A lot of people still use laptops and desktops. Microsoft is throwing away that market to be in also ran far behind iPhone and Android. Microsoft should focus on doing what they do best. Instead they are scaring Windows customers and Windows developers into leaving the PC platform. Poorly played, Microsoft.

Even if older versions of Visual Studio can be used, they are notorious for breaking under new OSs. VS2003 won't work on Vista or Windows 7. VS2005/2008 is slower, and VS2010 doesn't support global directories so you must enter your search paths manually into every single library, making porting time consuming and tedious. What Microsoft are doing here is saying if you don't want to develop METRO apps, then it's time to leave the Windows platform.

Anonymity is necessary for Joe Public to exercise his right to free speech. The rich and powerful can't crush him like a bug if they don't know who he is.

I read the summary and am completely baffled by the train of thought. The conclusion doesn't follow from the premises (which themselves are unsupported conjecture). What is this insane troll logic?

It's not insane logic at all. If you're an investor and you have $xK to invest what would you invest in? Hard high-tech like cancer research (lots of work, time and money, higher risk, low chance of success) or social media (much less work/time/money and a higher chance of success). Zuckenberg didn't get rich curing cancer, he did it inventing a social media website. This is why investors and entrepreneurs flock to social media projects and ignore the hard stuff.

Please don't tell Neil deGrasse Tyson about this or he will kill baby Vesta safe just like he killed its older sibling Pluto. This man is worse than the Pharaoh!

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on killing Pluto: 'All I did was drive the getaway car'
http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/26/2903224/dr-neil-degrasse-tyson-killing-pluto-on-the-verge

When I was studying film a while back I read about 24 frames per second versus 30 frames per second. 24 frames gives motion a bit of a blurry look. You see less, but this is the look of 'film' that we are used to and gives it an arty feel. There's nothing wrong with this. It's what we are used to. If you do pick up a video camera, look for one labelled '24P' which means it can also do 24 frames per second.

Sure Jackon knew this and I give him points for experimenting. If it doesn't work out, sure he will ditch it.

When TSA employees want to smuggle drugs their co-workers create a distraction by frisking a 4 year old.

> Good. The copyright cartels are like negligent parents: they think all the rest of society should bear their responsibility for them.

The problem is Congress has been all too willing to make copyright penalties unreasonably harsh. 'Crimes' are by definition offences against the state or against the public. From that position of power copyright cartels have no need to let the free market run and reduce their prices.

You could ask why doesn't Congress take an equally harsh line against Patents? "You wouldn't steal a car, so why would you steal an Idea?" Instead of suing for patent infringement in civil court, have the police come around and throw start-up entrepreneurs into jail. Now that will send a message!

The entrepreneur is protected even if there is no NDA. Under Common Law, confidentiality is automatically applied to anything that has the 'necessary quality of confidence' like a business idea or trade secret. That is automatically applied even if there is no written agreement. An NDA is a good idea because it makes clear that the person knows they are dealing with confidential material. Even if there is no NDA though, the entrepreneur is still protected and can sue for damages under breach of confidence. Note: The law may vary in your area, and it is ALWAYS a good idea to get everything in writing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breach_of_confidence

There is a solution!

1. Create a National Broadbank Network, call it NBN,
2. spend billions of dollars forcing the entire country to migrate to it even though they're perfectly happy with ADSL
3. Give control to Stephen Conroy put block off all the sites with ideas he disagrees with
4. And give control to the Media cartel to shutdown anyone downloading content without paying them royalties

Terrified? Ok.
Don't panic.
There is one more.

5. Vote Labor out of existence, the Libs shut the wretched NBN thing down and and we all go back to ADSL. VICTORY!