Uh, no. We're mostly bashing Microsoft for the bad things they're doing today, like Window 8 and 'Windows Boot'. This is little different to the crap Microsoft have been pulling, because everyone wants to lock users into their hardware and OS to maximize $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Filter error: Please use fewer 'junk' characters. Screw you, Slashdot.
So, let me get this right. The new consoles are all AMD, these 'AAA' games are developed for consoles and then ported to PCs... but they run like a dog on a PC because AMD?
If they don't vote the right way the first time, they're made to vote again and again until they do. Of course, as soon as they vote right once, they don't get another one.
Indeed, the cost of backward x86 compatibility is huge, and it is not easy to say what it can be used for on a tablet or smart phone.
Hint: it's called... Windows.
People will only buy a Windows tablet if it can run Windows apps, and most of those are 32-bit or worse. Intel aren't likely to release an x86 CPU that can't run Windows any time soon.
We just look at the flashing lights every once in a while. Though we've got drives the RAID controller has been telling us are failing for the best part of a year now, and haven't got around to replacing them.
Clearly this agreement was delayed precisely because it would have cost the Democrats more seats in the election. But, given that even the Democrats in the Senate voted against Kyoto, which was tame in comparison, it has no chance of getting through.
Of course, since the President has a pen, I'm sure this won't even be submitted to the Senate, and he'll attempt to enforce it through the EPA, or some other anti-American Federal agency.
Why not mandate faster changes? Like cut in half in 1 year.
Duh. Because the politicians who vote for the changes don't want to be around if they actually happen.
The only people who win from this are the Chinese, as they'll cripple the US economy and don't have to do anything for fifteen years. Fortunately, the Republicans can now ensure any such agreement is dead on arrival.
Yeah, you're right. Why should users complain just because they've made the standard interface unusuable, so you have to install random extensions to use their product?
You forgot the "Yeah, we know we took a dump on your favorite UI, and told you we didn't care about your complaints, and half of you switched to a fork of the old UI..." part.
Last I looked, road and fuel taxes were about five times the amount that's spent on roads in the UK. It's a cash grab, and a stupid one, because that fuel tax ends up increasing the cost of everything Britons buy.
It's one of the reasons my standard of living is much better since i moved across the Atlantic, even though i don't earn much more.
You don't think that maybe Global Cooling has anything to do with it? I was just out driving in the first snow storm of the winter, and I was freaking glad I had my SUV and snow tires while other vehicles were sliding around the road in front of me.
Well, duh. WTF did you think would happen? People don't want to pay more for cars they buy today to save a few bucks in gas at some point in the future; particularly if they're leasing.
The fuel economy mandate is just another lame attempt by the left to force people to buy crappy little econocars that they don't want to buy. Because the left know what's good for them better than they do.
It could have literally been Space Jesus shooting it with lightning - they're in the tourism business, and rich tourists are pretty risk-averse. Any failure is probably going to be enough to kill the business.
Real, actual rich tourists pay $50,000,000 to fly to ISS in a Soyuz. They're not risk-averse when it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience that few people have had.
But, yeah, they're probably not taking a War Tour in Iraq right now.
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Couldn't be something to do with much of the world now hearing 'NSA' whenever anyone says 'Google'?
No-one wants the NSA watching everything they do when a Glasshole is nearby.
Uh, no. We're mostly bashing Microsoft for the bad things they're doing today, like Window 8 and 'Windows Boot'. This is little different to the crap Microsoft have been pulling, because everyone wants to lock users into their hardware and OS to maximize $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Filter error: Please use fewer 'junk' characters. Screw you, Slashdot.
Yeah, right. Everyone knows the supposed 'release' of DNF was just a quick hack they put together as a joke.
So, let me get this right. The new consoles are all AMD, these 'AAA' games are developed for consoles and then ported to PCs... but they run like a dog on a PC because AMD?
Does not compute.
DX12 will be irrelevant for years if Microsoft don't release it for Wiindows 7.
If they don't vote the right way the first time, they're made to vote again and again until they do. Of course, as soon as they vote right once, they don't get another one.
Indeed, the cost of backward x86 compatibility is huge, and it is not easy to say what it can be used for on a tablet or smart phone.
Hint: it's called... Windows.
People will only buy a Windows tablet if it can run Windows apps, and most of those are 32-bit or worse. Intel aren't likely to release an x86 CPU that can't run Windows any time soon.
The legacy compatibility can be handled by running a VM. There's not need to support it in hardware at all
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
There speaks someone who's never written a PC emulator. Intel already tried it with the Itanium, which is one reason that chip was a disaster.
We just look at the flashing lights every once in a while. Though we've got drives the RAID controller has been telling us are failing for the best part of a year now, and haven't got around to replacing them.
Kyoto was and effort to keep carbon dioxide from becoming pollution.
How can a trace gas that's essential for plant growth be 'pollution'?
Next you'll be telling us that oxygen is pollution and we must elimate it from the atmosphere.
Troll rating: 1/10. Try to post something more believable next time.
Clearly this agreement was delayed precisely because it would have cost the Democrats more seats in the election. But, given that even the Democrats in the Senate voted against Kyoto, which was tame in comparison, it has no chance of getting through.
Of course, since the President has a pen, I'm sure this won't even be submitted to the Senate, and he'll attempt to enforce it through the EPA, or some other anti-American Federal agency.
The left used to love coal miners, now they hate them. This is why they'll continue to lose votes until they just fade away into irrelevance.
Why not mandate faster changes? Like cut in half in 1 year.
Duh. Because the politicians who vote for the changes don't want to be around if they actually happen.
The only people who win from this are the Chinese, as they'll cripple the US economy and don't have to do anything for fifteen years. Fortunately, the Republicans can now ensure any such agreement is dead on arrival.
But then what would they do? If they didn't rewrite the interface every week, they might have to fix bugs.
Yeah, you're right. Why should users complain just because they've made the standard interface unusuable, so you have to install random extensions to use their product?
That's what happens when your browser is funded by an advertising company.
Or one who doesn't have to release saleable products to pay their wages.
You forgot the "Yeah, we know we took a dump on your favorite UI, and told you we didn't care about your complaints, and half of you switched to a fork of the old UI..." part.
Last I looked, road and fuel taxes were about five times the amount that's spent on roads in the UK. It's a cash grab, and a stupid one, because that fuel tax ends up increasing the cost of everything Britons buy.
It's one of the reasons my standard of living is much better since i moved across the Atlantic, even though i don't earn much more.
That's because so many people left Slashdot during Betageddon that it's mostly just raving lefties here now.
OMG! Gas is cheap! Poor people can afford to drive! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!
You don't think that maybe Global Cooling has anything to do with it? I was just out driving in the first snow storm of the winter, and I was freaking glad I had my SUV and snow tires while other vehicles were sliding around the road in front of me.
Well, duh. WTF did you think would happen? People don't want to pay more for cars they buy today to save a few bucks in gas at some point in the future; particularly if they're leasing.
The fuel economy mandate is just another lame attempt by the left to force people to buy crappy little econocars that they don't want to buy. Because the left know what's good for them better than they do.
You mean, the ones that are back into a recession with no sign of how they're ever going to get out?
It could have literally been Space Jesus shooting it with lightning - they're in the tourism business, and rich tourists are pretty risk-averse. Any failure is probably going to be enough to kill the business.
Real, actual rich tourists pay $50,000,000 to fly to ISS in a Soyuz. They're not risk-averse when it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience that few people have had.
But, yeah, they're probably not taking a War Tour in Iraq right now.