Have you used that operating system? Anytime someone makes this claim it really seems like they are just one of the 'sheep' out there just passing on someone else's misinformed judgement.

NEWS FLASH: Windows 8 is a great operating system! How do I know? Because I use Windows 8, Windows 7, Android 4.2.2, and Ubuntu (KDE) daily. Sorry, I'm not fit to give judgement or comment on anything Apple - because I don't use it.

Posting to remove a inadvertent mod. Good point with the 'changing of a cultural taboo' point.

Without being able to look up the mapping from the database, the three words don't seem to be useful.

Perhaps it be paired with Longitude and Latitude; making a really useful yet *boring* system all of a sudden more *fun*, yet still accessible without access to the database.

I double-checked my calender to make sure today wasn't April Fool's day...

Just in-case you're wondering, its not.

Why has no one published an article listing "Organizations likely to not pay for professional tax advice and do it on their own fall prey to IRS suspicion."

I've filed as a tax exempt organization though with the help of a CPA - it's not a trivial task. If people really are so eager to make these crazy conspiracy correlations let's at least discuss the fact that those groups that are being binned together all are also likely to try to file on their own.

It would have been interesting if you created a new account and posted this comment from it.

I agree, and so does this article: http://www.zdnet.com/the-real-reason-for-the-pc-sales-plunge-the-era-of-good-enough-computing-7000013878/

If we take this rhetoric one step further, are there not a lot of illegal (i.e. non-EULA applicable) copies of Windows that are part of this and are likely also used in the creation of said malware? I could see Microsoft argue that the root of the problem is software users not abiding by EULA and the blame would thus be shifted towards those who 'failed' to enforce software copyright, etc.

A quick advertisement for my earlier post above about heat dissipation... better handling of heat in laptops would help prolong the lives of almost all current batteries.

The heat doesn't have to be dissipated through my lap was the original point. While I would love less heat generation, I wouldn't support the performance lost as an effect. So therefore, all other factors held constant, better heat dissipation is actually my intended meaning.

It could be something not already implemented (I don't like those lap mats, sorry). A quick example:

• Piping the heat to my wife's/gf's/partner's blanket cause they are cold.

While I may not be 'sweating' through the tough parts of whatever content I'm consuming or creating, my lap sure is.

Exactly my thoughts. I use m 46" TV as my primary monitor for most gaming and run Windows 8 (Windows 8 is not bad, there are just a lot of complainers out there, or maybe I'm just old enough to be that negative towards new things yet). I pre-ordered this just for the reason you pointed out - can't wait for my 46" living room touchscreen that I don't actually have to "touch."

Pics or it didn't happen

Lest we not forget MRI, or nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (originally, NMRI) had its name changed due to undue public fear of "nuclear." People were afraid of the procedure so rather than try to educate people on the topic of nuclear science and engineering, those involved simply decided to drop the "N."

Millions of gallons can be converted into a smaller volume through chemical reprocessing of the materials. Imagine if every time you took a shit, the water that was in the toilet was instantly put in a tank and designated part of the "waste" produced by you.

This is similar to the situation at Hanford - had reprocessing not been outlawed we wouldn't have had to (and still could go back and fix) this political problem of storing the ENTIRE waste byproduct.