I think it's well established that Microsoft will release an Xbox that will be SSD only, merely to compete with the AppleTV (not worth competing with) but it does expand their market.
*Anything remotely positive about Microsoft Office.* = TROLL. *Anything negative about Microsoft Office, throw in a $ for the S in Microsoft* = Oh very insightful, very insightful indeed!
Grow up mods.
Metro? You mean we'll go back to a work where we have just icons with no description of anything related to the programs content? I guess the GUI won't be updated until Apple says so! Metro's Live Tiles are essentially what Microsoft tried to do years and years ago with the active desktop, which were subsequently killed after their spat with the U.S. government. Guess who no longer has the government on their back? (hint: Microsoft.)
Your insightful on Slashdot, but in reality your post is more trollish.
Exactly, most people will not be effected by this because of things like VLC and 123 All-in-one. I honestly didn't know Windows could playback DVDs without the codec packs...it couldn't in Windows XP which is why most manufactures included things like Cyberlink's DVD player, and the now defunct NVDVD.
Anyone who denies the sheer beauty of Nokia's new lines is in denial. The iPhone is also a well designed phone...but the Lumia series is more unique I think. The iPhone design hasn't -really- changed much in a few generations. I would definitely get buy one if I wasn't stuck on Verizon and grandfathered into unlimited data. I really hope Windows Phone takes off...because even if you absolutely hate Microsoft or Metro, they are definitely helping push the industry in the right direction with competition. I feel the same about OSX, even though I really don't appreciate a lot of the operating system itself. It has made Microsoft react in many positive ways (and some negative.)
Actually the Xbox division has been profitable for a good number of years now. I think your frothy hatred for Microsoft is clouding your view on...facts, like the fact that even though tablets have a market now...PC sales are still growing even in a tough economy. One market is mature, one is young...the PC market isn't going to get double digit growth like the tablet market. So now Microsoft is tackling a the market they failed to successfully tap in the early 2000s, and if you think their sway in the PC industry won't help them to push their way into the mobile market, then you're a fool. There is a reason they are making their products be built on the same codebase.
I honestly don't think Microsoft intends on desktop users to adopt Windows 8, Windows 7 is more than enough for desktop users, and Windows 7 is nearly perfect in many aspects for this current age. Windows 8 is about touch and building a bridge between the platforms. I am keeping WIndows 7 for my desktop/laptop...but I will be buying a WIndows 8 tablet (hopefully from Nokia) when they hit the market, and I think that's what Microsoft is hoping you'll do too. This Windows version helps them fill their market void and helps their other products start to revolve around each other, and employees start seeing the benefits at home and at work. Is this Microsoft gambling? I don't think it is, I think it's Microsoft finally connecting the dots of their product division. If Apple has done one thing well for the PC it's forcing Microsoft to make their integration much more seamless (not like the clusterfuck some of their integrations have been in the past.) Windows 8 is a bridge builder, and I don't think they are trying to hit a desktop upgrade cycle so much as hit a market they have been missing out on.
Honestly, while they often -do- have that ability, they shouldn't unless it's a very serious issue like a criminal case, civil case involving students, etc. Parents, et al, are always blind to government overreach until it happens to them.
I love the Metro interface, I own a Windows Phone and find it to be very pleasing and plan on buying a Windows 8 tablet. However, I think that for legacy users (so to speak) that windows allows you to select the new start menu or the old Windows 7 style start menu during set up. They can still metro-fie the start menu, but the start button has been around since Windows 95. They can block it out on tablet installations, etc...but the start menu is something that many people and businesses rely on (its nearly universal, not much training involved.) So Microsoft really needs to at least allow an -option- for it. They have an option for the classical view etc in Vista and 7 already...it's not a new concept.
Anyhow another thing I almost demand from Windows 8 is the ability to push metro apps to the desktop, I have no idea how or why that feature isn't there.
If Microsoft ever starts pushing cross platform digital distribution through the Windows Store and Xbox Live...EA's Origin and Steam are basically dead. Right?
