will WinARM even have a desktop mode?? If so why??
Agreed. None of this makes any sense except against the backdrop that this is Microsoft and it's just another "me too" attempt. Sounds to me like they are making certain that no businesses will ever be upgrading beyond 7 for the foreseeable future. They already have WP7 for the smaller devices, so where is the justification for going this direction with Win 8?
I really think Microsoft has lost all sense of direction and purpose here. No, more so than the last few times. Win 8 could end up being an even bigger disaster than Vista.
Good to see that they are placing Word and Excel classes outside the province of "Computer" classes, probably in the realm of Business Classes as they should be. I get very upset when I see my own children in a "Computer" class learning how to use Word or Excel. It's a total waste off my kids time. Anyone who needs a class in order to use these simple apps is beyond help. Sounds like these people are at least pointed in the right direction.
Keep that old crap locked up and away from anybody for a long, long time. I've heard it all way too many times. I'd rather have some new indie stuff to listen to. And this extension to the copyright term will hopefully do exactly that.
I agree with you 100%. I have a 10 inch Netbook already. It's too big for certain situations. I'd love to find that 7 inch touch screen that you describe. The Gorilla glass you mention is a must and while you'd like rounded corners, I'd appreciate rubberized shock-resistant corners (possible we're describing the same thing here).
Personally, I only need wireless but maybe 3G or LTE could be an option. Then give me a charger/dock where I can rest this thing near a >20inch screen, 5.1 surrounds and full keypad whilst it charges so I can do serious writing or watch a movie. I'd be good to go with that.
I really think that what you and I describe would be the best form factor and I'm surprised as well that we don't see more people calling for this form factor. Maybe people are just getting used to the idea of what size works where. And I haven't really seen anyone push the the charger/dock very hard or do it well. Give it time.
Soon as I saw that Breitbart had something to do with this, I figured it was a hatchet job. Breitbart has a real credibility problem IMHO. I'd sooner believe the headline "Elvis has Alien's Baby" in the Star than anything Breitbart says.
patents gained due to a patent office that is royally screwed up
If only it were that simple. I think what B&N is saying is that a Microsoft employee was notified on 3 separate occasions that at least one of these patents would not issue because of prior art and that employee deliberately and knowingly withheld that information from the U.S. patent examiners in violation of U.S. patent law. IANAL and all that.
Now, what if that patent was used in the er, negotiations with HTC or other companies that have agreed to pay these license fees?
The fourth group of people were to spend 3 minutes looking at p0rn. They had to be excluded because at the end of the 3 minutes they just kept looking at the p0rn and did not fill out the self-esteem questionnaires.
MIRACLE MAX:It just so happens that your friend is MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between MOSTLY dead and ALL dead. You see, mostly dead is still slightly alive. And there's only one thing you can do with mostly dead. INIGO: what's that? MIRACLE MAX: search through his pockets for loose change
A couple of times over the years, we have forgotten our son's morning dose of Adderall. Invariably he ends up in the principal's office and some well meaning administration staffer calls me on the phone to "come and get him because we simply can't do anything with him". I ask the staffer to get him a Mountain Dew and give it 20 minutes to work and that usually helps. Once however the staffer said "You have no idea" whilst describing his behavior. Oh, did she ever just punch my button! His dosage has been set so that the medication only lasts until the end of his school day so that by the time I get home from work, we have our normal little hyperactive child who can't concentrate, can't sit still, can't be quiet and doesn't stop until he falls asleep around 10:00. We can't medicate our child later in the day because he would then have difficulty falling asleep. I explained this to the exasperated staffer and added "Welcome to my world."
For those of you that claim that some parents over-medicate their children to make their own job of parenting easier, it really doesn't work that way. Often times, parents of ADHD kids have to work way harder than any other parent to keep their ADHD child from getting into trouble, to help the child focus on completing tasks such as getting their homework done and maintaining harmony with siblings.
if the regulation was actually achieving its goals, this regulation should actually be opposed by the industry.
Good Idea! Let's try that. Let the FCC stand up and say "We're in charge here!", have them start making rules the industry doesn't like and let them keep doing so until the industry is so fed up with it that they choose to stop blocking the entry of new players and competition. Then we'll know we've made a good start.
"how to use spreadsheets, word processors and PowerPoint" are not Computing classes or computing skills. They are examples of office skills and should be classified as Business Courses.
The TSA is paying L-3 Communications Holdings about $150,000.00 for each of these scanners. They intend to place at least one at each of 2200 security check points in the U.S. Looks like L-3 (LLL - NYSE) IPO'd at about $14.00 in 1998. Currently trading near $80.00. Go ahead and call your Congressman if you think that will do any good. I'm going to call my broker.
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will WinARM even have a desktop mode?? If so why??
Agreed. None of this makes any sense except against the backdrop that this is Microsoft and it's just another "me too" attempt. Sounds to me like they are making certain that no businesses will ever be upgrading beyond 7 for the foreseeable future. They already have WP7 for the smaller devices, so where is the justification for going this direction with Win 8?
I really think Microsoft has lost all sense of direction and purpose here. No, more so than the last few times. Win 8 could end up being an even bigger disaster than Vista.
