...but if you're running Vista or 7, you're on your own. At least, according to Slashdot's headline...

It's okay. He is redeemed by his clever portmanteau of "Windows" and "doze."

You can change your file associations to use non-Metro software. The image viewer that came with 7 is still there in 8, so you can set it to be your default for viewing images. (Or there are some great alternatives out there, I like Irfanview.) Same deal with Windows Media Player, you can tell it to use the desktop version rather than the Metro version. (Or in my case, Media Player Classic.)

Even without classic shell, I have gotten by just fine in desktop mode. I only see Metro when the computer reboots (not often) or when I press the Windows key and start typing to do a search. I do prefer 7's style of searching over 8, but it's not a huge deal for me. I had to get used to using WinKey + i to initiate sleep/restart/shutdown, but other than that my workflow has not suffered from switching.

This discussion is about the Windows desktop operating systems, not Windows Mobile. When WM fizzles out, it won't impact their family of desktop operating systems.

We heard you like ports, so we're putting ports in your ports.

I've gotten used to "Windows Key + i" every time I want to do a shutdown.

In RDP, I use "Ctrl + Alt + End" to initiate a shutdown.

Hope somebody here finds these shortcuts useful.

Well, the post I replied to singled out an explanation of Ruby itself, and not the remaining "with a poorly designed API intended for web use" portion.

Um? Yes it is.

It's a locomotive-driven precious stone.

You submit it to Mythbusters.

And in a ironic twist, the algorithms used to manifest a cup of Earl Grey tea will be closed and patented.

Actually, I thought it was a pretty good summary. It explained what MariaDB is and why it is being compared to MySQL, without forcing the user to have to search around just to figure out what the summary is talking about.

...Seriously?

All those events happen 20 years later in the canon, so I don't think those things need to be worried about for a while.