A lambda is traditionally a functional programming product--think Lambda Calculus. Functional programming doesn't have statements, and neither should lambdas. Or do you mean anonymous function, in which case you're right.

What, no decorators mentioned?

Really?

Hah. Can you...

- Play your music online?

- Play your video game online?

- Type papers online? And no, google apps don't quite cut it :P

- Watch a dvd online?

- Do your taxes (in a Turbotax) fashion online?

Well, none of the above, really. So, whoops! Guess the browser isn't the next operating system!

> Play your music online?

Yeah, provided you have the bandwidth. If you don't, any OS has music management software.

> Play your video game online?

You got me there - not yet. Half life doesn't work in Flash.

> Type papers online? And no, google apps don't quite cut it :P

You can, but if you don't want to, any OS has productivity software.

> Watch a dvd online?

Yes.

> Do your taxes (in a Turbotax) fashion online?

Yes.

And just where could you store this music? ;)

And you can't type papers online. Google apps are so crippled.

You can't watch a dvd online last time I checked...

...And I know of no way to do (Turbotax style) taxes online.

Store music? huh? * go to one of a billion music playing websites * Search for the track you want * Click play

It depends what you mean by DVD. If you're talking about a physical DVD, then obviously no you can't. If you mean play the movie/tv show, then yes obviously you can.

There are about a billion music playing websites that have sprung up in the last few months.

Video games, I've not been a PC gamer for a long time, so a wii makes sense for that, although there are a few good games being written for the browser.

Google apps works well enough...

Sure you can watch DVDs online... I watch TV shows etc in my browser.

Seriously, for most people there is no need for desktop apps anymore.

Erm, just don't download/update apps on the phone. Worked for me...

Damnit, I'm in boston on Sunday...

DejaVu Sans Mono is a solid font, but personally I enjoy Consolas, or the (incomplete, IMHO) free version Inconsolata. Also: Monofonto, MPW, ProFont, Proggy, and Anonymous.

A true hacker

The best way to do it is to make software that is so good people will want to buy it. It's really the most effective piracy solution.

Also, a smart programmer can provide a better solution that anything digital river can offer.

Just because a piece of software is really good doesn't mean ppl. will want to pay money for it. It's not an effectice piracy solution.

If I were to guess, he's talking about problems which don't affect his life or aren't "interesting"; That, however, is where the money lies. Just think about the founders of google: their research wasn't exactly thrilling, but it's led them to be one of, if not the, most successful tech companies of all time.

Their research was rather thrilling at the time.