Also, where were these kinds of arguments during the whole "climategate" scandal? It could just as easily be said that whoever obtained the documents in that case lied about their identity (pretending to be an authorized user) when they hacked into those emails.

If this had not happened, the news media and the national conversation would not have been on legitimate climate change arguments; they would have been on some other sensational story.

You got me there, but I didn't get paid to write that comment

Lol, read it again. What you wrote is correct, what Jesus wrote is not.

Seriously Jesus (and Gizmodo in general), why is it that you cannot spend the 2 minutes required to proof read your articles (or better yet, proof read each-other's)? Here are some gems:

I hear you man, I honestly don't think that Gizmodo author's proof read their own posts, let alone send it to a co-worker for a quick review by a second set of eyes. I can't imagine their jobs are so fast paced high demand that they don't have the extra 2 minutes it takes to have another blogger read their article…

For the love of God gizmodo; READ your headlines OUT LOUD before you post them. Did you mean to say "Google Planted Cookies ON iPhones Without Anyone’s Permission" because the preposition is kind of important in that sentence.

And all this is assuming congress actually PASSES the president's budget, which never happens. It could end up being even worse.

Normally I am all about explaining why Android is the superior mobile OS (and it is) but in this case I think its important to point out that even though Android is kind enough to ask your permission before letting an newly installed app access your private data; I am sure a very small subset of users actually decide…

Cut to the chase: when can I order one of these at red lobster?

Oh man...it's been a long time since I realized that what get's written on Gizmodo could not be considered Journalism by any stretch of the imagination. But seriously Gizmodo? You have a headline that's titled "Time to Panic"? Lol, could you imagine if a real news source printed something like that?

What should Apple do with this money? Isn't it obvious? They should partner with Newt Gingrich to build that moon base he was talking about.

Actually that might not be a bad idea: Air Rodeo

Those kinds of superficial differences have no meaningful effect at the application level. Load an application on two different android devices running the same version of android, and tell me if you can see any differences between those applications: short of differences in screen size and aspect ratio, you shouldn't…

No, picking a single Android tablet doesn't eliminate freedom of choice. Even if you decide to only buy a single tablet for your classroom (or school, or even district); you're users are still free to use an Android device of their own selection. This is not the case with iPad, since iOS is locked to a single device…

You're right about it being unrealistic to expect Apple to stop with its aggressive patent policy just because we ask them to. Clearly, its a fiscally sound policy. This is the "hidden cost" that I have argued is a reason people should think think twice before buying Apple products. I know many consumers will gladly…

So your reply to my derivative argument is the standard derivative counter-argument: "Apple is better because Android is too fragmented?" That's ridiculous: there is NOTHING stopping a teacher from picking a single android device and buying lots of those for their classroom. Should they chose this option, there is…

No, I never said everything on Android is great because its open and free, just that its open and free. And everything on Apple isn't BAD because its locked down: quite the opposite, it's what allows Apple to deliver their famed reliability in user experience. I merely suggest that users would be better served by more…

That's really the motive behind Apple's move here: get a stranglehold on education. If Apple can get some publishers to sign their contracts, which will prevent publishers from allowing their eBooks to be released in a format that non iOS tablets could read, then they can create a fragmented market. It's an example of…

e-textbooks would probably work at the college level, but not the high school level. First of all, the straight economics would probably work out for iPad/eBook costs to be equal to or less than paper book costs. Second, in the college setting, its individual students absorbing those costs, not the schools. In the…