I wanted to keep the original post simple, but you're right.

The biggest problem here is that content providers don't want services like Hulu and Netflix. They would rather you pay for cable or Satellite or DVD's ETC. Hell, they don't even like VCR's or DVR's for that matter.

A great example I could give is lets say I want to create a cable company called CableNet which would be a cable company that uses internet streaming boxes (ie Roku, Boxee, Google TV, ETC) and HTML5 web browsers to stream live cable TV channels to any PC, TV, or mobile device. Lets say I even charge Cable rates for the service. (ie 19.95 to 59.95 depending on channel packages.) I guarantee that It would be near impossible to get content providers on board even if I was willing to pay the same or even higher license fees that the big cable companies like TWC and Comcast were paying simply because I'm using the internet instead of Coax or a satellite to stream Live TV. If they did get on board they would force restrictions like you could only use one stream per account, or allow multiple streaming for one IP only. Or would have to DRM the hell out of the stream or even block certain content. I won't even get started with Internet providers regarding this service. TWC and Comcast would do whatever it takes to kill this model from Data caps to price hikes for cableless internet.

This is the problem that Netflix and Hulu have. RIAA and MPAA knows Netflix works. Its a shame that they keep trying to kick Netflix and Hulu to the curb.

Netflix works.

To add to this, people seriously need to realize what Windows RT really is.

Windows RT =/= Windows 8
Windows RT == Windows 7 Mobile Tablet Edition

It's blatantly apparent once you really start to see what windows RT does and doesn't do and then compare it to both Windows 8 and Windows 7 Mobile. It matches Windows 7 mobile's OS to the letter, while Windows 8 has all the functionality expected of the desktop version and RT can't do half of the stuff Windows 8 can do.

The only reason this is even being discussed is because some idiot marketing drones at Microsoft thought it would be a great idea to introduce Windows 8 for ARM as a complete Windows 8 recompile complete with Windows 8 API's and even a full desktop version of Office 2010, then silently proceed to slowly neuter the OS as time progressed into Something that more resembles Windows 7 Mobile rather than Windows 8.

Whats really sad about this is that there was somewhat of a legitimate demand for a desktop edition of Windows 8 that runs on ARM hardware, even if x86 software didn't run on it, developers could at least recompile the desktop app to ARM or at the very least possibly emulate the x86 binary using something similar to Virtual PC's windows XP mode. Microsoft instead chose not to do either of these things with this OS, effectively breaking Bill Gates cardinal rule of legacy support, and instead focused it to be more like Their Mobile Phone OS that Microsoft can't even give away at this point in the hopes that tablet development will foster mobile apps for their phones. It's a stupid strategy that in the end is going to doom their tablet chances as well as their phone chances.

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Frankly, MS should have kept that Click to run as an security option in IE. It pretty much did the same thing noscript did back in 2003. Of course IIRC it had one of those annoying drop down bars you had to click on in order to get it to run instead of clicking the control box in question and it was easily worked around (but that could be fixed)

or Before BP Solar Went Under

Michael Bay is to 80's cartoons as Uwe Boll is to Videogames.

Ok. If they don't work, then why is Russia/China so concerned about them to the point of increasing their Missile arsenal?

There has to be something there if those countries want to invest billions/trillions of their respective currencies in weapon systems that will most likely never see war and would just eat more money they could be investing in other systems, say a Competing missile defense system that has the potential of saving lives vs an missile offensive system which does nothing but kill lives.

Back when they first announced their foundry spin off, I posted The Following:

1) AMD Spins off Fabs.
2) Intel/VIA/TMSC/IBM buys AMD Fabs.
3) Intel/VIA/TMSC/IBM Fabs charges huge price to manufacture AMD CPU's.
4) AMD CPU Prices skyrocket. Unable to find a cheap reliable FAB, AMD loses price competitive edge.
5) AMD Stock tanks.
6) ...
7) LOSS.

We are now currently at Step 2. Although I never would have known three years ago that Step 2 would turn out to be "Globalfoundries Buys AMD out of Fabs" but either way, here we are today.

Now, time to move on to Step 3...