Chatham Harrison’s reply below is a well put and accurate answer, although it remains a partial one. The total answer is in a long time coming, always half-done white elephant post of mine called Netcentric Warfare 2.0. I want to finish it once and for all this summer. But just a few things to add to Chatham’s post-

Wow, the Windows 8 regret is piled up armpit-deep on the ground all over Redmond isn’t it? Windows 10 is just an enormous, elaborate and heart-felt apology for 8.

Since when do people with lots of money only spend it on things they need? Hell, when I make more than expected I buy myself something nice, not paint for my peeling garage floor.

Which seems to be opposite of the US. We need it to be perfect, doesn’t need to be working.

People seem to be getting into a hysteria about Russia supertank which supposedly has super passive and active armor, a super gun, super electronics and a 1500hp engine. Passive armor it might have, active armor requires great electronics which Russia does not have, a super gun requires excellent foundry skill which…

Yet the rest of the world, including Israel, keeps manufacturing new tanks...

“Still, the old adage “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” has never been more relevant than in the Middle East today. Iran’s growing influence in the region, along with the reality of a nuclear armed Iran setting in with many of the Sunni Arab Gulf States, have made Israel’s strategic priorities eerily in-line with…

Tyler, how about an article on the incredible composition of a Carrier Strike Group? Preferably, one out of NBC (1 or 9)! Please!! :-D

I posted this to Gawker, but I am pretty sure I am still greyed out there so I will post it again here.

No matter how many times it happens, I am still flabbergasted that people could be driven on a suicidal murderous rampage because somebody drew a cartoon of their flying spaghetti monster.

Wooooosh...over your head.

Damn! Those guys are huge as FUCK!!!

Let’s just give up on trying to make Economy class more comfortable and instead focus on figuring out a simple pushbutton system for making us immediately go to sleep.

B. Yes it was designed to operate the F35B from the start.

Why scrap it? This would make the ultimate hipster commune. Lots of deck area for farming, lots of space below to make art in, and it's a nuclear-powered weapon of war (for irony). Plus, it'll get the hipsters offshore, and we can torpedo the SOB anytime.

I clicked the link you posted and never pay any attention to the comments on any news site. However, the only 3 comments on that article are particularly good.

Shoooot. I missed the Ask Lifehacker thread earlier, so I'll just put this here, in case anyone can help... it's torrent-client-related.