“...Let’s be honest, it’s unlikely that any of us will become Batman.” is all that needed to be said. “Becoming” Batman is as impossible as becoming Superman, Captain America, or the Six Million Dollar man.

W.

Well told.

Right back at'cha pal.

...and here we are back again with you using absolutes based on your view of the world.

Ok first up, I quoted you and mostly confined my initial comments to debate the quote.

Second, if I was going to challenge your assertions, I would've asked for more details to get past anecdote and emotions. It's how I help my clients. Your mind's already set, and I have no interest in trying to change it.

"You…

Fair enough.

Who's charging you with anything?

"...and it is with that absolute certainty that I tell you that I have NEVER, EVER gotten a Windows machine to function with a fraction of the stability of every Mac I've ever used."

I think you must have read another post...

Here, here!

"...Probably actually hasn't tried it"

"... so certain are you..."

Exactly.

While the poster may have gone a bit far, he is mostly right. As for the differences you asked about, I would rather my child play with a spoon, or napkin, or appropriate toy, or what have you, than to play with a $500 device. I would rather his first formative connections to the world involve his physical…

Sadly you were nearly correct... I guess that the IO9's theory actually holds some truth.

A new runner-up candidate for this list (and the only thing I could ding the Avengers for); any more movies that have some alien/villian/etc. that is a fiction-destroying, eye-hurting, overly busy, pile of CGI metal shards that is supposed to represent a single form but looks likes a scrapyard's refuse in the trailer…

Yep. Especially as a Director.

"Why does the iPhone have a 3.5-inch screen?"

Would human survivability not also depend on other factors such as the planet's spin rate, and atmospheric density?