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Comment Seems to be law everywhere. (Score 1) 847

C'mon guys. Love him or hate him, what he did was illegal. And illegal in every country on the planet. Whoever gave him the info is guilty of treason. Since he's not a US citizen, he is guilty of espionage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage

Insert period here.

The US really has no choice but to go after him. It's their law. And the law in virtually every other country on the planet. He just happened to release docs from the USA.

As far as what he released... the majority being personal opinions like "this guy is stupid" that guys fat, this one smells funny... Gimme a break. That's human nature. Release tapes from any country on the planet and you'll likely get the same crap. People are people no matter where you go. Just human nature.

Comment Is cheap cheap? (Score 0) 330

They say the upgrade (D/L) to windows 8 pro will be $40 for 3 months or so after it's release. After that your guess is as good as mine. Also no hint of the price of a full version.

On the one hand, it's great that the price has fallen. But I'm hoping they don't pull an "apple" and treat a service pack as an upgrade and charge for it.

Comment Re:the USA needs high speed trains (Score 1) 382

Yes we let it rot. But only because we didn't need it. And IMHO, still don't unless we are trying to keep up with the joneses. Even tho we arguably passed them by transportation wise decades ago.

From what I understand it won't be cheaper than flying nor quicker. (I sure can't argue with more comfortable tho!)

Remember, this is a young country. Way back when, rare was the person who traveled more than 100 feet from their house. :) When we started to build rail systems some fool came along and invented the car. Then we spent more on roads than rail. Then another idiot came along and invented the "aeroplane". We invested in airports.

So as far as hi speed rail... really depends on where it's set up and cost. A fun vacation? Sure. Unless you want to get there as fast as you can to enjoy your destination. For business... time is money.

There's at least one airport in virtually every major city and a pile of smaller airports in between them. Some smaller European countries may only have major airport one in the whole country. Rail works for them. And they're more used to mass transportation since they didn't have the luxury of auto's back when it all started.

Comment Amazon not necessarily the best place to shop. (Score 1) 129

Well Amazon is great. However, not "necessarily" the best or even the cheapest. There's a ton of browser apps that will search prices for you. And they don't do a bad job.

Half the time you'll come up with prices lower than amazon. Of course you have to consider the company, return policy etc., but more often than not I don't buy at amazon like I used to anymore. Too many better deals elsewhere. Especially since there are so many 3rd parties on their site anymore. You really have to pay close attention to where it's coming from.

Besides, they don't take paypal. ;)

Comment Re:In other news Apple is banning Android devices (Score 1) 404

Premium products? Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Inflated prices give them a perceived value. Doesn't make them better. And yes I had one. Don't get it. While it was only one of the first intel imacs, a 3 year old PC (at a fraction of the price) ran rings around it. True the imac is pretty much a laptop on a stand with no cover but I'd never go back to one. Too slow and clunky.

Comment Cheeeep upgrade is the key for MS (Score 1) 671

Yeah, looks like it sucks to me as well. But remember there is no more home version and the pro version is going to be a $49 upgrade. Sure, business won't want it but then again they usually don't jump on the band wagon right out of the gate anyway. By the time they're ready most of their users will already be used to it.

Seems to me it's a Steve Jobs ploy. Give a pile of machines to schools and when the students get out they'll buy macs. Simply because they have no clue how to run a pc.

And FWIW, Metro was it's code name, remember? For windows 8? There was never any windows gui that didn't have a code name. So I've no idea why everyone is still throwing it out there. Once it's released it's code name dies.

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