Yeah but in the context of mobile devices, Windows is pretty non-generic while "App" is a shortened version of Application and so is very generic in the relevant context.

Well part of the appeal of consoles is that you don't have to worry about minimum requirements or having to install special packages etc to play. just pop in the disc and go. Your suggestion would make a console about as desirable as a PC in that case if you'd have to upgrade every now and then. Also, developers would have to decide what hardware configuration to support, and that would still result in some increased development time, and it'd be quite a hassle for consumers if developers decided to develop only for the newest GPU/CPU combo for some reason.

This has been done by Fallout 3 and other games, I'm sure. Don't think it being in an iBook format is special enough to require a patent o.0

It means that the rootkit can establish a connection from the victim to the attacker and receive orders from him/her. Since it's TCP i'm guessing it can also connect to IRC and other services that use TCP rather than UDP or more obscure protocols.

o: damn how did i miss those o___o

As a 17 year old, I must agree with Eleannor or w/e on the fact that credit cards are often required to purchase things online. I would have loved to get TF2 and HL2 through steam when they were like $10 each, but I don't have a credit card and they require one, and my parents don't like using them online due to keylogger concerns (with which I agree). Sometimes access is restricted in such a way that acquiring it through legal means is simply not possible. another example, $100 "concrete mathematics" book, nvidia's gpu gems books...there's just no way my parents are gonna pay for that. although there's always getting a job...

I use alt + left for back. my most clicked button = stumble upon ;)

Wolfenstein hehehe

whoa! How did you do that? I'm 17 and my vision has steadily gotten worse since 4th grade and I'm at -5.0 on both eyes right now. Any tips? Because i don't like wearing contacts and glasses and it'd be really nice to improve at least a little.

Well I guess for the arduino's case you're right. It's already pretty dumbed down since they remove the need to know about port registers/actual serial communication/etc so not having to worry about threading would fit its purpose. It might be better if the actual arduino people implemented it into its standard language though.

Or instead, people could just implement simple threading and learn something in the process rather than switch to a whole other language just for one problem.