I think voice control is the way to go.

The native NT API's don't actually change that much in breaking manner. Many ISVs, especially security software, rely on calling into the native API for stuff that isn't possible with Win32. Only recently has Microsoft gotten better at exposing much of that functionality. For instance if you had a handle to a thread and wanted to get the thread id, even though it's a very basic operation there was no way to do that before Windows Vista. Now there's GetThreadId.

There's no separate api. All requests for file objects go through the NT Object Manager which then passes it to the NTFS file system driver. There's actually a flag (OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE) that you pass to the kernel if you don't want it to consider case. The Win32 api always pass this flag. You can support case sensitivity in your application by not passing this flag.

For desktops you can always pivot to portrait mode if you're doing alot of document/scrolling work.

I think that's the way to do it. It's a win-win situation. Giving Google money so they can track you even better seems like a bad idea.

humans have a spiritual need (Matt. 4:4). They're going to try to fill that need some how.

Anybody else remember this game? Sounds alot like it.

Check out http://www.theregister.co.uk/2... (scroll down to oldnewthing). It's a parody of the Old New Thing blog but it's really truth in fiction and illustrates why Windows APIs are so difficult to call and probably why developer tend to take shortcuts.

If you want to keep track of what gets installed where check out Install Monitor (www.mirekusoft.com). It's designed to solve that exact problem.

It will be easier in the US to get the 50 white people needed for the cure (http://www.theonion.com/articles/experts-ebola-vaccine-at-least-50-white-people-awa,36580/)

Whoosh!

Does anyone else see the irony in riding 500 buses to NYC from all over the country if they're really concerned about climate change?

I generally avoid driver updates unless I know there is a specific problem I am experiencing that is fixed. Got burned too many times.

General intelligence. That's a loaded term. There is no one thing but several things that indicate intelligence. You definitely can't program general intelligence if you can't define it exactly.

I got tired of the unexplained blue screens because hardware/drivers didn't work well together. The ability to pick the best components just doesn't make up for the headache of having parts that have never been tested together.