It's one thing to be a cheap bastard, but to be so self-righteous about it is really something kind of special.

These are also subject to the same kind of fixed price points as regular priced movies and video games. The point is, there are prices the market generally comes to accept as "reasonable and standard" in everything. Movies, music, games, doctor's appointments, etc. Stick close to that price point and people will accept the cost as "that's what x costs". Start to exceed that level and you stand out as overpriced.

Right... it's not about MS making money, they hate doing that. The only reason they woo the OEM's is because they hate Linux and want to it off of computers.

And who modded that as insightful?

And this has what to do with Safari's shockingly poor behavior?

Why is it that everyone's response to any sort of problem is "Windows is worse"? If someone described a serious flaw in say, a Prius, would your response be, "Yeah, but Honda sucks."

I'm not trying to excuse crappy design problems in Windows, but when is Apple going to lose this untouchable luster and take it's lumps along with everyone else?

anyone who knows timetravel knows

Not to cast dispersion on your claim here, but, honestly, no one knows time travel because it doesn't exist. What you might claim to be familiar with are the accepted "rules" of time travel as established in fictional literature/film.

This generally isn't what people mean when they "social". The tendency is to mean going to parties, going on dates, hanging out and doing stupid stuff. When you consider being on an executive committee for a student society "being social" I think you've pretty much separated yourself from the typical college student.

I think I'm gonna require photographic evidence before I am willing to believe a) that it happened and b) that it was really all that distracting.

I believe the terms "shitty" and "American megabeer" are redundant.

I had to write code to create a systems solution from requirements written by a group of marketing managers. The doc looked something like:

1. People like to buy things.
2. We'll get that guy to write some code.
3. Profit!!!

Next thing you know they're going to make sure you only share bodily fluids with those of your own nationality, and that is going to cause some awkward pairings. Well, more awkward...

I believe that was called Lynx. Small footprint, arcane interface, no wasteful GUI, and it really sucked for looking up pr0n.

Oh c'mon... most ubergeeks are willing to sacrifice WAY more than that. Hell, I don't think those are even considered sacrifices.

And given the high levels of silicone, collagen and other "unnatural" substances they are filled with, they are generally quite well preserved and offer great insight into world that was ancient Los Angeles.

I think the operative word for Cyrix would be remember.

As for VIA, as posts above mentioned, they have licenses from Intel.

So, by using a stage trick (because you know all those mosquitoes really were carrying the malaria virus) to try and shock a group of people out of apathy Gates somehow becomes a "Liberal" who wants to equalize society at the lowest common denominator? What are you smoking and why aren't you sharing? First of you equate a "Liberal mindset" with some sort of Huxley like uber-socialism. Then you say he's trying to lower the wealthy (no one said the audience was wealthy, they're just not 3rd world poor) instead of helping the poor (he's spent billions doing just that). I think your analysis of his symbolism says more about the way you think than it says anything about Gates' action.