 Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes?
ghshephard: Some significant portion of the audience's life is just about to change significantly - and they can already sense the downstream bliss.  I downright cried in joy the first time I saw OS X terminal.app's ability to dynamically resize linewraps (phoo on you secureCRT), and Terminal Tabs that detach, no preset max-column-width, or even line-buffer! I was ready to dance for Joy!  Imagine being hit with a whole host of those features - It would be a hard person indeed who could hold in all of that emotion.