Comment: Re:Well... (Score 1) 413
...that just killed my desire for Windows 8 on a tablet. Thanks anyway, Microsoft.
I'm sure that you'll still be able to buy a somewhat less power efficient x86-64 tablet that can still run x86 apps.
Comment: Not sure if I want this (Score 2, Insightful) 369
Won't a thinner connector make it much easier to snap off ?
Comment: Re:chinese racism revealed yet again... (Score 2) 194
I assume you are either: 1. Being sarcastic. 2. Unable to speak Chinese and therefore ignorant of said racism. 3. Not perceived as 'foreign' by Chinese people and therefore unaware of it.
you forgot 4. troll.
Comment: Re:yeah (Score 1) 211
I know about J#. I don't believe it was intended to be a Java killer.
Comment: Re:yeah (Score 1) 211
whatever happened to the Java killer? wasn't it called J# or something like that? I think that microsoft needs to fall in line with the rest of the world. lol
It's called C#. It's not killing Java, but it's certainly doing well. And why does one platform have to "kill" another to be successful?
Comment: Re:Obama acomplishments (Score 4, Funny) 639
I'm pretty sure real left diehards are cursing him too.
Comment: Re:Neither (Score 1) 257
DRM sucks, but as far as I can tell, Netflix can't exist without it.
Over-the-air broadcast TV exists without it. In higher quality than Netflix. So I'm not seeing the inherent reason why Netflix can't exist without it.
My assumption is that the movie studios require it, or at least require it if Netflix wants to obtain licenses at a reasonable rate. I can be wrong, but I have a strong feeling that the movie studios have a big part in this.
Comment: Re:Neither (Score 1) 257
I haven't looked into it in a while, but if I recall correctly, mono touch is not compatible with monodroid (though surely you can make some reusable libraries). So a mono touch app targets all of the iPhone features, while monodroid targets android features.
Comment: Re:Neither (Score 1) 257
I just clicked the tax site and it said I needed flash (I'm on an iPad). Is there a .net executable somewhere in there?
The Netflix thing is a bummer, but it's a case of drm not being compatible with open source, as I see it. DRM sucks, but as far as I can tell, Netflix can't exist without it.
Comment: Re:Was Microsoft Riight? (Score 1) 716
You think so? In my experience, I don't find many apps using too many of the native features. Of the native features, probably "swipe to turn the page" is the most common. I'm assuming that touch is so common that something like that can be baked into the HTML spec.