Actually my Microsoft complaints go back much earlier than Win 8. I was happy with the look and feel of Win2K but, XP changed that, then Vista changed what XP did and then Win 7 changed that. It never stops.

Which I know almost nothing about, as I don't have an iPad, iPhone or iPod.

Seems reasonable.

"Angry fruit salad" and "dancing baloney" are pretty venerable insults in the usability, interface and information design world.

Points taken.

"And if you have an exploration program designed to answer the F.P., but its chances of doing so are vanishingly small, that's a waste of exploratory resources."

Seems all reasonable to me.

Let me put my tin foil hat on.

Sure, why not? And maybe a radio telescope or two on the far side of the Moon.

True. But I'm just saying underground Seattle is one especially big let down.

I love that animated GIF. I just signed in to say that.

I don't have tattoos simply because they are so fashionable now and therefore as boring and uncontroversial as a business suit.

Sky Captain's got your number, kid.

I don't know what your talking about, I need more context.

I'm just annoyed that I like the typo "beaking" slip by me.

A robot I deeply sympathize with most days.

"Beaking news: water is wet and YouTube commenters don't have two brain cells to rub together."

Here's my idea what Earth and our solar system might resemble in the far future:

Well, I guess my point is that DNS works best when it's decentralized as possible.

Point taken.