....and I've no idea what quality journalists she's talking about, but I can provide lots of terrible ones

...but from what I've read, they merely re-opened the last oil fields in the North Sea that were previously abandonded because there was so little left. Hardly a 'stampede'

....it was goona be the year of the linux desktop

For example - there's one fairly popular sub (that's nothing to do with race) - where you'll get automatically banned for using the word 'white'.

Sounds odd to me, but then I'm UK - we tend to remember who's in power.

Kidding (obv), but it keeps catching me out as over here that style of address is usually employed but someone that didn't vote for the winner.

....why not 'U.S. Government'?

Don't be daft. This is clickbait. For a start, it asks a question and we all know what a monkey New Scientist made out of that approach.

...by at least a decade.

....does it run Windows games? Oh. Still, it might be cheaper...oh.

Repeat times a number of millions.

Agreed - I should have mentioned that with regards to the original comment, anyone that thinks VR is dead blatantly hasn't had a go on it.

It really is that good :-)

Elite Dangerous all but laughed at the 290 we were running it on. A 980 may have been overkill, but it certainly does the job.

With the DK2, 75Hz has produced motion-sickness for us on the odd demo - and not just rollercoasters or other fast moving experiences.

We've also had several friends experiencing the same thing when having a go, so I'll be happy with anything over 90fps.

It's the new buzzword. Does my head in. Might as well say "We didn't spot this as news until now"

...for Windows 10 - as in, they haven't (they did this with Vista/ 7 too), it's unlikely I'd be buying another one anyway.

I guess you *really* hate Forbidden Planet. And Star Wars. And Star Trek....what with all the tabloid-science going on.

Nobody is going to ask you first. Remember that.

I'm not posting to discredit your opinion - because you're wrong