Honestly, it has been years. The last time I checked all X apps ran in a single window on OSX. At least my Mac buddies claimed that was the best they could do. Maybe I will give it another shot?

"you know, the main technical drawback to mac osx, is the lack of x...."

One main reason I have never moved to max was the limited support for X the last time I checked.

So technically you are correct because I don't use a mac due to their technical limitations.

Back in the day, a story wasn't a story until it hit slashdot at least three times, a trupe.

I still remember seeing a story duped on the front page just a couple of posts between the two, like the "editors" didn't even look at the site.

Maybe google should have selected users based on pretentiousness? This glasshole thing may limit their adoption long-term more than any technology issue.

Not sure what to blame the g+ failure on. I went to check that wasteland again today. After the reader debacle I have lost a lot of faith.

Maybe I start the bing? Does it work with the tubes?

Don't you still have freedom to associate? They are just keeping tabs on whom you associate with.

I would stick with privacy (which is not in the constitution). Just unreasonable search and seizure AFAIK.

I just started playing around with scratch, which lets you get stuff running easily without hardware headaches.

Simple stuff like making a sprite move or make noise in response to keypresses is pretty cool for little kids. And me.

The other think I like about it is the format. "Code" still looks like code, with nested for/if statements.

It can be slow ans it breaks down for medium to complex stuff, but making crappy flash games is easy. And they apparently have a decent version for dealing with NXT robots...

Arctic is shrinking and Antarctic is growing. Global mean appears flat to me.

http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/global.daily.ice.area.withtrend.jpg/

I thought we were going to all be killed by global warming hurricanes? Or is that off topic?

Anyone near Augusta GA or Columbia SC should check out the big mo. Three screens and apparently going strong!

http://www.thebigmo.com/

Kids activities, good food selection, and double features on each screen. They started talking about the transition years ago, hopefully they will survive.

If we are getting 1080p on 5" phones you hold 10" from your eyes, I want similar resolution on my 30" desktop that I sit 20" from.

Maybe my math is wrong, but 2x distance should require 1/2 the pixel density. But 6x the size would be something around 6000x3000 on my desktop I think. I am happy with 2650x1600, but it could use 4x the pixels I guess.

I am happy with 52" 1080p in my den at 8' but 4k would be better...

I have been craving more pixels since I found I could make my 486 33 run some games in xga mode, getting 1024x768 amazing pixels.

Diff EQ and Linear Algebra were also very shaky for me, they did not make sense until later in grad school when I finally found more relevant physical examples. Now I review them in engineering courses when I teach and I make a point to pull out various applications more explicitly.

I wish math profs would do a better job on this topic. At GT I had a great prof that taught calculus for engineers. He got it. Some math profs don't. They won't let engineering profs teach basic math from accreditation standpoint AFAIK, even though it is like requiring a novelist teach basic grammar.

Engineers see plenty of uncertainty in their junior/senior lab courses. The whole point there is to show them that the world does not follow theory and they have to figure out how to deal with it.

I am thankful my dad encouraged me to go into engineering as opposed to pure science. He said the biggest difference were the engineering labs and he was totally correct IMHO.

I use my touchscreen because it appears to be the only way to sign into my Windows 8 laptop. Also it is the only way to change into desktop mode.

Microsoft deserves whatever beating they get after this debacle.

I loved my Tivo over the years but it became just too much.

It became a super zombie machine. Add a M card. Add an external HD. Add a cable tuning adapter.

When I had trouble, Time Warner would blame the Tivo. Finding customer service to sort out this hot mess was a disaster.

On top of that, each update made the interface more and more sluggish.

I eventually went to a standard TWC crappy cable box and now Direct TV Genie. Not great, but adequate. And the interface is not a total slug.

You need to control your data! Now more than ever.

We hate Microsoft, but at least you have some control there. They sell you bad software, but at least you sorta have it in your possession (until they sunset the license / activation servers).

Luckily, I learned a few lessons early on with the loss of Yahoo Photos. I now have nicely named folders of the selected good family photos for relatively quick online upload (again) if I have to move services. Or I can roll my own web server if I had to, just for photos.

You need to be prepared to download your documents and switch your email if needed.

I was about to start up full-force with g+, but after this reader nonsense I went and make an account at joindiaspora.com and tried out Diaspora. It looks pretty solid now and they are trying to do it the way God intended for the internet, open standards and software so you can roll your own. I only use g+ now to bitch and moan about google...

It did not have a camera. I don't think it did mp3 or video playback either.

Palm had a wireless PDA for a bit, but it was not that great. Email and crappy browser, no music or camera.