It's a variation on Hanlon's razor. His quote is "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." There are earlier versions which are less succinct.

Good ol' Hanlon's razor. +1

First thought was "Since brown rice is better than white rice, black rice must be amazing."

If we are not alone, we are at the mercy of our older neighbors.

This is not an antitrust issue.

Also, you don't actually have to shoot anyone in 90% of Postal 2. Most of the situations, including the bank, resolve themselves without any player action. Usually by the police showing up and using excessive force.

The 3,285-ton 9-story-high gate is 33 feet (10 meters) wide.

Madison is a shining beacon in a sea of feces.

As much as I do Microsoft: which is to say I expect better than average security and the probability that they'll keep my data to themselves, not out of altruism, but because they'll lose their competitive advantage if they start selling my search history on the market.

Old people love MSN and Bing (cuz "they don't trust the Google").

They own Engadget, Techcrunch, Huffington Post and dozens of other sites.

Not applicable. Samsung isn't trying to create a new standard. They're looking to build a new proprietary solution because...I don't know. A piece of the swipe fees? Brand differentiation? I honestly suspect they have a software group that basically sets its own priorities (divorced from reality) and has the political…

Or insider trading...

Approved.

Even the off-brand food containers can't claim microwave-safe without being made from high-temperature tolerant plastics, because all food containers require FDA approval.

Always check you containers for the microwave-safe label. M-S plastics do not break down at the temperatures microwaves heat typically things to. It's the heat, not the microwaves causing this. So don't put non-dishwasher-safe plastics in the dishwasher either, even if they don't come out warped.

Your whole comment is a strawman. It's more lazy, useless, generic "government sucks" hyperbole. It's uncompelling, particularly your insistence that I fear hypothetical "bureaucrats" over executives, who already exist and actively work against my interests.

I wasn't being serious. I was satirizing the "Ignorant American", not actually being one. Sorry for the confusion.

+1 It will take longer (up to 3 minutes) for GPS to lock without mobile signal (aGPS), but it will work because it's not like the phone is (or even could) send a signal back to the satellite ~12,000 miles away in medium earth orbit.

Right. That's why there's a comma in there. Commas do many things and God knows I can overuse them, but the main thing is separating out independent items in a sentence.