I stopped reading at "There is no standard".
Computers run on standards, there is no excuse for this.

Son, Ballmer don't tell us Schmidt!

Agreed,
The ones that got us into war, Bush, Cheney, the army, and the media, saw nothing but profits.
If only we could charge them now for the deaths, the economic collapse, and the injured war vets.
Economic rebound son!

Cool cool...
So this is why I pay extortion amounts of money for an OS that sucks balls every other release?
Or how about my business paying for CALs on stupid shit that should come with the OS/Software I am working with?

I am supposed to be paying for a better product and product updates, not to line the pockets of some jackass intent on jackassery.

Also, he wasnt "ousted", and "fired" must mean something else to them, because March 30th is when he leaves.
Sure, it might have been because of the Sim City issue, but one can only speculate. Slashdot is not the place for speculation.

Menials and the uneducated.
*Rich guy laugh*

To be clear, when people say "Saving the earth", they mean "Make sure it supports human life".
To not interpret it as such means you are missing the whole point and concern people have about this issue.
I have heard plenty of people state that they dont care about the environment, which means that they will do nothing to change their habits. Habits that in effect, harm the environment enouth to cause its destruction.
It is ignorant to think that by simply living, we are not harming the environment.
And it is ignorant to think that somehow a "Capitalistic market will save the environment, and everyone from overfishing, increased emissions causing increased heat, which causes drought, asthma, respiratory issues, and cancer."
The fact is, if we rely on money as the driving factor to fixing our worlds declining ability to support human life, we will not be around much longer. As we all know, there is money in fishing and farming when supply is reduced and demand is increased, and there is money in the medical industry with dealing with these issues instead of fixing the cause.

Epic comment.
But lets be clear here, Walmart is doing everything to reduce costs so the family owners can scrape in more and give back less.
If they could use employee tears to power their facility at a lower cost, you know they would.

The difference is the manipulation is Corp vs Corp, with traces and links to sub corps or hired PR firms. Where in China... anyone with seemingly no links or reason will start crap.
Wait a minute... Is China the most epic troll Country in the world?

Everyone knows women dont exist on the internet.
Therefore, you should know it is a hoax if they are interested.

Pre-ordering is the new "demo".
The game industry is shit, filled with shit, and they keep piling on more shit.
Not that some games are bad, I enjoy Indie/Greenlight games as much as the normally made industry games. But the drivers of games released in this way have driven good ideas off the cliff (Warhammer Online, EA games in general, bad console to PC ports), because they want money, not excuses.
Take these jackass investors out of the loop and find games go back to a better state, where demos were released before the games, and excitement was generated from those demos.

I dont get your point.

Also add on top of that that Yellow pages companies deliver to addresses, not phones...

Agreed. Apple products were designed to give a false sense of security whilst continually monitoring and managing your computer use habits through industrial strength capital cronysim.

Ownership is only a myth.

That snippet, yes.
Written like a 12 year old.