MS is continually bashed for security reasons, and mocked for being a virus spreading engine etc etc. Those who continually make such silly and baseless allegations, as evidenced by the story above, don't even once think about the alternatives and THEIR security problems.

After dumping Windows and MS products in general a few years ago, I have had a first hand hard lesson in the probelms of 'alternative' OSes, if you can call them that. My problems have been nearly unending since switching to Linux, I mean just last month, or was it the month before, my laptop crashed. This wasn't the first time either, it routinely happens 2-3 times a year.

Think about it people, if you don't use MS, you might not have horrific security problems that compromise all conected devices and identities, but you may have to suffer through a similar fate to me. Be careful what you ask for, and THINK before you whine in public.

                  -Charlie

"Unfortunately the York scientists only detailed writing data with lasers; there's no word on how to read it."

Use lasers. Duh. :)

                  -Charlie

Upgradable in anything more than a trivial way, HD or Optical for example, basically an add-in card, blows the console economics out of the water. Socketed ram adds cost and drops speeds vs soldered. Same with CPU, and then we get to cooling issues..... Given MS's ability to keep the bumps on the 360 from shattering, would you want people to start mucking with that?

Part 2 is pointed out well above, console = fixed platform = cheap software testing. Upgrades = not fixed platform = testing nightmare.

While I haven't read the article (yeah, shame on me), I know more than enough about console development, economics and programming. I also talk to people doing the 'next gen' consoles almost every week. Having written for a console, I can tell you directly that 'upgrades' are, and will always be a non-starter. Anyone who posits it seriously is the walking equivalent of a flashing neon 'N00B' sign, complete with arrows. :)

                            -Charlie

Holy Sh*t! 10,000 pirates, that is 731 pirates (rounded up) for every available app. Dude, we need SOPA, and we need it fast to keep companies that do good work, like Microsoft, alive. Without them, who would innovate?

                                    -Charlie

Real men would scan the IPv6 space too.... :)

                  -Charlie

In related news, food prices on the ISS are expected to spike in early trading tomorrow.....

In more news, 17 Murdock newspapers printed leaks about concerns that relatives of ISS crew have about their safety.

                -Charlie

And for all of you high and mighty types who think it is better, it comes with Firefox. Ha! Take that hippies.

            -Charlie

(Note: The above is sarcasm)

Because they charge the users a fair price for their services rather than offering pie-in-the-sky numbers that are so oversold it is laughable. Then they don't have to punishing you for trying to use what you bought because you are paying for it. That said, their prices are painful to us US folk.....

                -Charlie

Why bother when they can be arbitrary and capricious? They don't need to actually PROVE it, they can just find usage models they don't like, cut your *ss off, and tell you to get bent when you complain. And charge you for the privilege. I just moved to Sprint, and both an Epic 4G and a Photon + Easytether means USB tethering without jailbreaking. Easy enough.

I haven't bothered to jailbreak it because of time limits for now, maybe when 2.4 comes out or something I might care enough. Easytether requires a USB connection and a shell command to start, but that is about it, works like a charm. USB might not have the ease of wi-fi tethering, but it charges your phone rather than sucking it dry when you use it. :) That and it is easy enough.

                -Charlie

Look at who advertises in Baseline, and how they make their money before taking this as gospel.

                -Charlie