http://www.gamebase64.com/ This database has 20000 games. Those are just the ones they've found and it doesn't even include actual applications, only games. The total number of programs for the C-64 is probably far more than 50000.

There's a warning on the comparison site that a number of players, big name free players, don't correctly play Theora. In fact, Media Player Classic doesn't play it that video all. It's been many months since I've encountered a video that program couldn't play, so why if it's this great open source media codec do so many programs, some of them open source themselves, have a problem playing it?

It's not paranoia. It's the idea that I give up system resources, however small, to an updater for an app I might play with once a month or so. That 99% of the population you deal with - I bet they bitch that their computers gradually become slower as they age. You know why? Those people let a bunch of little programs like this run rampant on their computer eventually eating it up. Besides, apps can check for updates when they start up and ask you if you want to update then. Memory-resident updaters are never necessary. Ever.

And don't forget to turn off the scheduled event to turn the service back on. And don't forget to do it all over again every time you install/update anything by Google. Also, the instructions to kill it don't seem to be the same all the time. Maybe it depends on exactly what app you're installing. Maybe it's just Google trying to screw with my mind. Google Update needs to die.

...you mean zombie PROGRAMS. Damn.

[puts shotgun down]

Kingston 2GB microSD. It started to slow down, both in read speed and write speed. This lasted about a day and I didn't think much of it. Then it would completely stop for 5-10 seconds at a time during read/write. It was at this point I copied all the data from it which I was able to do, albeit slowly. The slowdown increased until I formatted it. The format said it worked but afterward I was unable to read/write or format it in any device I had. If I plugged it into my card reader Windows would seize up until I took it out again. Sent it to Kingston, they exchanged it.

Keep in mind these things are very susceptible to static. I think a lot of the sudden death stories can be attributed to a nasty little jolt.

"Are you on a single-core machine?" If you're suggesting that should matter for web browsing something is very very wrong. As the other poster said, Firefox works and works well. And the weather is nice here in Bizarro World.

...viruses, 'cause I figure if I gotta go I'm sneezing on you and taking you with me.

The overhead for Steam is atrocious. Close to 30 seconds to start up and 127MB of VM just to exist before starting any games.

And don't tell me it's my computer. 'cause it's not.

Psst. No, it can't. Unless you've deliberately used a third party tool to remove all traces, parts of it are still there. I'd rather have most viruses on my computer than I would Starforce drivers.

Dibs on the TV franchise rights! Neander-thon! Saturdays at 8!

If you install a Valve game from a CD it does not download the game. It will download updates, but those are a good thing.

Other PC games require you to insert the disc every time you boot the game. This could be considered equally atrocious as what Steam does. If you don't have a network connection no game for you versus no disc no game for you.

Steam only delivers ads for other Steam games. Not for Coca Cola or some crap. While it may install a startup agent(I don't remember honestly) it can easily be turned off. No steam code on startup on my system.

I hate DRM as much as the next guy, but Steam doesn't piss me off. It's acceptable to me. My biggest problem is that the Steam client itself performs like it was written in QuickBASIC.