I mean.. technically.. that it again and again.

I'll go against the push button responses on here and say that it definitely might be the future. As systems become complex enough that we need UML diagrams to visualize what's happening, this is like taking the UML and actually turning it into code. It gets really interesting when you're capable of making your own flows out of existing flows to simplify your task. Why can't it complement code and not replace it?

Now just try to see/feel orientation for the port itself.

What's worse? Killing a dog, or controlling it with a shock collar?

But then you might have to make your roof bigger.. still bankrupting you.

Let's look at the different types of walled gardens we've been seeing: Apple - Completely closed off without some scrutiny, both paid and unpaid Ubuntu - Add any sources you want, includes paid Steam - Majority paid, they own your licenses These are different beasts. Steam is accepted here because it will bring Linux more into the mainstream. The reality is that Steam is far worse than any walled garden we've ever seen before. Be careful what you wish for.

Ease of use is still an obstacle, domain configuration issues, office document compatibility, thousands of windows only applications. We still have a way to go, but it's getting closer.

Think of a body shop simply printing out an identical body panel for you after an accident.

I started off with AMD cards maybe 6 years ago before I tried an NVIDIA card. It really is just a smoother experience overall. I don't know what it is, but I've been shying away from building any new systems with an AMD lately.

That's the unfortunate thing about sites like Slashdot which cater to a specific demographic. You circlejerk one another around for being more manly by not watching a movie with the word "Prada" in it. In reality, you're simply judging a book by its cover based purely on your own predefined biases and perhaps your fear of being too feminine (in my experience this usually stems from lack of success with women). What you're actually doing is missing out on a great movie dealing with an industry that most people have no insight into.

But that's ok. You're definitely more manly by the thin and confining definition you've set aside for yourself.

In a few billion years, some distant alien's house is going to have this thing pummeling through the roof.

With Steve Ballmer at the helm, sure they had Vista, but they didn't fuck everything up. Granted that it probably would have been difficult to sink the ship, and he could have been doing worse than anyone else in that position... but Microsoft is still alive and competing in its bread and butter OS market and now the console market. What would a great CEO have done differently?

*Audi

Kind of how the Mercedes S class, BMW 7 series, Audio A7/A8, and any other large luxury car is a plaything for the wealthy?