You do realize hundreds of software companies use Github for their closed-source software development? Putting it in the cloud allows a more cost-effective solution and a better quality of service. Sure that means you have to trust Github, but for some people that's a good enough trade-off.
Intel beat AMD at floating-point long ago. The only thing AMD is beating Intel at is its interconnect technology, and there are rumors that Intel might go in the lead on that in the near future as well?
Contrary to what you may think, countries are still sovereign, and they won't pass a law if the population (or their representatives) is against it even if their friend the USA ask them to.
Since with global warming and the rise of sea levels all of the Maldives will be underwater soon, I suppose this is a good idea to prepare for the future.
Several of those problems apply to OS X and Linux too, which I know from personal experience.
Looks like your experience is wrong then. On Linux (and to an extent on Mac OS X too), installing software is just clicking on the software you want in the software center, software is well packaged and doesn't come with crapware, and there is no need for anti-virii (at least it's not recommended to install one). Updates that require a restart aren't frequent either.
Laptop manufacturers are (1) risk averse, and (2) not very innovative. Give them time.
Samsung makes laptops as well as tablets and smartphones. If a laptop with Android is what people wanted, they would sell it.
How is that a better idea? Surely you realize most business models built on software charge for distribution of said software? Everyone being allowed to redistribute copies or derived work to anyone else is clearly incompatible with that.
Or maybe you said "open-source" without realizing what it was. Releasing software in source form is fundamentally different from open source.
All of the above are software issues (and are even specific to Microsoft Windows) and have nothing to do with hardware. Laptop manufacturers would preload laptops with Android if that's all that was needed for them to sell.
Japan is paying for half the fees because having it there would be beneficial to them for obvious reasons. Their government is willing to invest great quantities of money to bolster up their physics research sector.
Those devices are built deep underground, so there is no need to purchase that much land and effects of tectonic activity are minimal.
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What's the problem?
You feel offended by a woman in a swimsuit?
You know to dump a woman if she offers you Modern Warfare.
You mean feminists, not leftists.
The great irony of feminism is that it is actually anti-women.
Are you implying that adults do not self-insert in the protagonist of whatever novel/movie/game/tv show they're enjoying?
Not all women are feminists.
A lot of women understand their place in society.
They taught grammar to barbarians; unfortunately English discarded most of it.
I find going to an asteroid to be far sexier. That's like catching a bird in flight, while going to the moon is just like catching a cow.
Github licenses its software precisely for this reason. (people who don't want to put their data in the cloud)
You do realize hundreds of software companies use Github for their closed-source software development?
Putting it in the cloud allows a more cost-effective solution and a better quality of service. Sure that means you have to trust Github, but for some people that's a good enough trade-off.
AMD is twice as cheap and four times slower.
So no, it's not better.
Intel beat AMD at floating-point long ago.
The only thing AMD is beating Intel at is its interconnect technology, and there are rumors that Intel might go in the lead on that in the near future as well?
No.
Yes.
You don't need Samsung to hold your hand to install the latest Android on a phone.
I'm a software engineer and I still have a Galaxy S1 (running jelly bean).
It's fine, really.
A laptop has the UI you want.
There are plenty of small laptops available still (ultraportable, netbooks, whatever they call them)
Contrary to what you may think, countries are still sovereign, and they won't pass a law if the population (or their representatives) is against it even if their friend the USA ask them to.
Since with global warming and the rise of sea levels all of the Maldives will be underwater soon, I suppose this is a good idea to prepare for the future.
You can't buy a low-quality Acer netbook anymore, how sad.
How about you buy a real quality laptop instead?
For example, http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/
Looks like your experience is wrong then. On Linux (and to an extent on Mac OS X too), installing software is just clicking on the software you want in the software center, software is well packaged and doesn't come with crapware, and there is no need for anti-virii (at least it's not recommended to install one). Updates that require a restart aren't frequent either.
Samsung makes laptops as well as tablets and smartphones. If a laptop with Android is what people wanted, they would sell it.
It was sarcasm.
Of course other countries don't implement the same laws as the US.
RTFS
protip: the "Pacific island nation" refers to Japan.
How is that a better idea?
Surely you realize most business models built on software charge for distribution of said software? Everyone being allowed to redistribute copies or derived work to anyone else is clearly incompatible with that.
Or maybe you said "open-source" without realizing what it was. Releasing software in source form is fundamentally different from open source.
And as we all know, all countries worldwide implement the same laws as the US, just a few years behind.
If the costs are higher than the perceived value, then there is no viable business model.
The costs impact your margin, not price.
You are clearly completely clueless about economics.
All of the above are software issues (and are even specific to Microsoft Windows) and have nothing to do with hardware.
Laptop manufacturers would preload laptops with Android if that's all that was needed for them to sell.
Japan is paying for half the fees because having it there would be beneficial to them for obvious reasons.
Their government is willing to invest great quantities of money to bolster up their physics research sector.
Those devices are built deep underground, so there is no need to purchase that much land and effects of tectonic activity are minimal.