Your statement about the use of medial resources comes across as both glib and selfish.
If the tax paid by smokers went into a fund that could only be used to treat smokers, and the only source of publicly funded medical care for smokers was that fund, then you would have a point.
Does smoking near the device damage it in the same way that heat or humidity do?
Good luck getting Outlook to open \\pipe\whatever
Hm, can you seek on a file descriptor opened from a pipe?
That's a reason to make each respective piece of software _workable_. But there is no incentive to make it actually work as well on the foreign platform as it does on the native one...
Why would Microsoft bother to ensure that the Mac port of Office is as good as the Windows version?
Why would Apple bother to ensure that the Windows port of iTunes is as good as the Mac version?
Hm. Is there _really_ any Vista-comaptible software that does not work on Windows 7? 7 is, after all, merely a rebadged Vista with the nextstep dock thrown in... if one is feeling cynical.
Has anyone asked them?
This is exactly my point. The irresponsibility of epic proportions is on the side of the users who didn't realise that the design of the system invites them to be fucked over by a data loss incident. They have no one to blame but themselves.
HOW THE HELL DO THE CUSTOMERS NOT TAKE BACKUPS THEMSELVES
If the data is important, then the only way to make sure it doesn't get lost is to take some responsibility for your actions and do back-ups yourself. If your service provider does not let you then don't use the service, it's that simple.
s/astronaunt/astronomer/
Unless you were making a clever joke that I didn't spot...
> Swine flu is probably several times more deadlier than a normal flu.
Cite please. "Swine flue" is no more deadly than other influenzas. It is just more contagious.
I'm more worried about H1Z1.
I bought Vista for the PC I built in April. I guess I just missed out on the 'free Windows 7 upgrade' window. I don't care because as far as I can tell, Windows 7 is identical to Vista with the exception that they crippled UAC, thus making it less secure!
There is no such right in the UK.
"You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention, when questioned, something which you later rely on in court."
If you think the system is working, ask someone who's waiting for a prompt.
