But I never used it or the start menu. I always though the start menu was for people that liked to be inefficient. I pin stuff I use a lot to the task bar and for other stuff, Win key, type a few chars. And now I pin those to the start screen but its still faster to Win key, type a few chars. Win 8 is fine, better than Win 7, and miles better than XP. It's the "in thing" to complain about MS so it doesn't matter if the OS is good or not.

I do the same, sabnzb and sickbeard are more reliable.

It would be to bad if WP went away, I like mine a lot and it's a blast to develop for. If WP goes away I'm going back to a flip phone.

WP7 sucked, WP8 is pretty sweet. I'm really enjoying my 8x.

Grass, rodents, bugs...

People have been fleeing HP for years.

I've been remote for 2 years and won't go back.

Is youire french?

The perfect opportunity for bloated cow firms to bribe for the contract only to dump billions into a system that gets scrapped 2 years later.

Farmers in NK with cows?

So it's Amazon S3, neat.

I'm in the Midwest also and the demand for java and .net devs is through the roof right now.

Good thing I'm in the mid west I guess. I'm over 40 and find work easily. I also kept my skills up to date and can do anything the younger devs can do.

I think I see the problem, I've been working with the .net stack for years now and don't even have to look for work, it finds me. Most /. ers rip on MS constantly and yet seem to not find work easily, interesting.

I work for myself and can fire clients if need be. I'll do whatever they want since my rate is high but I don't have to put up with anyone's bullcrap if I don't feel like it. Being independent kicks ass.