Not really, you're the first person I've come across that's confused by it. But then again, that shouldn't be surprising because it's evident from reading your rant that you're just pretending to know what you're talking about. If there's one thing no one can accuse the C++ standards committee of, it is introducing changes that would break backward compatibility. So whatever new features require compiler updates, you can get your ass it's because a library only solution either wasn't possible or just so damn ugly that it was worth making a language change for it.

C++11 is great, and it really does mean you end up writing a lot less code in many cases because the language now gives you the tools to do things the correct way.

As for Boost and Qt not being compatible ... wtf are you going on about? They're both written in C++, of course they are compatible! If you have actually tried using both, and not had success, it's most likely because you didn't clearly define what parts of your projects were using which library. Qt does like for you to shun everything but its own classes, including the standard library, but it also has interface that lend itself to being used with the standard library and Boost.

What's wrong with them is that if they allowed this, it would force all CS players on XBox Live to use a mouse and keyboard, otherwise they'd be getting their asses kicked by the ones who are using a keyboard / mouse instead of the gamepad. I don't know about you, but I like slouching on my couch, 10' away from the TV, while playing on my XBox.

... keep in mind this guy created Quicktime and OnLive.

Me too, me too! ashish.sadanandan (gmail) Thank you!

I upgraded to 5.0 beta a while back and it broke a couple of my add-ons. You can make them compatible and try to use them on any release with a bit of work.

1. Find your Firefox profile directory. On Windows this %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
2. All your add-ons should be In the "extensions" sub-directory
3. If the add-on is packaged as a *.xpi renamed it to .zip and extract the files (if you use 7-zip renaming is not necessary)
4. Edit the "em:maxVersion" node in the install.rdf file (it's an XML file) to whatever version you're running
5. Zip it up, rename to .xpi and you're all set!

You have a 6 year old friend who got laid? Awesome!

... if you have NoScript installed and block nytimes.com

I concur your analysis is not incorrect.

There was an article on /. about a month or two ago that said some government was experimenting embedding RFID tags in bank notes. So much for cash transactions being private!

I'm not a Microsoft employee, or a particularly big fan of the company either. But I completely agree with the OP; MS is happy just knowing that you're buying their product. They're not interested in knowing that you have trouble getting it up so they can serve you Cialis ads. The biggest thing you gotta worry about MS is that if the product you bought isn't doing too well they'll kill it off and leave you hanging.