of course, there is Vista and 7, but which edition? Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Family Pack or Pro? Are these OEM versions or retail versions? Which OEM?
All I really need to know is: Ubuntu Desktop or CentOS Server? (Though, I like Slitaz for my thumb drive bootups.)