I never heard of you, but your quote of 'One of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding.', is truly quite amazing! I guess the one question I have for you though, that out-ranks my other thoughts is this; Looking back through your entire life and career, what is the one hint of a thought that makes you truly believe there is no divine being "in charge" of all we see, or can you not truly say that because no matter how much you see you still have a hint of a doubt? Thank you sir, I wish you well!

I was very gung-ho for the surface release... I was going to buy multiple RT's at the rumored 199$ price point, heck, even if they were 300, I would buy 2-3. But at the price they're being released at, I'm not going to buy any except maybe the Pro because I'm not sure if RT will stick, it will take support from Dev's. Also the Pro I'll be able to integrate and use my resources with, RT not so much. But more over, if the Pro is going to be 1k+$ I'll only buy 1, just because I would like to see Microsoft producing hardware.

Really, if it's off C#, wouldn't it be possible to install DirectX? That's really the only reason I use Windows... though 7 has been a fantastic experience for numerous other reasons.

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It won't even get off the ground, they'll spend too much "thinking" about them, and the workers will take the ideas to other companies that actually pay for their hard labor. IBM blows now.

Because the community as a whole can never have 1 goal. Everyone wants to do their own thing, and that will be their legacy. I've talked to numerous linux users who talk down about Microshaft, but ya know why I use Windows? Because a lot of people came together on one goal, Windows. If Linux would produce and keep maintaining advances on 1 single OS distro, then yes, I would consider it, but it would be a requirement that it had something comparable to Direct X. But until the community comes together, the products will always be half-ass.

Well if it's something that works with your computer, I would think that it would have to be on... :D That's like buying a car stereo, and then complaining you have to be in your car to use it, unless you want to hack together something...

"My T-Mobile contract..." That.

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Seriously, it seems like you don't have it, otherwise if you do, and you still say this, you don't realize what you have. It works great, the "ad-laden software" you speak of is not that, it has a couple frames that load MJ deals, that's it. It doesn't swallow your bandwidth. It doesn't 'infect' your pc with adware like you make it sound. It has great tech support. And yes, unlimited service for 20$/year is totally possible, why, because of the crazy little idea people are talking about, called the "internet". And you don't have to leave your pc on 24/7. If the unit isn't plugged in, their servers host your voicemail, and you can access it remotely via a regular phone... Sounds like you either don't have it, or you had a rotten time with it, but I live, breathe, and eat computers, and this is by far the BEST phone service provider deal hands down. Sure, it's not a cell phone, but if you have a laptop/netbook, are you really gonna say that you can't pretty much go anywhere without being able to find the internet? Heck, paired with a random 3G adapter even... I don't mean to offend, but your words just reek of ignorance or impatience...

na, I was curious about it too, but it's gotta be the best phone type gear I've ever got.. I did have quality issues in the beginning, but after a call to customer service, after the results of their troubleshooting (and my tech skillz), THEY admitted to their server causing the issue, and said "we'll be updating the server soon". I didn't know what to think. A couple days later, the issue was fixed, and quality was 100%. I stand by this product, and those who say it's a scam, are either r-tarded, or are afraid for their phone company they work for...

I've had MajicJack for more than 6 months now, it's the best thing I have ever found for phone service. Yes it sucks at times when I'm downloading etc, then the quality suffers a little, but otherwise 20$ a year, ya, I bet anyone and everyone screaming "SCAM!" is a freakin phone service salesman... Phone companies and cell companies can't come anywhere near 20$ a year, not even skype, and I have noticed the quality IS better than skype... MajicJack == the end of the line for residential phone companies

forgot to mention, yes, I actually had a boss, who was above 5-10 tech's, and she said if you asked her anything about pc's etc, she would reply with: "I don't know anything about computers, don't ask me!!" Yes, that was aggrivating..

Every company I've been at doing contract work, the managers don't know shit. And here I am, no degree because I have been living on a pc since the Commodore days, and I'll say something to someone either on the team, but ALWAYS if I say something "technical" to a manager, they say "ok ok, I have no idea what you're talking about".... Then that same person says "you need to work harder/faster/better etc..", and then they never take advice on how things could be better?! Ya, might as well call corporations in the US now miniature communist governements.

The difference is very minute, but I've noticed if you play an fps with no vsync, 30fps is ok, but if you're doin around 100fps, then you notice the tearing. I'm sure everyone knows what I'm talking about, but if you enable vsync, and then look at the difference, of course your monitor hz comes into play, but there is very slight fractions of a second you notice, such as dude lookin away from you, then all of a sudden he's looking at you (30 fps) But at max fps your monitor can support + whatever your vid card is kickin out, you don't just notice the guy looking away and then looking at you, you notice the guy looking away, and then the fraction of a second it takes him to TURN and look at you. You can see that turn. No vsync, and it was probably a tear, but it is still there, and having won a fps tournament, I can tell you it does matter.