First, it's not called "Metro" - that was an internal code-name. Microsoft calls it "Modern UI". That's the name of the Start screen / Tiles paradigm. Second, those keyboard shortcuts were available since Windows XP, it's nothing new. But all the win-key shortcuts are useless if you don't have a Windows Keytm. And the "hot corners" are pretty awful. Sometimes they just won't pop-up or take forever, and it's much worse if you're in an RDP session. The Start *button* DOES help with that.

What most people that have tried it haven't noticed yet is all the stuff that gone or broken. Windows backup? Gone. Get used to File History - and adding a bunch of folders to your "Libraries", because that's the only place File History checks. There is no way to set preferred wireless networks. No more "Home", "Work", or "Public" networks, just "Private" and "Public". That's cool - but Windows decides by itself which one it is. And if it guesses wrong? The only way to fix is dig through the registry and figure out the right numeric to use for the right network connection. VERY annoying if Windows guesses your company's VPN is a "Public" network.

Don't even get me started on "Windows account" logons, OneDrive, and Media Center.

But they aren't asking for *records*. They are demanding the actual artifacts stored in that foreign country, which they CANNOT do.

Why not? Might makes right, doesn't it? That seems to be what you're implying.

No, it's not.

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Uhhh... because jurisdiction?

The IRS cannot go after Google's tax-free bank account in the Bahamas - why does the DOJ get to go after Microsoft's data in Dublin? If the release of the information is illegal in the EU, how does US law claim supremacy to laws that apply in Dublin? Maybe Mr. Holder should head over there and swear out a warrant with the local magistrate.

But, they claim that's what they're doing:

... so they need access to your hotmail account. You'll feel safer then, won't you?

Only one of those governments "failed", AK, (the Confederacy), otherwise the failure of the currency was not related to the failure or success of the government. The Papiermark was replaced by the Rentenmark under the same government. The Continental was the first attempt at fiat money by the neophyte US government. They corrected that with the Constitution by using commodity medals as the official medium of exchanged. US Dollars were backed by commodity metals until the end of Bretton Woods in 1971. The French Assignat also failed while the government persisted. And these are just a few examples, and there are many.

Indeed, you have it backwards with your little quip. If anything, a nations' monetary policy can cause the government to fail, not the other way around. So it should be "we should support the use of sound money, because we don't want our government to fail tomorrow."

No, it's pretty much every country using fiat currency controlled by a central bank. In Europe, the central bank isn't even affiliated with any one country, it's a stand-alone financial entity that the countries have "agreed" to obey.

And the Fed controls the money supply, and taxes Americans even more using inflation.

Which has more buying power today?

1. Gold
2. The French Assignat
3. The German Papiermark
4. The Confederate Dollar
5. The US Continental

Go ahead, pick one.

Dude... NSA tracking. Plus administrator spying. We need to keep track of these kids, so we can arrest them for child pornography when they take pictures of themselves.

What are you talking about? Unions are GREAT! Without a union, workers are subject to exploitation by corporations. With a union, you get to be exploited by corporations AND unions! It's a double-tap!

Jimmy Hoffa? Is that you?

It goes to the equipment the NSA needs to collect all the data, connect it with the students and their parents and their home computers, and record and store all the communication that happens. Duh.

This just codifies a long-standing common law treatment of international resources. Anyone from any country can take their ship into international waters and gather resources. Once the fish / kelp / crab / whatever is aboard the ship, it's their property. This just says we should treat space resources the same way.

Well there seems to be no dearth of global warming fearmongering, so there's that. Oh, and TERRORISM!!!>>