PC gamers like to spend time mess with hardware, not software. And that one thing is what limits both Mac and PC gaming: Linux because of driver issues, Macs because of platform expansion restrictions. You can't even upgrade RAM anymore on any Macs except the outrageously priced Pro mini towers, which themselves have very limited expansion.

Until you can put X amount of graphics cards into a Mac or Linux box and they just work, and work together, PC gaming is never going away.

Men have to deal with women's problems ad nauseum and are never allowed to comment upon it, women are allowed to hound and degrade men ad infinitum and it is always OK. If you are going into anything dominated by another culture, it is not that culture's responsibility to change for you. The idea that all cultures need to accept and make allowances for minority ideals is an asinine American concept that is not shared anywhere else in the world.

If you are not prepared to deal quietly and gracefully with the norms and mores of another culture, STAY THE FUCK OUT OF IT.

Believe me, I had this problem. My PS+ sub renewed with an out-of-date credit card and 3 months later I am told I don't have access to PSN. No email, no reason, just call Sony. They want me to send a cashier's check, by postage mail, to them for the amount then they will "consider" unbanning my account. I can't pay it electronically where I can be sure they receive the amount and there is no guarantee they will unban my account after they receive payment.

I sold my PS3 the next day and I'm trying to sell my PSV.

A vast majority of tax money, though, goes either to waste or to things that are outright harmful for the taxpayer

Citation needed.

You can use the United States as a prime example. I'm not here to do the job of educating you, we have complimentary public schools for that. Since you couldn't be bothered to participate in your education, then you can just research crime rates in the US.

Also, since you couldn't be bothered to participate in your education, you can research the Roman Empire and its welfare system and the reasoning behind it.

In addition, since you couldn't be bothered to participate in your education, feel free to research communism and the reasoning behind it.

I agree. Plasma Active is looking to be the default Linux for Tablets. You can't shoehorn touch onto WIMP, even Microsoft has conceded that.

I still have many 68k Macs that could be put to some kind of use if they could run a modern OS. The issue is that everything that sits on top of the Linux kernel has unfortunately followed the Windows and Mac OS trend of requiring GPU support. I don't know (yes, I could Bing it) if LXDE requires compositing to run decently...

Social security numbers are public information. How do you think agencies and businesses can use that number to identify you? People think SSN is some secret number, it most certainly isn't.

Credit score is owned by private agencies. Nothing about credit is registered with the government.

Medical information is covered by HIPPA that supersedes the fact that medical records had no embargo of any kind on them.

We have no guarantee of privacy in this country. Nowhere in the constitution is privacy even mentioned.

Educate yourself. At your intelligence level it will be profoundly simple.

An American company really believes they can force Germany to change their laws or allow Facebook to operate outside of the law? Just WOW. What the hell kind of shenanigans are they pulling over here, then?

Yup, quite often in fact. He has been seen with and known to have met with dozens of politicians. That's in addition to the money he has directly and indirectly paid for lobbying.

I am glad there won't be any "guilt by association" witch hunts like people already have engaged in incorrectly by hunting down Ryan Lanza and attacking Blizzard.

(Phil-Ken-Sebben)balance the scales...Ha Haaa!(/Phil-Ken-Sebben)

I've been waiting for you to give sharks opposable thumbs...

I would argue that no one would say their desktop/laptop is easier to use than their phone. The desktop moving to a simplified, streamlined experience is preferable to me. I was without a proper computer for about 4 months and I used my ASUS Transformer TF101 as a laptop replacement quite efficiently. Windows 8 is definitely the right directions where the OS recedes into the background.

When I report a bug to Microsoft they don't tell me to fix it myself. I'm grateful that adding new hardware to Windows is an automated process and Microsoft doesn't tell me I need to recompile the NT kernel if I want my USB camera to work. I'm particularly pleased that my integrated graphics card is supported by the OS and every application I use on it.

That's worth money to me.