"My issue is that in Microsoft's run to compete with Apple, they're doing away with the very reason why people choose them over Apple in the first place: backwards compatibility on generic PC hardware. Take that away and why would anyone choose MS over Apple....?" Money. Apple is too damned expensive.

I fucking HATE Windows. One of these days I'll pull the pin and go with some version of Linux. But, as Ringo once said, it don't come easy.

From what I've read about it, I can see no point to 11 even if it liked my machine (and it doesn't). I've no idea what Microsoft was thinking about with this.

severe problems with that phrase "stored permanently".

I thought Rust WAS mainstream...

I get the thinking behind this idea, but I'm gonna want to see it in practice first. As someone who grew up with a heavy, rotary, Emerson fan that we got from gramma, I want to see how long these things will last.

Simply a horrible idea in utero. Bringing back company towns and stores would be a giant number of steps backwards.

I've heard of 'smart' homes (which seems fairly stupid to me) and even 'smart' toilets that can be trivially hacked, but a cock cage connected to the internet is about the height of sheer idiocy.

So Facebook has a Coordinating Harm policy. Well, I always knew that they were coordinating harm simply by existing.

I would far, far prefer MS to fix all the niggling little things that don't quite work now rather than jiggle with things. For one instance, I used to be able to call up two file explorer windows and tell it to stack them. This worked fine in 7 or Vista. These days you try that you get two 1/3 windows stacked. Huh? Probably with the wrong on on top.

After Phantom Menace, I don't give a damn in Hell about anything. ANYTHING having to to with the Stars Wars uniiverse, although Ryan George manages to skewer it nicely. Fuck, at this point, the Christmas Special would almost be welcome, but, probably not.

We lost one when the government decided to hound Snowden. They have a tendency to do this, even to the point of death.If you think the US is a free country, you haven't been paying attention.

I live in the heart of Austin and we can see no stars, Nary a one We can see the moon Venus and possibly Mars. Jupiter, maybe. If it's really clear. I miss seeing stars, but I ain't moving for that. Plenty of countryside here abouts for that.

This stuff is wonderful if you love to gamble. Or if you into buying illegal things. Otherwise, it seems way too volatile.

But it seems that films that streams are being released along with movie house showings. Certain films almost demand the latter for optimal experience. My first (and only so far) IMAX was Interstellar on the biggest screen in Texas and it was glorious. Watching Interstellar on even a very large TV would be like having to watch Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder in 2D which, unfortunately we have to do. Hard to find a place that will show it in 3D. That said, I can't wait to see Dune at the IMAX. On the other hand, I'd say a majority of films don't necessarily get any better in a theater.