Microsoft Surface is not the name of a particular tablet, but a line of tablets which includes Windows RT & Windows 8 Pro

Windows 8 Pro Surface does not require signed binaries, it is simply Windows Pro.

They're talking specifically about Windows RT, and its not any better or worse than an iPad.

"We had a bailout because people weren't buying American cars because they were shit"

Actually, American car company's costs structure was (and is) too high so companies like GM were slowly going out of business.

The economic downturn simply accelerated the inevitable.

"Except that consumers actually prefer no-haggle pricing"

There's no rule that says you have to haggle.

Just go into the dealer, ask how much they want and pay it.

Congratulations, you've just ensured that somebody is cold because of a misplaced sense of how to get a job done.

My generator is still in my basement.

You want it? $3,000.

That's just common sense.

" not be a dick and sell it for what you paid for it when someone is dealing with an emergency."

Its my property, and I don't really want to sell it, but if you offer me enough profit on anything I own, I will sell it.

If you allow me to make $2K profit on the generator, it will go from sitting in my basement to keeping some house heated.

So if you want to prosecute me or insult me because my stuff is for sale, go ahead. But I still have the generator and you don't.

So you've doomed yourself to long lines and most people not getting the scare resource anyway.

Enjoy.

The state has no obligation to stop your "negotiation".

They may prosecute for your actions, but there is no legal obligation the police have to stop you from actually committing a crime, even if they know a crime is in progress.

But the alternative is long lines and most people not getting it anyway.

The net result is the same: Most people won't get the scarce resource anyway.

Your method ensure the distribution is essentially random, allowing price rises to what the market will bear has two advantages:

1) The people who most highly value (or can afford) that resource will get it

2) It will encourage other suppliers to step in to fill the void.

"Allowing price gouging post disaster can be very dangerous because it exacerbates any shortages."

No, it will eventually alleviate the shortage.

If you don't understand why, then you have no concept of supply & demand.

So your take is its better for no one to have generators than to have people who value the generator pay more for it?

All you do with this kind of rational is ensure there is a generator shortage.

I live far away from the carnage, but I have a Honda portable generator.

I'm willing to sell it for $2,000 to anyone who wants it. For $3,000 I'll deliver.

Am I now a scumbag?

Or consider:

I have a generator, but its not worth my while to sell it to you at what you consider a fair price.

Now I'm a good guy, right?

If you're running mainframes, run a z/VM LPAR, and then run a RedHat guest that is the timeserver for your mainframe.

Of course if you use a sysplex, you'll use STP anyway, probably synced to an atomic clock someplace.

I wouldn't offboard NTP for the mainframe.

Depends on the requirements (the needs).

You don't need cadillac solutions if the requirement is to have logs that are easy to correlate.

Virtual Machines will work fine for most applications.

the iPod was released in 2001

Zune was released in what.... 2006?

Diamond Rio in 1998, but it was from Diamond

Creative Nomad in 2000 but it was from Creative.

What is this guy talking about that MS had a music player before the iPod?

Sorry, I was laughing too hard.

And my comment at least made sense.

I'm telling you, if child handed that mess into their grammar school teacher, it would make their teacher cry.