I don't know what model you drove, but my Fusion Hybrid does not behave that way. The only time it'll do regenerative braking without the brake pedal down is if its coasting downhill and would otherwise be gaining quite a bit of speed, and frankly in that situation I don't mind it applying a tiny bit of brake for me since I'd end up having to do it myself anyway.

Allot of negative comments here. I see how this can go bad too. Oculus seemed hellbent on providing great consumer level VR. That is what they do, and it's the *only* thing they do.

They do? They've done nothing but release development kits.

These machines are built by Diebold. Do you honestly, truly, believe that Diebold engineers can do a better job of securing a system than Microsoft engineers? Truly?

Right; let's ignore the 47 strong claims in the article and focus on the one weak claim. Then we can dismiss the weak claim, and suddenly the other 47 fade away into the ether and you have earned your debating wings, little angel!

Sexist claims aside, the critique that a non-employee is allowed to hang-out in the office and harass employees-- and is still there even after being repeatedly banned from that area of the building-- that is a real HR problem, and that alone would be enough for me to quit a company.

But if customers are still finding enough value to pay MS to support it,

I highly doubt enough of those XP users would be willing to pay for support to make it worth Microsoft's time. Approximately none of the home users would, I can guarantee that. And most of the corporate users still on it are on it because their IT departments are some combination of cheap and incompetent, I doubt they'd be writing checks either.

The real point is: why would you assume this is an "arbitrary decision" from Microsoft? They know a lot more about their business than you do, and whatever you think of their products, there's no denying that Microsoft knows their business.

Given that much more hidden spy cameras are available for far less than the $1500 cost of Glass, what will it take for general acceptance to finally take hold?

First of all, I don't get the link between these two things. "Cheap, easily-hidden spy cameras exist, therefore there should be general acceptance of expensive, hard-to-hide spy cameras"? Is that the basic thought behind this sentence? Huh?

Secondly, you forgot to explain why I should give a shit about whether Glass is accepted or not. What's my interest in it? I don't want one. I don't know anybody who wants one. The only people I ever read about who have them are jerks. And I don't work for Google.

So to answer your question: general acceptance will happen when Google cancels the project.

You... you do realize this is a forum all kinds of people can read right? That I wasn't actually saying that message to you specifically?

Your situation aside, my *point* was that now you can buy a relatively sexy car that has great gas mileage, which is an option that didn't exist in any form 5 years ago.

(Although now I'm a little curious-- where can a Echo go that a Fusion can't? Is there some kind of weird parallel universe Twilight Zone road that rejects cars over a certain weight? Or are you going to make some ludicrous claim, like the Echo can drive through 4 feet of mud?)

Now you can buy a Fusion Hybrid which beats the Echo on mileage and still has enough interior space to seat all your friends and doesn't hurt with the opposite sex either.

More expensive outlay though.

If SQL Server isn't being used (no connections), the OS'll just swap it out and there's no wastage. Ditto all the other things you mentioned. If you're going to be writing software, maybe you should learn the old adage about premature optimization.

My advice is:
1) Install everything you need
2) See if a problem actually occurs
3) It won't so stop worrying

I bought 3 of those and put them in a closet. They're also fucking tanks, so I figure I'm set until 2025 or so as far as keyboards go.

Ok so let's take Stoss' argument at face value, even though he was obviously being sarcastic.

You're arguing that the solution to them cheating on taxes is to adopt a currency where EVERYBODY will cheat on their taxes? How does that improve things, exactly?

The law accomplishes nothing and makes every food item more expensive. That alone is reason to oppose it.

You know your TV? It has this thing in it called a "V-chip". It blanks out the channel if the content rating is too high for the parental controls. This functionality is required by law, and as a result, every TV is slightly more expensive. Have you ever seen someone (intentionally) turn the V-chip on? Ever? In your entire life?

No. It made TVs more expensive and accomplished nothing else. Same with this GMO labeling law.

But I'm amazed that no one is constructively talking about POD in these "future of books" discussions, even at the risk on the store side of the big chains folding. (ProTip - why would I even order from amazon if I could get my copy in my hand at lunch?)

e-readers have made the entire POD market obsolete. (Mostly obsolete-- there's still "vanity press"-like operations, but they've always been small-beans.) Why would I print a book on demand when I could have it on my Kindle faster and easier? Oh, and cheaper, too, once you have a dozen or more books being printed.

I don't want to fund a *lot* of things my federal tax funds on moral grounds, I still have to pay it.

Sorry, I don't have a lot of sympathy here. If they get to weasel out of buying contraceptives on moral grounds, then I get to decide where my income tax money is spent on moral grounds. No special privileges.