Comment That settles it (Score 1) 537
That settles it, if I were 3 years old I would switch to Windows 8. But I'm not a 3 year old and I won't. I might switch from 7 to 9 if MS comes to their senses between now and 9.
"One of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding."
Religion is a system that takes advantage of people not being satisfied with not understanding. It scratches that itch by giving its adherents a false understanding of the world.
No one in the real world can understand everything, so to not be comfortable accepting not understanding a good share of reality is folly.
Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
--B Franklin
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We're considering him for a president. I'd rather debate on his policy, record, etc. And I'm not claiming to agree with all of it or think highly of him on these merits, but this is the domain we need to be in, not the "batshit crazy."
Romney is the candidate for everyone. No matter what your position is on anything, he has held that position at one time or another..
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You Yanks fear the word "socialist" so much you spend far more to get rid of it!
You Wanks assume Yanks are all the same. That is not a valid assumption.
Because users actually prefer MS Office and are willing to pay for using it?
Microsoft is about to find out just how willing users are to pay for it every year.
An acquaintance said MS is incompetently evil while Apple is competently evil. If MS goes with this model, that will be further evidence that my acquaintance is correct about MS.
I prefer Libre Office but also have Office 2010 because $100 was a decent price to buy it for and on rare occasion it is useful. Lease it for $100/year? No fricking way
Why is it that charter schools get better results with fewer resources?
On average charter schools don't do better than regular public schools when the data considers similar groups of students ion both schools.
Data is not the plural of anecdote.
The software you need to use is the real reason you use a computer, not because you want to use an OS.
I see you haven't met many Apple Fanbois.
I have a GS2 and will not consider an Apple product when the contract expires. This is not because they make rubbish.
To paraphrase Pogo...
Apple has met the enemy and he is Apple
One man's constant is another man's variable. -- A.J. Perlis
