My experience is that it's damn hard to find an open Wi-Fi router these days. That tells me that in fact, most people DO know how to do it (or at least get someone else who knows how to)
Only if the parties were in collusion with one another. They would have to prove that.
The bitcoin exchanges can rightfully say they don't know what people will do with the bitcoins, and the casinos can rightfully say they can't control what people do with their fake dollars.
I mean, look at poker apps like Zynga's poker, which you buy chips with "credits" from facebook or whatever. You "win" credits... and you can probably find people to buy them from you.
While I agree that Poker is a game of skill, it's not for the reasons you mention.
Let's take a casino game such as Let it Ride. In that game, you also make choices as the hand progresses. There is also skill involved, but it's entirely a game a of chance in reality.
The difference is that poker players play against each other, and not against the house. The house just takes a cut, called the Rake.
Gambling comes in a lot of forms, though. For instance, sports betting requires skill as well, and information. There is of course elements of luck, but it's still considered gambling.
Not really. In a normal casino, the casino itself trades the money for the chips (or Monopoly money in this example) and they also exchange them back to real currency.
There is a difference here. The user is not giving the casino real money, and the casino Is not giving the user back real money. All echanges of money to and from bitcoin happen on the users end without the involvement of the casino.
The US would have to, effectively, say that BitCoin is real currency in order to prosecute. Maybe they will, and will treat it no differently than if the casino were using Euros or Yen.
Wrong. When you hide the ribbon, it collapses down to just the tab buttons. You click on the tab button and the ribbon drops down, without moving the document (the ribbon comes down on top of the upper part of the document). This works just like "auto-hide" taskbar.
It's only if you change the ribbon back to "fixed" that it moves the document.
You were complaining about the space used by the ribbon, but the ribbon takes up no more space than two rose of toolbar buttons. Thus, we assumed you were complaining about not being able to hide the ribbon, which can easily collapse down to something the size of the menu item bar in old versions.
PC sales down 13% over the same 4th quarter year before last, even though the economy was worse which clearly indicates the reason that sales are plummeting is Win 8 is a DO NOT WANT
No, it doesn't. Not unless you have no imagination, are statistically challenged, or are so biased in beliefs that you will jump at anything you think might support your beliefs...
It does not "clearly" mean any one thing, it *could* mean many things... For instance, maybe people are buying more tablets and phones, rather than upgrading their computers that still work just fine?
Maybe it means that Windows 7 does such a good job of fighting off malware that users don't feel the need to "get a new one" because their old one is so slow...
Maybe it means users are buying other things with their money, like new HDTV's that have come way down in price (and now in the same range as low-midrange PC's).
Maybe it means users are happy with Windows 7, while users were unhappy with Vista and were desperate to upgrade?
I can do this all day long.. there are lots of potential reasons for the slowdown in PC sales that have nothing whatsoever to do with what OS the new PC's run.
Microsoft has never said that users should only use a virtual keyboard. This is an argument morons make to try to justify their irrational hatred for something.
Not to mention, most tablets don't have a USB port, which makes it hard to download photos from a camera. Yeah, I know, they make adapters.. but it's still a pain.
And what do grandmothers love? Pictures. What about printing? Unless you're going to buy her a wireless printer, that's also a pain.
Bull. You have ZERO evidence to support your claim, yet there is lots of evidence that people are buying more and more tablets and phones at the expense of PC's.
I personally know half a dozen people that sold their computers and just use their phone or ipad for all their computing needs. If you only check email or surf the web, there is no reason to own a desktop unless you need a big monitor or physical keyboard (Handicaps, for instance).
Why do you think MS is keen on the tablet and PC market? Because they KNOW that is where people are moving to.
Fact is, most people don't care what OS they use, and I know a lot of people that use Windows 8 without problems but just don't care.
Non-voting shares are not sold over the counter, and have no affect on the numbers presented by the SEC.
The company you work for is not a publicly traded company. Non-voting shares in a non-publicly traded company are essentially worthless, except in the case of liquidation of assets.. in which case you would be in line behind everyone else for some of that money.
There are only two kinds of stock (there are more, but for this discussion, only two). Voting and non-voting. All voting stock is the same, 1 share = 1 vote.
