Yes. I have a zoom lens with a constant 2.8f aperture. Won't get that on a measly phone camera.

That was my thought when I read the article. HTML and XML are both SGML grammars. HTML (sans XHTML) just doesn't make you end a relatively small number of elements with a closing or self-closing element. So the window between "better than XML" and "worse than HTML" seems incredibly small.

So their idea is to re-post propaganda videos? I thought their stated job was to help combat terrorism (when they aren't busy creating their own elsewhere).

But Surface (and more so the second versions announced) isn't just marketed nor targeted at being a tablet. It makes a great laptop when you have the keyboard/cover. And the new docking station solidifies its place on your desktop.

I use a Surface Pro for development - even running Hyper-V with a couple of VMs at a time for testing - and am quite happy with it. The screen could be bigger, but that doesn't make for a good tablet and the docking station will help fill that void (not to mention multi-screen development is easier in various scenarios anyway).

And while I probably don't need a 512GB SSD (256GB should be plenty since I use cloud storage for a lot of stuff, much of which isn't cached locally), the 8GB option at $1300 is comparable to - and even better than some - laptops/ultrabooks that are reasonable for development.

...or you'd be breaking the law by discussing ways to circumvent content blocks.

Have you forgotten about the oft-abused DMCA already?

Did you read the original post? There's actually more room for content now when compared to Explorer that's been around in Vista and Win7.

Use vim and you'll get better.

...while reducing the hassles of boarding a plane that deter some people from flying.

So they're reducing prices for luggage and fuel? The hiked ticket prices to cover the fuel hike in 2009, as well as tacked on additional fees for luggage, obesity, etc. Prices didn't drop back down much compared to the hike, and then they hike prices again for the 2011 oil scare.

That's pretty much what keeps me from flying.

But the cultists probably froze to death...err, re-death.

And your typical consumer neither understands DRM nor cares, as long as the mainstream scenarios work (and they most often do). DRM schemes are a technophile argument and, unfortunately, most consumers aren't technophiles.

Have you even looked at the list of providers? They are third-party sites, like eTrust that has been around for ages.

I can't see how YouTube would outright drop support for H.264. IE still makes up 56% across all versions (source: http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0). Google would be fools to dissuade that many customers away from YouTube as well as any sites that embed YouTube videos. As one reply says in this regard, they might use another site.

Exactly. Why the hell do I want something that basically operates like a phone, but several times larger than a phone. And especially these days, my pockets aren't exactly big enough. Seems rather pointless. Get a laptop and/or get a phone. The power is in synchronizing the two as it makes sense to do so.

But even that doesn't always work. When was the last time you filled out an application that required (otherwise I don't give it) your email address and there wasn't even enough room to write it? Limitations are found even on physical paper.

That, and you have to question how much time was spent on social networking sites as well. I know of a lot of people with similar "disadvantaged" backgrounds that waste their days away on Facebook et. al.

Besides, they should be reading more /. and other real news sites!