> Maybe my vim-fu is weak but remind me how I can check my email and schedule a meeting with vim?

Are you implying that Office is the only tool you know to do those tasks? That's ... kind of sad, actually. Good luck.

> Ugh. If I look back from 2007 to now, I can only shake my head in disbelief.
> I've since moved on to arch linux and am happier for it.

I think it says something about arch linux that you were able to move to it just by shaking your head. What sort of user interface did you use?

> And for a lot of us who are power users

I hope you are wearing your Power Glove, power user.

Por supuesto!

... which cost as much as a mac book air. Do I have to spell it out?

I've been landing on the desert (you know, really hot places, where the day starts at 100F, and then it goes up) for the last 3 summers and I have never seen a plane "sink" like that.

I suspect the materials used on that particular airport are subpar.

That's what I'm interested in.

> the modern way to wipe out humanity is with bio-engineering of custom plagues.

That is so 1990. The modern way to wipe out humanity is debt. Why kill everyone, when you can make them all pay tribute instead? And if someone protests, you tell your media to blame the "crysis". And then keep on going until there are only some ritches, the army, and the poor. And then you have won.

'nuff said

http://www.google.com/search?q=o'brien+ds9&tbm=isch

Title says it all.

I call dibs on the dark cartoon Batman.

If you begin with "you are an idiot", you have already lost the argument.

Your post works both ways.

"I'm currently working on a large Java based application. It's just like every rich client I've ever done, except it enforces me to write a lot of redundant type information, and I have to compile every time I change something. Waiting for the VM to start is a pain in the ass. It's slower. I have to make it work in multiple operative systems. It's enterprisey and web 2.0ish and "secure", but I have to use this huge IDE I'm not familiar with and navigate through miriads of submenus to make the most simple tasks. I'm missing all the flexibility I'm used to in a console-friendly environment. As a developer, It just seems like a huge step backwards."

> no different then burning down all the library's because they have a copy of twilight.

Hmmmmmmmmmm...

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

I always choose stone. Stone wins everything.