A bunch of IT and linux curmudgeons poo poo a UI redesign? Shocker!
Maybe, just maybe, MS would like to recapture some of interest of the recreational users rather than the sticking to the grudging loyalty of the corporate machine while Apple scores all the oohs and ahhs. What fools! They should just re-release XP every few years to save everyone the hassle of figuring out how the new alt-tab works.
I don't think anyone has addressed this yet, but there is a distinct possibility of runaway global warming if a significant amount of polar ice melts due to the vast amounts of trapped methane within. All we need is for the current warming to pass some threshold (in the past it has been around 5-7 degrees centigrade higher than our current average) before large amounts of methane are added to our atmosphere.
Methane is anywhere from 6 to 60 times as potent a greenhouse gas as carbon dioxide, depending on who you ask, and significant releases could begin a positive warming feedback loop (methane -> warming -> less ice -> more methane -> etc.). If this begins, it will be pretty much out of our hands whether we're burning coal or snatching solar radiation.
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A bunch of IT and linux curmudgeons poo poo a UI redesign? Shocker!
Maybe, just maybe, MS would like to recapture some of interest of the recreational users rather than the sticking to the grudging loyalty of the corporate machine while Apple scores all the oohs and ahhs. What fools! They should just re-release XP every few years to save everyone the hassle of figuring out how the new alt-tab works.
God, you guys are boring.
I don't think anyone has addressed this yet, but there is a distinct possibility of runaway global warming if a significant amount of polar ice melts due to the vast amounts of trapped methane within. All we need is for the current warming to pass some threshold (in the past it has been around 5-7 degrees centigrade higher than our current average) before large amounts of methane are added to our atmosphere. Methane is anywhere from 6 to 60 times as potent a greenhouse gas as carbon dioxide, depending on who you ask, and significant releases could begin a positive warming feedback loop (methane -> warming -> less ice -> more methane -> etc.). If this begins, it will be pretty much out of our hands whether we're burning coal or snatching solar radiation.