Right, so the Tim in accounting now has the confidence to replace their keyboard or buy a new monitor on their own. Great! Now I can focus more time on how to tell Mike in sales that he doesn't need to reply to all with the 20mb attachment every time a single person reply's to him in a group email, or actually get to some of the server side shit that I have been trying to get to for the past two days... The less time that the IT department needs to spend on menial tasks the better, but IT is not going anywhere.

Honestly, I didn't mean Jew the shark... that was an honest typo...

It did, JewTheShark killed a guy...

Yeap

You are and idiot, it was a joke on the rapid "semi-exponential" growth that transistor count has been regarded to have, and obviously cellphones will never outnumber the insects on the plant or atoms in the universe. Really? You wanted to put down an AC for that?

Ear plugs with larger muffling headphones over top. You can get ear plugs made for YOUR ears from a doctor and the headphones designed for use with chainsaws. You should then just hear your breathing, which can get really annoying.

Is that you god? Its me Dean...

Except that I put money into my bank account and take it out.I buy food with it, I guy gas with it, sometimes I burn it, literally, but just because it has a digital representation does not mean it isn't also real.

Many people spend and receive real money on ebay. I don't know anyone who doesn't have their paypl account backed by a bank account or card.

I used a tablet, with a bluetooth keyboard, for most of my school needs. Taking notes and web surfing. I wouldn't give up my desktop for anything, but I felt the tablet was sufficient for everything else.

Calm down... its just software, you don't need to buy it.

Ok, to be honest I didn't look in to ALL of them, but AFAIK they are free...

They are all free actually, and Win8 has better multicore support and what not

There are many tools to make Win8 look and feel a lot like 7 here are links to them http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33642_7-57496506-292/how-to-get-the-start-menu-back-in-windows-8/ . I am sure many of us here are familiar with ninite.com , there is a installer for the Win8 Classic shell for even easier installation.

With proper permits yes, You and I will never get those permits approved, but NASA can.