Different kinds of stock generally only affect how things like stock exchanges or splits are handled. Some stock has restrictions on when it can be sold, etc.. but when it comes to voting stock, all voting shares are the same.
It is the speculation that is largely at fault. And that's the reason Oil Prices have started to come down, as new rules have gone into place with Dodd/Frank that limit big banks speculation in the oil market.
USB support in 95 was bolted on, and didn't work very well. 98 had USB support integrated in. 98SE provided the much improved WDM driver model (rather than the old vxd model).
98 Did provde the integrated shell, but that was really the least of it's features.
The thing is.. Ask anyone that owns a Windows Phone 7, 7.5 or 8 phone and virtually all of them will tell you they love it.
Now, of course you're asking people that obviously thought they'd like it when they bought it.. but using it has not changed their opinion (that couldn't be said for earlier versions of Windows Phone or WinMO)
Microsoft's problem is getting more people to actually try Windows Phones... (it might help if there was more than 3 phones available in most markets as well).
Why would you want to boot to the desktop? The first thing people want to do when they boot is not look at their wallpaper. They usually want to start an app, like Office or a web browser. You do that from the start page.
Your problem is that you don't want to look at the start page, and you pin everything to the desktop or taskbar, so you see the start page as useless.. so naturally you want to skip it. Most people don't. That's where they launch their apps.
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My experience is that it's damn hard to find an open Wi-Fi router these days. That tells me that in fact, most people DO know how to do it (or at least get someone else who knows how to)
Well, maybe not Jewelry, since jewels are well recognized valuable items. But bitcoins are not recognized as such.
A casino that operates only in a fake money you get from others is no more illegal that Skee Ball where you win tickets and exchange them for items.
Only if the parties were in collusion with one another. They would have to prove that.
The bitcoin exchanges can rightfully say they don't know what people will do with the bitcoins, and the casinos can rightfully say they can't control what people do with their fake dollars.
I mean, look at poker apps like Zynga's poker, which you buy chips with "credits" from facebook or whatever. You "win" credits... and you can probably find people to buy them from you.
While I agree that Poker is a game of skill, it's not for the reasons you mention.
Let's take a casino game such as Let it Ride. In that game, you also make choices as the hand progresses. There is also skill involved, but it's entirely a game a of chance in reality.
The difference is that poker players play against each other, and not against the house. The house just takes a cut, called the Rake.
Gambling comes in a lot of forms, though. For instance, sports betting requires skill as well, and information. There is of course elements of luck, but it's still considered gambling.
What about betting on who wins a poker game? ;)
Not really. In a normal casino, the casino itself trades the money for the chips (or Monopoly money in this example) and they also exchange them back to real currency.
There is a difference here. The user is not giving the casino real money, and the casino Is not giving the user back real money. All echanges of money to and from bitcoin happen on the users end without the involvement of the casino.
The US would have to, effectively, say that BitCoin is real currency in order to prosecute. Maybe they will, and will treat it no differently than if the casino were using Euros or Yen.
Dude. Stop, relax, take a breath.
When on the All Apps screen, see in the lower right corner that - sign? Click it. Wow, all those icons collapse down to their parent folders.
You can also use ctrl+scroll, or ctrl+minus, or pinch to zoom out if using touch.
Wrong. When you hide the ribbon, it collapses down to just the tab buttons. You click on the tab button and the ribbon drops down, without moving the document (the ribbon comes down on top of the upper part of the document). This works just like "auto-hide" taskbar.
It's only if you change the ribbon back to "fixed" that it moves the document.
You were complaining about the space used by the ribbon, but the ribbon takes up no more space than two rose of toolbar buttons. Thus, we assumed you were complaining about not being able to hide the ribbon, which can easily collapse down to something the size of the menu item bar in old versions.
Wow, 2007 called and wants it's (mostly) invalid arguments back.
a) The ribbon can auto-hide, using no more space then a menu.
b) As of Office 2010 (you know, two versions ago) you can customize the ribbon to put any features you want on the same tab.
c) Apparently you don't actually use it, so you wouldn't actually know any of this stuff.
No, it doesn't. Not unless you have no imagination, are statistically challenged, or are so biased in beliefs that you will jump at anything you think might support your beliefs...
It does not "clearly" mean any one thing, it *could* mean many things... For instance, maybe people are buying more tablets and phones, rather than upgrading their computers that still work just fine?
