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Other than making baseless accusations without a shred of evidence I don't see any point in your post.

Windows 7 install (recently) from disk is dead simple, please give an example of something you could destroy through fat-fingering. Anti-virus is pointless for most users who don't pirate software and who use a modern browser (along with some common sense... Like say, not installing viruses). Kiss it all goodbye is ridiculous, when was the last time you heard of a virus doing anything other than installing spyware or a botnet?

Most people pay your so-called tax because there is no viable alternative, these aren't the kind of people who will buy the parts and put it together themselves.

Finally, I found ubuntu to be more difficult to install than windows. Think "proprietary" drivers... And there are a bunch of fat fingering opportunities in the ncurses version of the install.

hennypennyon Facebook is showing a real time like count on Mark Zuckerberg's status updates

In the this case 'to' means 'through' and is inclusive of all the days. By adding the difference we do not twice count the number we arrived at from the first part of your calculation.

hennypennyon Facebook is showing a real time like count on Mark Zuckerberg's status updates

If I were to say 1 day ago, I would mean yesterday, which would mean we were on day 2. Thus yesterday would have been day 10001.

hennypennyon Facebook is showing a real time like count on Mark Zuckerberg's status updates

By subtracting the day he was born you're not counting it. You're making it 'day 0'. 2 days - 0 days = 2 days.

hennypennyon Facebook is showing a real time like count on Mark Zuckerberg's status updates

Your formula doesn't work. There have been 7 leap days including 1984. The date of the leap day is relevant to your formula because if he were born on Jan 1 there would be a difference in your result. Also, May 14 plus 138 days would have been September 29, not Sept 30.

hennypennyon Facebook is showing a real time like count on Mark Zuckerberg's status updates

I think what he actually wanted was http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=May+14+1984+plus+9999+d...

Which would be 10000 days inclusive of May 14. (Wolfram says in this case that it was Sept. 29, which is correct. (ie Mark is celebrating the wrong day. But kudos to him for being aware of it in the first place. I celebrated mine July 23.))

hennypennyon Humble Indie Bundle back with Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle

Not a big Frozen Synapse fan here but I like donating to the EFF through these things. Since they have Amazon payments it is dead simple and it helps me expand my Steam library. In the past they have added more games later in the offer, hopefully the trend continues.

hennypennyon What Not to Download - DB of targeted torrents

Either the movie industry is poisoning the well, or this is a well waiting to be exploited. A site that explains step by step how not to get caught might be more useful.

hennypennyon Lulzsec fiasco - from HideMyAss VPN provider

MAC addresses are easily changed. You don't have to be in a store, or even near it, to use its wifi. And you don't have to bring your cell. Or you could use a throwaway prepaid.

Long story short, no competent hacker would get caught using hidemyass, and the Feds are once again putting on a dog and pony show.

hennypennyon Hiring a designer is a premature optimization

I meant that in the most general sense possible, like in the sense that if you know how to type, you can write.

No offense meant.

hennypennyon Hiring a designer is a premature optimization

If you know how to use photoshop, you can design. You can make a website that works and that you can test with.

But if a designer knows nothing about code, knowing where to start and how to put the pieces together would be daunting. Coding has a very steep learning curve, whereas even amateurs can start designing right away.

hennypennyon Groupon Co-founders invest $4M in fast-growing E la Carte (YC S10)

I'm not touching that thing. I hope there is a supplemental app that you can download to your phone instead. Yes, I realize menus would have germs on them too, but this seems like the kind of thing 3-year-olds would be given to salivate on to keep them occupied.