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Comment Re:My Personal Tip (Score 1) 310

Because MS will clearly release Windows 9 as a clone of XP and all the Windows 8 knowledge you have ignored wont matter. No wait, they will continue to update like usual and in a few releases you will be woefully behind the industry standard.

Comment Re:Insight? Beyond My Understanding (Score 1) 271

This leads to not just issues relating to another individual, but also to far greater things when you consider that they people might one day be enacting laws based on their personal experience, or lack there of.

You's seen how laws are working out now right? It's not like it could get much worse. At least these people will be familiar with the subject matter.

Comment Re:What's the alternative? (Score 1) 829

So maybe its a bad idea to do business with peripheral makers who's long term plan is for you to have to re-buy their devices rather than offer long term support to let you use them with modern systems. The idea that you will never have to upgrade your OS is just plain stupid, since computers started they have never stopped being updated. When you pick a system have FORWARD compatibility in mind.

Comment Re:The really strange thing about this: (Score 1) 194

Even in a westernized country 40euros a day will keep you drinking for free. That's more than enough incentive to add a bitcoin bot to your software. The real fun will start when you have more than one of these bitcoin bots fighting for your CPU time. Current malware will pale in comparison to bots who's only goal is to run your computer balls out.

Comment Blame the kids (Score 2) 319

Kopy worries that as teens get their driver's licenses, texting on the road will become more prevalent

 
Age has nothing to do with it, there aren't many teenagers plowing their SUVs into other cars on the highways during rush hour (more like 4 hour crawl). Its the 9 to 5 cube jockies and wage slaves who are bored to hell with sitting in traffic for cumulative days of their lives. Teenagers are disruptive hellians but you can't blame them for a problem that existed before they were even eligable to contribute.

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