That whole place is a wasted opportunity for a pedestrian zone. It would be so nice if they'd kept the temporary tram line from the Olympics and banned personal vehicles.
Not necessarily, I find it moronic too. Like why is it even a discussion? Let people do what they want. It doesn't harm anyone and might make them a lot happier.
It goes to show that people are complex, and contain multitudes. Cherrypicking isn't a bad thing. The older I get, the harder I find it to get along with strangers, because I'll have some point of contention with them. :/
Linux has had a long history of worms and viruses, fortunately (sorta) thanks to its server legacy. Dumb and lazy server admins have given it pretty good 'secure by default' behaviours and cultures.
Desktop users though: whole different set of challenges.
Sure. I just think lame doesn't quite hit the same meaning.