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Comment Re:All part of their retro-COBOL strategy (Score 4, Funny) 415

Freaking Office 2010 with the ribbon crap confuses the heck out of me, because I can never find the function I want. Where's the undo function? Find-and-replace? Full justification? I know they're in that mess of Egyptian hieroglyphics, but I have no clue where.

CTRL+Z, CTRL+H, CTRL+J?

Comment Re:Validity? (Score 1) 370

However, I've been kicking Windows 8 around since public release. While it performs decently, it is very cumbersome, awkward and unnatural to use on a desktop.

I thought that too. My first thoughts were that if a tablet came with Windows 8 and a dock that housed an external graphics card (for gaming, much like the new Sony Vaio Z) it'd be a great desktop/laptop replacement (I can't get my work done on an Android tablet or iPad); but that the Metro Start interface wasn't exactly mouse & keyboard ready (the interaction felt uncomfortable and obtuse).

However after reading up on the new keyboard shortcuts and understanding the interface a little better, I think it'll be just fine. Now I just need that dock :D

Comment Re:Co-Locate (Score 2) 225

From the site:

*There are no charges for overage. We will permanently restrict the connection speed to 10 MBit/s if more than 10,000 GB/month are used (the basis for calculation is for outgoing traffic only. Incoming and internal traffic is not calculated). 100 MBit/s speed can be optionally restored by committing to pay 6,90 € (incl. VAT) per additional TB used.

Looks alright to me. Better than most dedi packages I've come across.

Comment Re:Breaking news (Score 1) 337

Quite. I especially like the interviewee on pages 41-42:

He characterized Mr. Jobs as a deceptive individual who is not completely forthright and honest. He stated that Mr. Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals.

Then, shortly after:

[He] concluded the interview by stating that even though he does not consider Mr. Jobs to be a friend, he (Mr. Jobs) possesses the qualities to assume a high level political position. It was [his] opinion that honesty and integrity are not required qualities to hold such a position. [He] recommended him for a position of trust and confidence with the Government.

Is that you, Woz?

Comment Re:Hot damn, it's about time (Score 1) 181

If everything's tagged with something, you wouldn't need a / - at least, not a / that would list files; it would list available tags I suppose.

I don't know that conflict resolution would be an issue; you could have 'strong' and 'weak' tags - usernames and special filetypes would be 'strong' and generic things like 'music' could be weak.

Nice view of a filesystem btw. I like it.

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