1. Semi-plausible claim
2. Several pokes, one of which might be right
3. Several more semi-plausible claims
4. Someone who knows from whence they speak weighs in
5. Several "That's counter-intuitive" statements
6. Pissing contest over what's correct vs what's intuitive
7. Personal attacks
8. Hitler

Why is it the more official-looking the envelope:

The more outrageous the junk mail?

Seriously, if any of my official correspondence wanted to be any less conspicuous, it would come in a brown paper bag.

Here is a simple object lesson of what is wrong with the music industry.

Exhibit A:

This was taken at a local Borders store. There are literally 3 full sleeves of Susan Boyle's Christmas album. In the regular CD section, there's a smattering of classic artists, such as David Bowie …

Let me know if anything broke. Thanks!

To say that the upgrade on my machine from Lucid to Natty wasn't smooth would be a considerable understatement. I believe the better term for the upgrade would be "nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure".

Let me preface this by saying that I've done stupid …