So, profits are down and the answer is to lay off the people who bring in the profits? Or the people who build the products that make the money?

How is this right in any sense of the word? Instead of spot layoffs to raise the stock price a few cents, AMD should be focusing on beating the tar out of Intel, Nvidia, and ARM manufacturers. Or wondering why AMD doesn't have a chip that can drive a tablet?

How long have you been downloading "warez"? A year? There was a time when the keygens bundled with apps included trojans. When "legit OS" versions were modified to load a trojan AND access an IRC channel where it sat...waiting to be abused. When opening a PDF or CHM would cause the computer to open browser windows to ad-infested sites AND click on those ads so the malware author got paid. Etc...etc...etc...

That you've never encountered a virus or trojan doesn't mean they aren't out there...it just means your experience is rather limited.

You're assuming the perp plugs in the laptop to his network. Why would he do that? Network access isn't needed when wiping laptops. Just pop in a bootable CD or USB flash drive, wait a few minutes, and laptop has been wiped.

What happens when the perp wipes the hard drive? Barring some BIOS magic, your software just disappears. That's the first thing I do when I steal laptops.

You claim to have tested video and audio quality but deleted your account "in minutes" within opening it? That was some test

Was all set to blast the article with examples of old people in IT...but realized my own IT career ended when I was 38yo.

And they continue to screw the Aussies on game prices with most games costing TWICE as much as their U.S. versions.

Bullshit. Amazon couldn't keep their Kindle v1 and Kindle v2 in stock and those were around $300. When the DX came out, they were SWAMPED with orders. Just because $300 is too expensive for you doesn't mean others can't afford it.

Amazon would disagree with you.

and yet Amazon still continues to sell Kindle...yet the market is dead, right? *rolls eyes*

What reasons could the state possibly have had to put a GPS tracker on an employee's personal vehicle? And track the vehicle outside of business hours? This stinks of big brother and privacy intrusions. What an employee does on their own personal time and in their own personal car should be their own personal business. I could be buying hookers and blow every weekend but if I show up on time during the week and do my job, the state should have no say in the matter.

How the hell did you get a +5 when you didn't even RTFA?

Every PC vendor has problems. True. Not every PC vendor knows about those problems, still ships the equipment to their customers, then BLAMES THEIR VERY OWN CUSTOMERS FOR THE PROBLEM.

Dell should be hung from the rafters for the crap they pulled.

Geez. He said top-posting would make sense. He didn't provide a reason. All I was asking for was a reason or two. For that, I get tagged troll? Unreal.

"I used to agree with this...but now that I have spent more time in a business setting, I can say that there are very real reasons why top posting and html email make sense."

Then fail to provide any reasons why top posting would make sense.