Good to see that they are placing Word and Excel classes outside the province of "Computer" classes, probably in the realm of Business Classes as they should be. I get very upset when I see my own children in a "Computer" class learning how to use Word or Excel. It's a total waste off my kids time. Anyone who needs a class in order to use these simple apps is beyond help. Sounds like these people are at least pointed in the right direction.
And Medvedev can't ask Putin for permission because Putin is out hunting bears and wrestling tigers.
Keep that old crap locked up and away from anybody for a long, long time. I've heard it all way too many times. I'd rather have some new indie stuff to listen to. And this extension to the copyright term will hopefully do exactly that.
I agree with you 100%. I have a 10 inch Netbook already. It's too big for certain situations. I'd love to find that 7 inch touch screen that you describe. The Gorilla glass you mention is a must and while you'd like rounded corners, I'd appreciate rubberized shock-resistant corners (possible we're describing the same thing here).
Personally, I only need wireless but maybe 3G or LTE could be an option. Then give me a charger/dock where I can rest this thing near a >20inch screen, 5.1 surrounds and full keypad whilst it charges so I can do serious writing or watch a movie. I'd be good to go with that.
I really think that what you and I describe would be the best form factor and I'm surprised as well that we don't see more people calling for this form factor. Maybe people are just getting used to the idea of what size works where. And I haven't really seen anyone push the the charger/dock very hard or do it well. Give it time.
Soon as I saw that Breitbart had something to do with this, I figured it was a hatchet job. Breitbart has a real credibility problem IMHO. I'd sooner believe the headline "Elvis has Alien's Baby" in the Star than anything Breitbart says.
We were playing Brood War yesterday on the airplane with no internet connection and no cd drive.
Can't do that with WoL as far as I know.
patents gained due to a patent office that is royally screwed up
If only it were that simple. I think what B&N is saying is that a Microsoft employee was notified on 3 separate occasions that at least one of these patents would not issue because of prior art and that employee deliberately and knowingly withheld that information from the U.S. patent examiners in violation of U.S. patent law. IANAL and all that.
Now, what if that patent was used in the er, negotiations with HTC or other companies that have agreed to pay these license fees?
I'm getting out the popcorn.
Not so many Grendels this time please.
The fourth group of people were to spend 3 minutes looking at p0rn. They had to be excluded because at the end of the 3 minutes they just kept looking at the p0rn and did not fill out the self-esteem questionnaires.
Russian women are gorgeous until they turn a certain age and then over night, they mysteriously morph into the likeness of Yoda. I can not explain it.
I'm pretty certain that this epic of a UI fail would have never occurred or been quickly fixed if the software were open source.
Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes.
MIRACLE MAX:It just so happens that your friend is MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between MOSTLY dead and ALL dead. You see, mostly dead is still slightly alive. And there's only one thing you can do with mostly dead.
INIGO: what's that?
MIRACLE MAX: search through his pockets for loose change
a mission critical app built on Mono
Look, I know your point is that it's unlikely but still just having those words together in that order made me spit my coffee. New keypad please.
No, no, no. We're talking about Julian Assange here not Glenn Beck and you left out the 'in 1990' part.
A couple of times over the years, we have forgotten our son's morning dose of Adderall. Invariably he ends up in the principal's office and some well meaning administration staffer calls me on the phone to "come and get him because we simply can't do anything with him". I ask the staffer to get him a Mountain Dew and give it 20 minutes to work and that usually helps. Once however the staffer said "You have no idea" whilst describing his behavior. Oh, did she ever just punch my button! His dosage has been set so that the medication only lasts until the end of his school day so that by the time I get home from work, we have our normal little hyperactive child who can't concentrate, can't sit still, can't be quiet and doesn't stop until he falls asleep around 10:00. We can't medicate our child later in the day because he would then have difficulty falling asleep. I explained this to the exasperated staffer and added "Welcome to my world."
For those of you that claim that some parents over-medicate their children to make their own job of parenting easier, it really doesn't work that way. Often times, parents of ADHD kids have to work way harder than any other parent to keep their ADHD child from getting into trouble, to help the child focus on completing tasks such as getting their homework done and maintaining harmony with siblings.
(Holds Tribble near ElecticTurtle)
"Eeeeee"
"Why, Mr. ElectricTurtle, they don't seem to like you!"
if the regulation was actually achieving its goals, this regulation should actually be opposed by the industry.
Good Idea! Let's try that. Let the FCC stand up and say "We're in charge here!", have them start making rules the industry doesn't like and let them keep doing so until the industry is so fed up with it that they choose to stop blocking the entry of new players and competition. Then we'll know we've made a good start.
"how to use spreadsheets, word processors and PowerPoint" are not Computing classes or computing skills. They are examples of office skills and should be classified as Business Courses.
The TSA is paying L-3 Communications Holdings about $150,000.00 for each of these scanners. They intend to place at least one at each of 2200 security check points in the U.S. Looks like L-3 (LLL - NYSE) IPO'd at about $14.00 in 1998. Currently trading near $80.00. Go ahead and call your Congressman if you think that will do any good. I'm going to call my broker.
I'm not even going to try to read TFA. All I can think of is Dr. Strangelove.
Actually, the Traders will just hire some H1Bs at $45k a pop and end up saving a ton.
I have no problem with that.
Jim Raynor
I think you're supposed to depress the little pin before you yank it out of the jack, and I don't mean tell it a sad story.