You used dollar signs, as if Microsoft is trying to make money and that's bad. Even though of course Apple and Google also operate to make money and do questionable business acts that rival Microsoft's questionable business acts. Thanks for the insight, as I'm sure you have had an in-depth experience with all the mobile operating systems.
You can change the color scheme to have a white background. I quite enjoy the Metro interface, and I've come to notice a lot of designers are taking notice and copying it in advertising, etc. I actually think iOS home looks sort of Tonka, toy like. Not a big fan. The Metro interface has its flaws in that because it is so simple, it can sometimes appear empty...but when it's at its best, it is probably the most visually appealing interface on the mobile market. I think each interface has its benefits design wise, but to say Metro is "ugly as sin" is a bit skewed, and had it not come from Microsoft I have a feeling your opinion might be different. I wonder how many anti-Microsoft-at-all-times people moderated you to "insightful." They do good, and they do bad...Apple and Google don't have monopolies on good design or ideas.
The huge difference is that Microsoft doesn't actually sell actual windows, they sell software. Just like Apple doesn't actually sell apples they sell computers. An App Store sells apps...that's the difference here. If Windows were the brand of actual windows it wouldn't be a trademark because it would be too generic. This is really a really stupid argument.
Throwing money at problems doesn't solve them, don't you think the U.S. military is a good example of that? Your notion of military spending failing to bring results is sort of antithetical to your proposal of blind spending on science and education. The Chinese way also comes with 11% inflation, no individuality, no political freedom. That is outdated, the "American way" is actually being adopted into the Chinese mindset, and it will eventually cause a political calamity in China. Your ignorance rings of the pre-Adam Smith merchantalism of which less people benefitted from, there is no "American way" or "Chinese way" there is either liberalized markets, merchantilism, or depotism. Your are entitled to your opinion, but I don't want your hands anywhere near public policy.
From the article: "With retail prices capped by law at 6.7 cents per kilowatt-hour, two of the state's three investor-owned utilities, Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison, ran out of money to pay for electricity. "
One of the major rules in any economic model is that price ceilings cause shortages...so blackouts make a lot of sense in California's case. During the 1970's the gas shortages were caused by a price cap. That is such a stringently bad regulation that I can't see how you'd describe it as "deregulation." It's more like government stupidity taken advantage of by corporate fraud.
Exactly, if Wikileaks had leaked Russian or Chinese documents everyone involved would already be dead. They leaked U.S. documents and they are still alive, in fact, I can access their website at this very moment. So I guess America isn't the evil empire that hushes decent among its citizens, a falsehood that everyone touts nowadays on the internet.
"US's drive for globalization and (what they call) "free trade" is basically destroying everybody's economy"
Yes of course, which is why more people have been lifted our of poverty in the past 20 years than in any point in human history. God damn free trade, allowing me to have these cheap goods of good quality. Well, I guess if some guy in China is still living in a hut and you are still making union wages the economy is good...but if a guy in China has a decent roof over his head and your wages are stagnant then it's destroying everyone's economy, despite the fact that the guy in China just built your computer at 1/4th the cost your entitled neighbor was willing to.
Electric cars are built in vain, most electricity comes from coal power, require oil powered vehicles to mine the copper, lithium and other chemicals which once disposed of are more toxic to the environment than the exhaust from the latest combustion engines. Not only that but electricity rates will have to go up as the margins of electric companies need to rise to keep up with infrastructure costs which will offset any cost savings from electric cars (which there wasn't any to begin with since batteries have to be replaced and the cars cost more.) The lower oil consumption will make gasoline even more feasible to consumers, Jevon's Law (assuming electric cars ever took off even minorly.) The electric car never took off for a reason, and it wasn't because of the evil oil companies, it's because the idea is currently impracticable and no well wishing subsidies can change that. Natural gas, hydrogen cars and mass transit are what's going to be the future of transportation, in my opinion.
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I think it's well established that Microsoft will release an Xbox that will be SSD only, merely to compete with the AppleTV (not worth competing with) but it does expand their market.
*Anything remotely positive about Microsoft Office.* = TROLL. *Anything negative about Microsoft Office, throw in a $ for the S in Microsoft* = Oh very insightful, very insightful indeed! Grow up mods.
