Real Genius work there. All I need now is some popcorn.

I don't understand the hate for SHIELD, yes it's expensive and doesn't do any except gaming. But people buy 3DS/2DS and Vita. This is the same but you get to play your existing Android library of games plus stream gaming. How much are 3DS games vs Android games? You'll make back the difference after about 5-10 games.

I tried helping on a few articles. I updated a few articles with newer information: wrote it up, attributed to proper source, after a few days it was deleted, and then a week later had almost my exact update come back but done by one of the maintainer of the article.

iWork is surprisingly very functional on a Surface. Don't laugh. I've used iWork for iCloud on my Surface (no keyboard cover) and works much better than the built in MS Office that comes with the Surface since Office pretty much requires the keyboard cover.

What got me in Tokyo several times was Chuo/Sobu line. The train changes line name at certain stations. Also you really have to pay attention to the final destination of the train, getting on the same line with different final destination means you may skip some stops. I had figured that if it's going the same way, on the same line and I'm only about 4 stops away it would make the same stops. I was wrong. I had an easier time figuring out London's system.

I've been to London, it ain't better than NYC. The gaps between the car and station are gigantic, hence "mind the gap" warnings. The escalators are super speedy and steep, and when it rains very slick. Try going from Heathrow with some luggage and you start notice that London Underground is a death trap.

Paris' subway is better but Paris is small that it probably only takes about 20 minutes for a train to make a round-trip through it's route. Relatively clean compare to London and NYC. Walkways still smell like urine though and it lacks escalators in many places. You're very likely to get pick-pocketed and with the articulated subway cars make it easier for them to escape from you if you notice.

Tokyo's metro system is amazing. Trains are on time, stations and cars are clean, but the system is confusing as NYC.

I haven't try Beijing's or Shanghai metro system yet.

HL3 would either prove or disprove this theory.

I wasn't aware that DVI could carry audio. Of course, most of my available DVI output display doesn't have audio. And if I have audio-out with DVI, I probably also have HDMI. So basically the only time that this is a problem would be if I had a DVI only display with audio and I needed audio.

Siri: Watson, I hear you get can better answers than Google.
Watson: No, I give better questions.

What? I still use my first generation Momentus XT (500GB with the 4GB of SLC), never had any BSOD after firmware SD23. Of course, the damn thing doesn't spin down on my laptop. Or if it did, it would lag as it spins up.

I was looking to build a new gaming PC and wouldn't mind finally cutting out MSFT. All I need is most of my existing games in my account to work on SteamOS.

The only phone for a 4-yr old is full of candy.

As one of the few Surface owners, I can say on a general level the hardware is solid but the software makes me want to start straggling some UI designers.

Issues:
* on screen keyboard is overlay, so some applications you can't see what you're typing.
* some basic functions (ie. sleep timer) is on the Desktop interface, which makes no sense since MSFT is trying to push the Modern Interface. Plus, Desktop interface is a pain to use on a touchscreen
* "Home" button is capacitive touch and if you use it in portrait mode you'll hit it accidentally very very often
* factory reset takes 2 hours to complete. And then another hour or so to "update" the laptop. Makes me miss Apple's OTA updates.
* to close an Internet Explorer (in Modern), sometimes its swipe up, click on the tab's "x", which switches the active tab to another tab, click "x" on that tab again. Other times its single click on the tab's "x" you want to close. No very consistent
* on-screen keyboard pops always pop up when you want it, like when filling in text fields on a web page

I've been using Pixelmator a lot more, I also have CS5 installed. Can't argue with Pixelmator's $15 cost. Does about 90% of everything I use on Photoshop. As for a LR replacement, you can try using Raw Photo Processor. It's more difficult to use, but lots of controls.

Almost. I have the Surface RT and somethings are very irritating.

* virtual keyboard is overlay on top of your current application instead of the more standard pushing application out of the way. This leads to situation where you can't see the text you're typing.

* there's a virtual numpad, but it's a weird mix of phone numpad and standard keyboard numpad. 1-9 use phone layout (1-3 top row...etc) but "0" and "." are on the bottom like a standard keyboard numpad.

* some very basic settings can't be accessed from the Modern interface (ie. screen timeout and sleep mode) and must be changed in the desktop mode. Desktop mode on the Surface RT is just not usable with touch interface.