Oh, you'll wake up when it works

Well, if it works well all it will mean Windows gets some of the exploding Mac app market, a breath of fresh air in the stagnating Windows application space (for everything but games that is).

Apple is sort of phasing out Macs anyways, aren't they

You must be thinking of the slumping PC market.

Apple doesn't talk about Macs much but they are the sleeper hit, they keep growing in sales (unlike Windows PC) and Apple spends a lot of effort developing new macs.

Retina 5k iMac, perhaps you've heard of it.

Some of these folks were literally flown in the day before to take over the exact same job I was doing,

A) What were you doing you could be replaced that easily?!

B) Companies can drop you any time, out of nowhere. Keep some savings, and keep skills up so that if you need another job, you can find one... it's really easy at larger companies to drift into something that lasts years, if not endlessly. Don't let such things trap you.

I actually meant sub-orbital, typo. I referred to that later but it was absolutely confusing. Sorry about that.

It looks like in fact Microsoft is providing some kind of middle layer which provides much of the iOS framework libraries, they are calling it "Islandwood". Couldn't find details beyond that though.

It doesn't mean much to me that a game was ported with minimal effort since that would mostly be using OpenGL and the like.

From past systems like this, I think it would mean that you can technically use Objective-C code, just not any of the system frameworks... but that would be a pretty huge limitation if so, and involve a ton of re-work for anything existing.

I don't know why companies get so exited around being able to re-use a subset of business logic, and nothing else.... get a rules engine people!

The maximum donation is just $10k? They should have a $100k plus "I get to go into orbit" tier.

In fact if they were smart they would be talking about developing a really nice sub-orbital vehicle expressly for the purpose of tourism - huge viewing ports (with the new transparent aluminum of course!), dedicated to people really being able to see the globe.

Otherwise why should I think these guys can compete against SpaceX?

How much longer can a site that's largely based around the same handful of tired old memes remain relevant?

Well it all depends on how much longer Florida is around.

It is actually a lot better, because it's much better you may get nothing for your money.

When there are "protections" in place not only do a lot of things not happen because they cannot offer an "appropriate" level of guarantee, but also many times that which is guaranteed is not delivered on for one obscure legal reason or another.

I'd rather have the exception that something may fail than a fake promise I'll be re-embursed if it fails.

If I really want a share of the business, nothing stops me from going to them directly and offering that.

The problem is that that Kickstarter is really nothing more than distributed venture capital. Except that normal venture capital gives you a share of the company or future profits.

Here's a thought - what if that is OK? What if someone is OK being a venture capitalist whose only return is to possibly get a cool product they would like to see exist?

I think the real "problem" if there is one, is people who think of Kickstarter as a store instead of venture capital with product as a return.

All you get is a promise for a future product.

You don't get that; you get a promise they will *try to create* the product. The work Kickstarter has done in terms of validation and required disclosure is to try and make it as clear as possible, how likely that promise is to be kept.

discontent among users about failed projects

Those users can go take a flying leap as far as I'm concerned. I think there are enough people that understand what Kickstarter is, that it will continue to do well.

treats it as such by letting "investors" buy "shares" of the companies seeking funding thus making it obvious that they are also buying all the risk that comes with that

Sorry but I wouldn't touch that nebulous piece of crap with a ten foot pole. What Kickstarter is now is pretty clear I think, at this point everyone knows Kickstarters can fail, so they know there is risk. The disclosure items at the bottom give a good amount of information to fairly evaluate that risk.

There are some kick starters that deliver nothing to anyone and no refunds...

If you need money to survive, you do not "have to" send money back to backers, especially not if the only problem is that you were late (I expect at least a year delay on Kickstarter hardware by default).

I doubt that was really what sent them over the edge though.

And on what did you base your assumption that UID correlates to writing experience?

As stated, that was just one facet.

other posters might also have been writing for longer than they have been registered at Slashdot.

Very (VERY) unlikely. I myself joined kind of late as it was, so your joining even later puts that probability as extremely low.

I agree they are not the same.

Don't you think that it's more appropriate to use in this case though?

It's a term saying you are changing how you are doing something from a specific point onward... "in the future" is less specific, not really tied to the original subject, and also does not clearly convey the permanence of the change. And of course, I actually like that the term is intertwined (sort of) with driving.

I'm perfectly open to changing my writing, if the changes make things clearer...

BTW, I'm not really a UID snob as it may seem but I do appreciate your low UID. :-)

I'm just basing the relative experience level by your UID (well, that and a correction I do not find valid).

I've been writing for about 35 years.

The words I carefully selected are more interesting and thematically relevant than your "In future" alteration.

They are also no less clear, as much as you try to confuse the issue.

So going forward I will write as I chose, not by the dictates of someone who has not been writing as long as I have...

Although I doubt it was done to solve the problem you outline, many HOV lanes are going to 3+ instead of 2+. So the single guy with a driver is no longer clear to go free...

Not that they will care; if you can afford a driver you can afford the toll easily. But at least they will have to pay going forward.

On the other hand, I find going to 3+ to be a burden on families where a wife and husband work, who may well not be able to afford to pay the full HOV fee every day and will no longer be able to use it for free even though they are using one car instead of two.