Until FB change it back again without telling you. Seriously fuck FB. How do they even still exist? Surely like the myriad of IM apps that sprung up when ICQ first got popular, someone can make the stripped-back, bares-bones, post sharing app that is just enough like FB to be usable, but with all the crap that makes it suck. I'm sure most people would be happy with an app that allows to connect to people, post comments and pics and that's pretty much it. I thought G+ was going to come to the party, but my god that is the worst pile of stinking shit I've ever come across (not really, Lotus Notes will always own that title).

I'm pretty sure the invaders had US flags on their uniforms...

No it didn't, containment was working up until Bush decided to try and be a hero and blame Iraq for 9/11. Despite it being plainly obvious that Bin Laden and Hussein were enemies. Invading was the greatest gift we could've given the Islamic fundamentalists.

Oh please. He was a friend of the US at the time and had permission from the White House to invade. It was only the worldwide condemnation that forced the US to rescind it's support and try and be World Police. The correct course, as with China, Vietnam, Russia, Zimbabwe, Libya etc etc is to contain and isolate. Invading was a colossal error and we will pay the price for that blunder for at least the next 20 years. George W Bush will go down as stupidest president ever because of it.

The current Middle East situation, which has been going on for centuries is an example of how history can be re-written depending on who won. This was the analogy I believe the other poster was making about LoTR. Don't get bogged down in the analogies, the main point here is that the difference between terrorist and freedom fighter is only who wins the war. We think ISIS are terrorists, Hobbits thought Orcs were terrorists, The British Monarchy though Americans were terrorists at one point in time. If you are learning history, this is probably the most important lesson to begin with.

If we're talking body tolls, then George W Bush is responsible for the deaths of more Iraqis than Saddam. But it's all relative, the current state is set to drag on for another couple of decades primarily because the ruthless fist of Saddam is not there to keep it in check. Sometimes we have to learn that there is no good option, only bad or really bad. I believe we would've been better containing Saddam than the current mess we have.

The first part of my comment was context for the second part. A "loaner" can be treated like a part. If I'm a retailer, I stock a handful of loaners of popular models, then on each sale I offer "loaner insurance" to cover the cost of keeping these devices in stock. This is how we did it in Ag land with spares, so could use the same model in retail land for loan phones.

Not sure why you think his history won't be good. All the egos that got squashed with his rise will be forgotten in time. If his plan is to genuinely improve the lives of others, with programs such as eliminating polio then history will indeed be very good to him. Name any great person of history and I bet they did a lot worse things than Bill Gates ever did, all of which gets forgotten. If your version of evil is overpriced software licensing then you have lived a very privileged life.

This is true for most people. Last time I checked, poor people don't have the best record of not killing each other either. But I'd much rather have some one in charge who knows how to succeed, than someone who doesn't...

You are missing the point. Everything is relative, and LoTR the makes a good analogy. You naturally take the Hobbits as being good, and Orcs being bad,yet forget that the story is told from the point of view of the Hobbits because they were the victors. Just like we think we are right, and Middle Eastern "Terrorists" are bad. They think they are right and you and your family are Orcs rampaging across Middle Earth/East while they struggle for "freedom". If you pay closer attention to fiction, you find most of the good authors are actually telling an alternative story. Animal Farm is not really about Animals you know...

Let's just put this into perspective since you may be the very person Bill is targeting with his improvement of historical education. Railroading you into buying some extra software license has to rank up there as the most pacified rise to power in human history. Compared with say murder, torture or genocide which is pretty much how everyone else got there. Given those options, I'll choose Bill's way every time.

You avoided the question, what economic damages? I know some nerds got their noses out of joint because Bill's vision of IT was different than their own, but seriously to make omelet you have to break a few eggs. If you want to crusade against a fat cat, then I suggest you look up Rupert Murdoch. That is Satan himself. While Bill is out there trying to improve lives, Rupert is actively supporting wars in the Middle East and murdering children. If you have some hate for rich guys, let's at least see a bit more balance toward those who deserve it most.

Same here. I fall asleep reading a book cold, but after watching a 'based-on-fact' movie, I can spend the next week reading all about it and learning what actually happened compared to the dramatised version on screen. I'm sure there are lots of people out there like me, who struggled with the type of learning methods rather than the subject matter, and hence get bored and caused trouble instead. Bill is a smart guy, I'm sure he's not just doing this to sell more copies of Windows 8.

Trouble is that the specific detail of totally foreign concepts (in pace and time) is boring to kids. Perhaps we should team up with Hollywood to create some blockbuster history films (300, Gladiator, Master and Commander etc) then use these as a base for lessons. Even if the film is mostly crap, it gives a good starting point to conceptualise the time, place and physical limitations that history was faced with. I know I learnt a lot after watching 300, not so much from the movie itself, it was mostly spaghetti, but it sparked the interest in how the real events unfolded, and gave the foundation for understanding all the logistical challenges each side face leading up to, during and after the battle.

Deadmau5 himself says otherwise: "We all hit play"

Who would've thought, history has demonstrated the Saddam wasn't such a bad guy after all...

Pretty much. Seems like with Linux on the Desktop, incumbency is vastly underestimated, and the horse has already bolted with TCP/IP. Driving on the Right/Left might not be optimal, but it incumbent and it's too entrenched to change.