Metro? You mean we'll go back to a work where we have just icons with no description of anything related to the programs content? I guess the GUI won't be updated until Apple says so! Metro's Live Tiles are essentially what Microsoft tried to do years and years ago with the active desktop, which were subsequently killed after their spat with the U.S. government. Guess who no longer has the government on their back? (hint: Microsoft.) Your insightful on Slashdot, but in reality your post is more trollish.
Exactly, most people will not be effected by this because of things like VLC and 123 All-in-one. I honestly didn't know Windows could playback DVDs without the codec packs...it couldn't in Windows XP which is why most manufactures included things like Cyberlink's DVD player, and the now defunct NVDVD.
Anyone who denies the sheer beauty of Nokia's new lines is in denial. The iPhone is also a well designed phone...but the Lumia series is more unique I think. The iPhone design hasn't -really- changed much in a few generations. I would definitely get buy one if I wasn't stuck on Verizon and grandfathered into unlimited data. I really hope Windows Phone takes off...because even if you absolutely hate Microsoft or Metro, they are definitely helping push the industry in the right direction with competition. I feel the same about OSX, even though I really don't appreciate a lot of the operating system itself. It has made Microsoft react in many positive ways (and some negative.)
"Capital letters, exclamation points, and anti-Microsoft... this is very insightful!" - Some mod reading your post.
Now they just have to apologize for letting MSNBC dissolve into a bigger joke than Fox News.
Actually the Xbox division has been profitable for a good number of years now. I think your frothy hatred for Microsoft is clouding your view on...facts, like the fact that even though tablets have a market now...PC sales are still growing even in a tough economy. One market is mature, one is young...the PC market isn't going to get double digit growth like the tablet market. So now Microsoft is tackling a the market they failed to successfully tap in the early 2000s, and if you think their sway in the PC industry won't help them to push their way into the mobile market, then you're a fool. There is a reason they are making their products be built on the same codebase.
I honestly don't think Microsoft intends on desktop users to adopt Windows 8, Windows 7 is more than enough for desktop users, and Windows 7 is nearly perfect in many aspects for this current age. Windows 8 is about touch and building a bridge between the platforms. I am keeping WIndows 7 for my desktop/laptop...but I will be buying a WIndows 8 tablet (hopefully from Nokia) when they hit the market, and I think that's what Microsoft is hoping you'll do too. This Windows version helps them fill their market void and helps their other products start to revolve around each other, and employees start seeing the benefits at home and at work. Is this Microsoft gambling? I don't think it is, I think it's Microsoft finally connecting the dots of their product division. If Apple has done one thing well for the PC it's forcing Microsoft to make their integration much more seamless (not like the clusterfuck some of their integrations have been in the past.) Windows 8 is a bridge builder, and I don't think they are trying to hit a desktop upgrade cycle so much as hit a market they have been missing out on.
Honestly, while they often -do- have that ability, they shouldn't unless it's a very serious issue like a criminal case, civil case involving students, etc. Parents, et al, are always blind to government overreach until it happens to them.
I love the Metro interface, I own a Windows Phone and find it to be very pleasing and plan on buying a Windows 8 tablet. However, I think that for legacy users (so to speak) that windows allows you to select the new start menu or the old Windows 7 style start menu during set up. They can still metro-fie the start menu, but the start button has been around since Windows 95. They can block it out on tablet installations, etc...but the start menu is something that many people and businesses rely on (its nearly universal, not much training involved.) So Microsoft really needs to at least allow an -option- for it. They have an option for the classical view etc in Vista and 7 already...it's not a new concept. Anyhow another thing I almost demand from Windows 8 is the ability to push metro apps to the desktop, I have no idea how or why that feature isn't there.
If Microsoft ever starts pushing cross platform digital distribution through the Windows Store and Xbox Live...EA's Origin and Steam are basically dead. Right?
You used dollar signs, as if Microsoft is trying to make money and that's bad. Even though of course Apple and Google also operate to make money and do questionable business acts that rival Microsoft's questionable business acts. Thanks for the insight, as I'm sure you have had an in-depth experience with all the mobile operating systems.
