I can't, webring is down again

Sounds like my ex-wife. That's one experience I don't need to see replicated by technology.

No flash for IE10 on Windows 7. Another reason not to use Windows 8.

I'd be very interested in that. One thing I've started to wonder about is what will happen to my website after my death. Archive.org stopped archiving changes on my site in 2005 and it only did a so-so job of capturing things anyway. Ages after I'm gone, it's likely http websites may simply have gone away. I've started looking into services that will preserve my site for historical reasons, but I'd feel a lot better having it among a dedicated catalogue in a historical preservation.

SATIN

Why? Microsoft still sells you the OS whether it's 7 or 8. I think we're way past the point where people give a damn about what OS is on the PC. People buy a shiny new computer for Christmas because it's "faster".

I'm really worried. I've actually said the W3C should do everything they're going to do. It's not like the world is gaining sanity, which means I'm the one going insane.

I'm wondering what they'll be doing for the doctype declaration though, since it doesn't indicate any version (which is short sighted in my opinion)

Wii games yes, gamecube games and controllers no. This will have a "pro" controller which looks a lot like an xbox controller you'll be able to use. There was also talk about GC games being available via download content, but that sounds like a hell of a download for a game. I'd assume download content you've purchased for the Wii will all still work.

It sounds like you've never had a good apple. I agree that the supermarket ones are disgusting (bland), but if you're lucky enough to live in a place where you can get them in season locally, they're very good. I think one of the problems America has, is that supermarket produce tastes terrible .. but it looks nice. I've been surprised when traveling abroad how much better plain food tastes. Over here we have to slather food in sauces just to make it edible.

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This is kind of BS really. Like you say, do you "grind" out a paycheck? How is that different than "grinding" out food? Why bother, you'll just get hungry again? Everything in the world can be taken away from you, that doesn't make all of life pointless. The key is to invest in "grinding" for the right things. This applies to things both virtual and real. If I spent 10 years building a replica model train world, it would look amazing. The fact that a tornado could destroy it doesn't invalidate the fact that I built it. Maybe I grind out 10 years in an online RPG, and then I have nothing to show for it. For some people, the memories and "good times" are enough. (Although I will agree that a lot of people stay on there due to addictive behaviors and don't appear to be enjoying themselves).

I should be good to go then, because the memories I'll "recall" from AC/DC songs are way better than mine.

Are only "news sites" going to be blessed with this ability? It seems the implications for this would be far reaching and very bad. It would mean that Google would have to compensate anyone who wrote an original work. If it goes beyond Google, that means any site that cross posts content may be infringing on their "revenue stream". Sounds like a nirvana for lawyers, where natural function of the Internet cause infringement based on arbitrary interpretations.

Size has become the biggest concern for me as well. Sony makes the Xperia U which seems like a great size, but has small amount of memory, no SD card slot (seriously?) and lackluster battery. The Xperia Sola is slightly bigger, has an SD slot and more memory but has no forward facing camera. I'm kinda surprised that there is almost no competition in this category... maybe it wouldn't trouble me so much if it weren't Sony making the only options.

I've pretty much always used KDE (or fluxbox / i3 depending on what I'm doing), and have never liked Gnome. However the prospect of Gnome's death troubles me. We can't say for sure the software we use now isn't going to go in some assinine direction. If KDE completely screws up next, then where do us KDE users go for an equivalent desktop? Xfce and other options exist, but it's always been KDE and Gnome as the full featured options.I think the real health of either project depends on the strength of the other, and not having all the eggs in one basket is a good thing in open source.

I'm hopeful Gnome won't die, but if it gets to that point I hope it'll be forked so we can move on. And I hope it'll be so awesome that I'll switch from KDE :)

What's alarming about this is about how Vista is being written out of Microsoft support history so quickly. If I buy Windows 8, and it doesn't have the "critic mass" required, does that mean MS is going to quickly drop support on that too? Another reason to be wary of 8.