You could argue that the time freed by completing the tasks you desire more efficiently in Linux allows you to perform more paid work, but claiming that therefore means Linux is paying you to use it is entirely deceptive and doesn't really advance the argument for Linux further as much as it causes people to gawk at the perceived intelligence of its vocal users. I'm quite sure anyone running around saying Windows pays them to use it because Photoshop is more efficient for them to use than Gimp would be smacked down with logic quite quickly, even if it provides them with additional time to complete additional paid work the OS isn't actually paying them.

No doubt I just got trolled, but I think if people try using this sort of argument to convince people to use Linux they're simply going to make themselves look deceptive rather than helpful.

Heh, they'll require major overhauls to be properly playable on versus (hence their original exclusion). Those maps have far too many open / barren corridors and the finales for both offer little protection for the infected in many of the easily defendable locations (on a rock in the water in Blood Toll or one of the corners in Dead Air being the prime examples).

It'll be interesting to see how they change them, but I doubt it'll be "very slightly".

I had this idea presented to me a few days ago and though paraphrased it does ring true: Once technology evolves to the point where being faster/more accurate isn't much of an issue, the focus moves to aesthetics. Watches and mobile phones are the primary examples, where form matters more than function for the general population. They don't care if your watch never loses time if it looks ugly...

While computers in general haven't reached the point where they're sold based on aesthetics rather than features, many pieces of software appear to have hit that point (at least temporarily). If the interface is better it does seem to me as though people will care more about it than if it has a couple of additional features.

I may not have described it all that well, but hopefully you understand what I'm getting at rather than picking at specific points. People (in general) do seem to sacrifice utility for fashion, and while you use your computer in a more technical manner for others they don't need it to perform faster and thus are more enticed by making it look better.

The folder system does have that irritating habit, luckily XdNTweaker is capable of forcing all folders to use the exact same view. At least it claims to, I've not used that feature since I like thumbnails for some folders (so I've had to deal with unexpected resizing/reordering and different views).

Direct Link to the Youtube Video (larger when viewed on Youtube directly).

The blog doesn't add additional details to the video, so you may as well skip the inevitable wordpress collapse. Seems like this guy was trying to generate some publicity for his new site (9 posts total).

I'm not sure I'd be leaving Grandma's computer without a checkup for over a year, even with precautions taken there's always a chance something bad will slip through the cracks. It's an excuse to visit too ;)

It could just be that you're no longer a part of their target audience, tastes change over time. I couldn't bring myself to play FFX past one of the earlier underwater sections (I think it was just after meeting a female sidekick) for much the same reasons that you abandoned FFXII; it was a drag. Completely uninteresting to me, yet others (like you) rave about how fantastic it is. When it was FFIX, I was the one raving about how fantastic it was and other Final Fantasy fans were saying it was terrible. I guess my point is that it is possible that you just left Square's target audience and it isn't their fault; the games have always held a similar quality that appeal to a demographic you just left.

You have to remove the semicolon at the end of his link to make it work: Iraq starts to fix itself.