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You can change the color scheme to have a white background. I quite enjoy the Metro interface, and I've come to notice a lot of designers are taking notice and copying it in advertising, etc. I actually think iOS home looks sort of Tonka, toy like. Not a big fan. The Metro interface has its flaws in that because it is so simple, it can sometimes appear empty...but when it's at its best, it is probably the most visually appealing interface on the mobile market. I think each interface has its benefits design wise, but to say Metro is "ugly as sin" is a bit skewed, and had it not come from Microsoft I have a feeling your opinion might be different. I wonder how many anti-Microsoft-at-all-times people moderated you to "insightful." They do good, and they do bad...Apple and Google don't have monopolies on good design or ideas.
The huge difference is that Microsoft doesn't actually sell actual windows, they sell software. Just like Apple doesn't actually sell apples they sell computers. An App Store sells apps...that's the difference here. If Windows were the brand of actual windows it wouldn't be a trademark because it would be too generic. This is really a really stupid argument.
Throwing money at problems doesn't solve them, don't you think the U.S. military is a good example of that? Your notion of military spending failing to bring results is sort of antithetical to your proposal of blind spending on science and education. The Chinese way also comes with 11% inflation, no individuality, no political freedom. That is outdated, the "American way" is actually being adopted into the Chinese mindset, and it will eventually cause a political calamity in China. Your ignorance rings of the pre-Adam Smith merchantalism of which less people benefitted from, there is no "American way" or "Chinese way" there is either liberalized markets, merchantilism, or depotism. Your are entitled to your opinion, but I don't want your hands anywhere near public policy.
From the article: "With retail prices capped by law at 6.7 cents per kilowatt-hour, two of the state's three investor-owned utilities, Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison, ran out of money to pay for electricity. " One of the major rules in any economic model is that price ceilings cause shortages...so blackouts make a lot of sense in California's case. During the 1970's the gas shortages were caused by a price cap. That is such a stringently bad regulation that I can't see how you'd describe it as "deregulation." It's more like government stupidity taken advantage of by corporate fraud.
"for a fraction of the cost." You haven't met the Federal Government have you?
Exactly, if Wikileaks had leaked Russian or Chinese documents everyone involved would already be dead. They leaked U.S. documents and they are still alive, in fact, I can access their website at this very moment. So I guess America isn't the evil empire that hushes decent among its citizens, a falsehood that everyone touts nowadays on the internet.
"US's drive for globalization and (what they call) "free trade" is basically destroying everybody's economy" Yes of course, which is why more people have been lifted our of poverty in the past 20 years than in any point in human history. God damn free trade, allowing me to have these cheap goods of good quality. Well, I guess if some guy in China is still living in a hut and you are still making union wages the economy is good...but if a guy in China has a decent roof over his head and your wages are stagnant then it's destroying everyone's economy, despite the fact that the guy in China just built your computer at 1/4th the cost your entitled neighbor was willing to.
Military unveils world's ugliest gun, which hopes to deter people from buying them.
Electric cars are built in vain, most electricity comes from coal power, require oil powered vehicles to mine the copper, lithium and other chemicals which once disposed of are more toxic to the environment than the exhaust from the latest combustion engines. Not only that but electricity rates will have to go up as the margins of electric companies need to rise to keep up with infrastructure costs which will offset any cost savings from electric cars (which there wasn't any to begin with since batteries have to be replaced and the cars cost more.) The lower oil consumption will make gasoline even more feasible to consumers, Jevon's Law (assuming electric cars ever took off even minorly.) The electric car never took off for a reason, and it wasn't because of the evil oil companies, it's because the idea is currently impracticable and no well wishing subsidies can change that. Natural gas, hydrogen cars and mass transit are what's going to be the future of transportation, in my opinion.
But according to the article, it was Google that was protecting its data first?
I believe the Democrats said the EXACT same thing in 2004 when Bush won Ohio. For example: http://www.jqjacobs.net/politics/ohio.html