Maybe it means that Windows 7 does such a good job of fighting off malware that users don't feel the need to "get a new one" because their old one is so slow...
Maybe it means users are buying other things with their money, like new HDTV's that have come way down in price (and now in the same range as low-midrange PC's).
Maybe it means users are happy with Windows 7, while users were unhappy with Vista and were desperate to upgrade?
I can do this all day long.. there are lots of potential reasons for the slowdown in PC sales that have nothing whatsoever to do with what OS the new PC's run.
Where the fuck did you pull that shit out of?
Microsoft has never said that users should only use a virtual keyboard. This is an argument morons make to try to justify their irrational hatred for something.
Not to mention, most tablets don't have a USB port, which makes it hard to download photos from a camera. Yeah, I know, they make adapters.. but it's still a pain.
And what do grandmothers love? Pictures. What about printing? Unless you're going to buy her a wireless printer, that's also a pain.
Bull. You have ZERO evidence to support your claim, yet there is lots of evidence that people are buying more and more tablets and phones at the expense of PC's.
I personally know half a dozen people that sold their computers and just use their phone or ipad for all their computing needs. If you only check email or surf the web, there is no reason to own a desktop unless you need a big monitor or physical keyboard (Handicaps, for instance).
Why do you think MS is keen on the tablet and PC market? Because they KNOW that is where people are moving to.
Fact is, most people don't care what OS they use, and I know a lot of people that use Windows 8 without problems but just don't care.
Only Windows 8 ARM (ie RT) based devices. None of the x86 based machines have Secure Boot enabled.
Non-voting shares are not sold over the counter, and have no affect on the numbers presented by the SEC.
The company you work for is not a publicly traded company. Non-voting shares in a non-publicly traded company are essentially worthless, except in the case of liquidation of assets.. in which case you would be in line behind everyone else for some of that money.
That's not true. At all.
There are only two kinds of stock (there are more, but for this discussion, only two). Voting and non-voting. All voting stock is the same, 1 share = 1 vote.
Different kinds of stock generally only affect how things like stock exchanges or splits are handled. Some stock has restrictions on when it can be sold, etc.. but when it comes to voting stock, all voting shares are the same.
It is the speculation that is largely at fault. And that's the reason Oil Prices have started to come down, as new rules have gone into place with Dodd/Frank that limit big banks speculation in the oil market.
Because obviously, nobody that isn't a shill could possibly like Windows 8. Therefore, if you like Windows 8, you must be a shill.
Think much of your opinion, do you?
First, the VS theme selector is not new in VS 2012. It was available for 2010 as well, but hardly anyone used it.
It was updated to 2012, and improved a great deal, and because everyone hates the default theme it's been quite popular.
Second, Microsoft did not create the theme changer, it was done by a MS employee on their own time. So don't consider it a backtrack or change by MS.
This is not statistics. It's 10% of the shares, which equals 10% of the votes.
USB support in 95 was bolted on, and didn't work very well. 98 had USB support integrated in. 98SE provided the much improved WDM driver model (rather than the old vxd model).
98 Did provde the integrated shell, but that was really the least of it's features.
Intel uses this strategy as well, they call it their "Tick/Tock" strategy. Look it up.
The thing is.. Ask anyone that owns a Windows Phone 7, 7.5 or 8 phone and virtually all of them will tell you they love it.
Now, of course you're asking people that obviously thought they'd like it when they bought it.. but using it has not changed their opinion (that couldn't be said for earlier versions of Windows Phone or WinMO)
Microsoft's problem is getting more people to actually try Windows Phones... (it might help if there was more than 3 phones available in most markets as well).
Why would you want to boot to the desktop? The first thing people want to do when they boot is not look at their wallpaper. They usually want to start an app, like Office or a web browser. You do that from the start page.
Your problem is that you don't want to look at the start page, and you pin everything to the desktop or taskbar, so you see the start page as useless.. so naturally you want to skip it. Most people don't. That's where they launch their apps.
Dude. You do know you can use the arrow keys to move left and right, or click the left and right arrows in the app, right?
http://s9.postimage.org/e3bpduttb/arrows.png
You can also press escape to go "up" one level and view the thumbnails of the folder.