Yup, and somehow that lesson is lost on these people. "Before iTunes..." Might as well say, "Before giving people a more reasonable and useful distribution model..." And yet, they still can't grasp the concept that people will pay for fair and useful stuff.

Hey, it works for Lake Woebegon, where "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average."

Ah, that is a more neutral term than "rewarding mediocrity". Nice.

No, no... look, it's science, ok? It's complicated, but here's the idea. Instead of the C and the O having standard electrons, they had bigons. The discovery of the bigon was documented in the linked article below; the crucial point is that since this was, like, hundreds and hundreds of years ago, the particles…

Now, that's just not true. I remember the Captain Planet series very well. Besides the fact that mullets are environmentally friendly, I learned that the Earth certainly is alive, and even has a spirit. Sounds to me like someone's jealous that they didn't get an elemental ring. My element was methane.

What's a "mass distinction"? Distinguishing between different units of mass? And how does that kill so many species? So confused...

I'm only speculating, but perhaps using the alphabet opens the contest more easily to significant groups of non-English users. A fixed phrase ("quick brown fox...") has meaning to English speakers, but for some others it might as well be a random string of characters that has to be memorized. The alphabet would…

Has anyone really contended otherwise? I think people are pointing the profound inherent stupidity in that particular rule, not arguing that Apple can't make what rules they like.

Yes, you do. If you needed to use other resolutions, Apple would have provided them. Apple did not provide them; hence, you do not need them. QED.

Hand brakes? Is that the "make the car smell funny after driving a couple miles" to the right of the driver's seat?

Some of us like it when MILFs have their "high beams" on.

Great explanation... Let's move past COTD... can we make it a sticky?

Wow... dude... slow down, take a breath, compose yourself. Ask yourself: Should the words that fell between the last two periods I used be broken into 2 or more complete sentences? I believe you have something to say. Once the twisting agony in my gut, caused by an attempt to read your post, fades away, I look…

Nope, that's not possible*.

I think there's merit to this case. I went to a store the other day to get a new cell phone. I left with 2 whores (ostensibly female), various devices of unknown functional intent, and an STD. There's definite potential for brand confusion.

Nope, you're not. I do live in a cave, but it's eco-friendly, solar-powered and has a FiOS connection.

Oops... posting oddity... Part got cut off. And now... the rest of the story!

A CAG is a "Commander, Air Group". It used to mean "Carrier Air Group" for a time, but I think that's an obsolete use of the term. Basically, each carrier has an air wing assigned to it. In a manner of speaking, the carrier skipper commands the airport; the CAG commands the planes assigned to it and much of the…

But at least now they can't claim that there are no employment options.

Ooh, nice! Thanks for the pointer.