XP embedded doesn't get security updates. Because it is pick-and-mix, windows update doesn't work. Trying to make a Sasser fix was VERY hard work.

Blame it on letting AOL in.

Desktop windows is down the pan, but dumping c# for java is madness.

How does anyone get any work done if they are constantly playing with desktops.

The worst case was someone who was meant to be helping me in the late 90s who was obsessed with enlightenment, He didn't produce anything useful.

Personally I'm OK with windows 7 at home, but expecting to go Mint, nothing scary to someone who knew UNIX before DOS (I did start early).

As I remember it the McAfee aquisition is gone or going,

Thie foundies are about being competative on x86. Yeah, they do a bit of FPGL. They don't want any old chips, because the process is hightly tuned.

This is a big deal. It means they have given up on what they wanted to be their growth area in Atom for mobile.

Well suggested sources suggest they have been massaging their utilisation of those incredibly expensive fabs because the server x86 sales aren't what they want (because of virtuallisation for one thing).

Don't underestimate this - they are selling off the family silver.

If there are riots, it won't be from the majority. They might cause more harm than any Muslims have in Merka.

If I'm Jewish enough for Hitler, I can join in. A silly boy made a prank who has nasty beliefs. Nothing new here, move along. Just don't give them guns.

The compiler only targets x86, used to do arm too, look at embedded compilers if you want to see some horrible bugs.

It used to be full of bugs, but they bought some of the best people. Working on Webkit is a pain in the arse. Huge compile times, and no documentation worth talking about.

Except Google etc. drop products all the time. Pebble has only one trick.

I wish more women pushed themselves into the intellectually hard jobs that they are capable of. Childcare sometimes takes them away from the workplace (my career suffered when I was at home looking after the offspring). We need to remind our employers that even if noone is indispensible, it is hard to find people who can make your product any good.

Just as paranoia doesn't mean people aren't out to get you, you can be a conspiracy theorists who hits on an idea that is true. Of course there won't be Nazis and Jewish communists in the cabal. (Disclaimer - some of my favorite communists are Jewish).

If the black women are just being less prissy about it, good for them. And yes.. boobies, but not the point.

You don't pay taxes on radio in the UK. You pay a license fee to access TV channels. This also pays for the radio channels and broadcast to the world in loads of languages. Most telly is rubblish, but the quality of the radio stations that are free from the BBC to the world are amazing. They are not the only great content, but blimey, I'd miss it if I had to rely on FOX etc. I also love a Canadian indie internet radio show, and an odd New York independant. The World Service is fantastic. It is more informative and less biased than the (UK) domestic output - they talk to the world. Oh, and when we pay for the telly, we get a lot of programmes that lots of the recipients want, and enough charming programmes that even appeal to me - DR Who, Sherlock, Documentaries, Silly nerdy quiz games. It is a lot less than any US cable subscription.

Where did I get my copy of Lolita? Still haven't finished it after nearly 30 years, but I love the first page. It isn't banned in the UK.