Did you read your own graphic? It shows Windows as the source of roughly 30% of their revenue. That is hardly "their principal cash cow". The post you commented on was correct in stating that 'business' and 'servers' comprise significantly larger chunks of their business totaling 55%.

Working at Best Buy does not qualify you as a "network technician". If you do not fall into CyprusBlue's categorization of people that feel comfortable while sitting behind a stateful firewall product then you should pursue a new line of work. I bet that it's is relatively "safe" selling microwaves over in the appliance section. Oh wait...they have ip addresses you can be scared of exposing too! Oh Noes! The Big Bad Internets Are Going to Haxor My Microwaves!! /puts on tin hat

Can you say Pandora? It's flash based and there is extensive support using dedicated hardware.

Flaming farts? Star Wars Kid?

Can you read? "Free from regulation" does not mean "elimination of net neutrality". Net neutrality regulation is useful in wired networks because consumers can't speak with their wallets by changing providers in many areas due to very limited competition. In the wireless space they can, making a regulation free market the best option to allow providers to tweak the most performance out of the limited bandwidth available in wireless spectrum.

They didn't bow at all. In Google's own words in the article's comment section: This piece suggests that Google has "bowed" to censorship. That is not correct. We have been very clear about our committment to not censor our products for users in China. The products we have kept on Google.cn (Music, Translate, Product Search) do not require any censorship by Google. Other products, like web search, we are offering from Google.com.hk, and without censorship Lucinda Barlow, Head of Public Affairs, Google AU/NZ - July 21, 2010, 2:43PM

It's ok masmullin, I'm sure you enjoy driving your minivan 63 in a 65 with 3 screaming kids in the back. We each choose the lifestyle which we percieve will provide the most long term fulfillment. Mine includes things like extreme sports, rare steak, world travel (invading Iraq trip was involuntary), and my A4 going 100mph a few times a week. My experiences make me much more apt to react properly when (and if) I do find myself in a situation on the roadways, or off, that falls outside the expected. I'll trust my experience, reaction time, awareness, and intensity to pull me through the situation. Enjoy living inside the 'accepted norm' and adhering to the letter of the law, and I wish you luck dealing with the unexpected when it does pop up.

“I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.” -Robert Heinlein, seconded by me.

Clearly posted as AC to avoid the karma hit. I speed for the same reasons I skydive, scuba, climb, etc... Going fast makes me smile. It is relaxing. I hit 100mph at least 3 times a week on regular highways here in the midwest. I know where cops sit, don't place other drivers in danger, and am very aware of where everyone is on the road. I don't (while speeding) text or talk on the phone. That said I have 2 speeding tickets in the last 10 years and have gotten out of both by going through the hoops of going to court.

I work for a wholesale building materials distributer with ~400 employees and ~300m in sales. IT is a department of 5 reporting to the CFO.