Well that is my name, because I don't post things on /. that I wouldn't mind having associated with my real identity. I wouldn't even think about posting something even remotely close to the things the people in TFA posted. Do I ever say things on the internet I wouldn't want attached to my name? Sure, but I sure as hell wouldn't attach my real name of all things to it.

I think the scariest part of all of it is that someone could easily just use my name, post bad things, and I'd take the blame for it.

Better question is how dumb does a troll have to be to actually be linked to their real-life identity without someone actually cracking their account security?

Shhhhh...you're giving them ideas.

So why not have it group only when the taskbar is full? IIRC that used to be the default, but now it groups even if there's plenty of room.

Windows doesn't care. If it ends with exe, it considers it a compiled executable, end of story.

What they should do is stop hiding the concept of the "home folder" from the user so much. It would be a lot easier than providing a bunch of library links to subfolders within the home dir.

Fun fact: They aren't actually called "My" Documents and such, they're just called "Documents" and explorer sticks the "My" prefix on them. Do a dir on your home folder and you'll see the actual folder names.

The main thing for me is the default taskbar layout. Why does it use unnecessarily huge icons by default (even before Win8 and it's touchscreen stuff)? Why does it group all the windows of one application into one button, making it take longer to switch to specific windows? Why doesn't it display names of the open windows by default even if there's plenty of space on the taskbar?

Microsoft seems to have a fetish for hiding as many words and buttons as possible from the user. That seems to be their definition of "user friendly".

Well, it doesn't really matter whether it's a script or a compiled executable. You run the file, and it executes. If you really need to know, you use file, but the truth is you can simply treat it as a black box executable file in all but a couple corner cases.

To the contrary, I love bloatware because it means other people are subsidizing my PC that I'm going to be installing a fresh OS upon receiving anyway.

I'm just wondering where the let sidebar is. When you have a fluid-width site, you generally want to have a sidebar on the left for readability.

That's not a very good argument because it's directly affecting someone else. You wouldn't let someone drive drunk, because they might possibly injure or kill other people. Pregnant drinking is exactly the same. Or worse, because it's not like a baby can get Fetal Alcohol Syndrome insurance.

I think they only installed it on their consumer line anyway, not any corporate models.

Still waiting for the reverse three strikes, where an IP holder gets punished if they send 3 false notices.

Can't tell if this is sarcastic or not.
It's generally faster to hit a modifier key than it is to move your fingers all the way over to the pgup/down/etc area. I'd much rather hit Ctrl-A/E for Home/End, Ctrl-U/D for pgup/down, etc. I'd take shell-like or vim-like keys any day.