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And then corporations twisted and perverted copyright.

2 days ago on 'Free speech doesn't mean free stuff': Congress begins copyright reform with a plea for civility

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And no one trusts them to do the right thing.

2 days ago on 'Free speech doesn't mean free stuff': Congress begins copyright reform with a plea for civility

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That’s not opting out. But the GP is wrong, you can opt out by releasing a work to the public domain.

2 days ago on 'Free speech doesn't mean free stuff': Congress begins copyright reform with a plea for civility

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Except that’s nothing like Apple buying Intel then screwing all of Intel’s competitors.

4 days ago on Intel could have been inside the original iPhone, says outgoing CEO

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Yeah, let’s just ignore the most successful silicon vendor on the planet who is probably a year out from having a competitive mobile SoC.

4 days ago on Intel could have been inside the original iPhone, says outgoing CEO 4 recommends

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Intel still holds rights to ARM IP including foundry rights. They sold XScale because they wanted to move into mobile with x86 instead of paying ARM.

4 days ago on Intel could have been inside the original iPhone, says outgoing CEO 2 replies

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Given Intel’s fabrication skills, I imagine it would take less than one of either.

4 days ago on Intel could have been inside the original iPhone, says outgoing CEO 1 reply

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the US is so corrupt that ANY shit passes

Err, no. Certainly not this.

4 days ago on Intel could have been inside the original iPhone, says outgoing CEO 1 reply 4 recommends

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Unfortunately for the mouse over on that, it is micro-USB. It’s a standard that has well and truly taken hold.

The problem we have here is that none of these companies want to standardize because they all want to lock you in. And that’s why they’re all assholes.

4 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 3 replies 6 recommends

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I know, we need to wait a day until we get back to “how dare you question Microsoft!” again.

5 days ago on Google demands Microsoft remove YouTube Windows Phone app, cites lack of ads 1 reply 3 recommends

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Most of the plans I have seen prices it around$10-20 dollars more if you are getting internet anyway.

That’s for the most basic of cable services. For anything resembling real cable you’re looking at closer to $50-$80 a month on top of what you’re already paying for internet.

5 days ago on Time Warner to stream TBS and TNT online this summer, cable subscription required 2 recommends

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What is this garbage?

6 days ago on Internet advocates say the TPP is the biggest threat yet to open web 1 reply

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These guys aren’t Luddites. They’re corporatists who will sell out our rights so that the corporation that employs them can make even greater profits.

6 days ago on Internet advocates say the TPP is the biggest threat yet to open web

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This law is absolutely a threat. It represents corporate interests exclusively and takes absolutely no input from the citizens of these nations. It also takes away the ability for the citizens of these nations to fix these laws, by wrapping their governments in red tape via an international treaty.

This is, far and away, a fascist treaty. A law written in concert between governments and corporations, hidden from the citizens on whose behalf the governments are presumably negotiating. Too bad this stuff is beyond most people.

6 days ago on Internet advocates say the TPP is the biggest threat yet to open web 1 reply 75 recommends

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Because it’s hard to buy computers with Windows 7 on them now?

9 days ago on Microsoft responds to Windows 8 criticism, defends upcoming changes as 'a good thing' 1 reply 1 recommend

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I understand some peoples disdain towards change. I bet they voted for Romney and think Obamas a muslim and not born in America.

What a balls to the wall ignorant statement.

9 days ago on Microsoft responds to Windows 8 criticism, defends upcoming changes as 'a good thing' 2 recommends

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And Microsoft gets to count that as a sale. 100 Million licenses, no real choice.

9 days ago on Microsoft responds to Windows 8 criticism, defends upcoming changes as 'a good thing'

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your statement that people have no choice but to buy a Windows machine is utterly absurd.

Hardly. Go find a non-Mac available in a major store (online or otherwise) that ships in quantity without Windows.

You’ve already backtracked by admitting there are Macs.

Macs != PCs. There is only one vendor for Macs. There are many PC vendors, and only one offers a single system with a non-Windows option- and the future of that project is in jeopardy.

Now backtrack the rest of the way and admit that it is very easy to buy a PC without an OS on it.

I didn’t say without an OS. I said with any OS other than Windows. The average consumer, quite frankly, has no choice and that’s why Microsoft can claim to ship 100 million licenses. They are guaranteed to go out the door because the PC OEMs will pick them up no questions asked.

9 days ago on Microsoft responds to Windows 8 criticism, defends upcoming changes as 'a good thing'

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My apps haven’t left my sight, even if I’m glancing in the corner to type something.

9 days ago on Microsoft responds to Windows 8 criticism, defends upcoming changes as 'a good thing'

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I do that. But that doesn’t excuse the context switch.

9 days ago on Microsoft responds to Windows 8 criticism, defends upcoming changes as 'a good thing'

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Talk crap?

Go to any store, show me a system that doesn’t come with windows that isn’t a Mac. If you buy a PC, you get Windows. There is no choice.

But go ahead, call me names some more (the surest sign you have nothing useful to say.) I invite you to explain exactly how this is the case.

10 days ago on Microsoft responds to Windows 8 criticism, defends upcoming changes as 'a good thing' 2 replies 4 recommends

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The two “environments” are made to complement one another with proper use.

What is “proper?” This is like being told “you’re holding it wrong.”

There’s no difficulty.

Some settings are only available in one environment and not the other. Both operate in very distinct and different manners. It’s a mess.

The real problem is when people think they can become fully dependent on one part of the operating system.

Wait, what hole is the Modern environment filling exactly?

There’s a reason RT is only packaged in regular tablets and not laptops/high-power tablets.

Err, this is a bankrupt excuse because the only thing missing from RT is the ability to install 3rd party desktop software. Otherwise all of the same disasters play out on it as well.

10 days ago on Microsoft responds to Windows 8 criticism, defends upcoming changes as 'a good thing' 5 recommends

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There are two UIs. Microsoft completely and utterly failed to merge them. Rationalize it all you wish, but they are badly merged and very distinct in behavior and appearance and bouncing between them to configure things is annoying as hell.

10 days ago on Microsoft responds to Windows 8 criticism, defends upcoming changes as 'a good thing' 5 recommends

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I see questioning the Start Screen is verboten, where an empty question is heavily recommended.

Any multitasking workflow for one. The start screen is central to the “Modern” single-tasking interface, so when you want to open a new application your entire current application or desktop is replaced with a screen full of icons and everything you were working with is whisked away, out of sight. This is a massive, annoying, context switch that is more distracting than it is worth. Whereas with the start menu I sacrifice a small corner of my screen, my primary task remains in front of me.

You see, my desktop isn’t a morass of worthless icons all over the place. The start screen forces such a disaster on everyone.On my laptop, which remains hidden at all times, is jammed full of worthless icons that I would have to spend ages cleaning up and reordering, a nontrivial task given how there’s only a sad excuse for categorization on the screen.

10 days ago on Microsoft responds to Windows 8 criticism, defends upcoming changes as 'a good thing' 2 replies 4 recommends

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No, we know that people will buy it regardless because they don’t really have a choice.

10 days ago on Microsoft responds to Windows 8 criticism, defends upcoming changes as 'a good thing' 1 reply 3 recommends