Splash screens suck.

The 'proper' way to do it is to have an entry on the taskbar for each launched instance of an app even if the app's window hasn't appeared yet. Unfortuanltely, Microsoft seems to stupidly associate taskbar entries to main app windows, not apps themselves.

In space there's no cover. You can't hide anywhere.
That leads to two divergent solutions 1) something very hard to hit (i.e small, agile, so little heavy armor) 2) something easy to hit but hard to damage (something big, densely armored, so very heavy).

Given that its very expensive to get even small amounts of heavy armor into space because of the weight, I predict swarms of very small, lightweight and agile robots will be the way ahead.

They will probably have no armor to speak of, use plasma engines, and have lasers as weapons.

Basically it comes down to a battle of resources, just like every other war in history.

>> if a young child can use a UI with minimal instruction, then that UI has done it's job more or less correctly.

True but only if you believe that everyone is identical and has the same needs.

There are other costs imposed to make that GUI to be intuitive and usable by a 2 yr old. It is massively inefficient to someone who already knows what they are doing. It hides away all useful functionality (what they are now calling "advanced").

Windows 8, iPad, Android, Unity and sadly now Gnome are all like plastic scissors. Great for a 2 year old who by their nature dont understand anything. THe trouble is w'ere all forgetting about the brain surgeon who is already aware of the minimal risks of a sharp scalpel but needs that level of control only a scalpel gives him to do his job.

The real problem is it is becoming hard to find anyone left making actual scalpels, as even all the traditional scalpel makers have jumped on the plastic scissors fad.

According to head math:
I generally experience 1 power outage about every 3 years. Perhaps I'm lucky.
Anyway, Of those, maybe 1 in 5 last longer than about 5 minutes.
Of those, my actual need to phone someone during a longer power cut is maybe 1 in 3.

I can't see the need to be paying the monthly fee to maintain a land line for what amounts to a 1 in 45 year event, which BTW includes the probably erroneous assumption that the power cuts always take out my cell phone too.

Tablet purchasers are mostly individuals doing so for entertainment reasons, not companies.
Regardless of what features a tablet offers, I don't see many businesses adopting tablets. Those that do will be the few that have unconventional use-cases where tablets work better, and will probably have bought iPads already.

I've heard about this before and cant seem to find the answer to this question anywhere:
Once infected does it eventually leave your system on its own (if so, how long is "eventually"?), or (without specific treatment) are you stuck with it for life?

Good to see the grain lobby got in there again.
I'm surprised they haven't got kids drinking ethanol yet.

Chairmen are business guys, they dont need to have a clue about the actual tech.

He's facing a death penalty just because he said he wouldn't pray for mohammed? wow.
So much for all the moderate moslems that are always claiming islam is a religion of peace and forgiveness.

That is sooo cool! Shame you dont still have him.