Am I the only person here who does not trust the same company that regularly reports bricking computers with Windows updates. Is this finally going to move people to shun M$Soft and install some distro of Linux ??? As a computer Tech in Southern California I am paid over 6 figures just to prevent "bad" M$Soft updates for 3 separate companies.

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When I worked as a contractor everything is done on a Linux Blade, NO WINDOZE When i worked at Axsys TEchnologies porting a Windows program to Ubuntu EVERYTHING WAS DONE ON Ubuntu I had access to to the original Studio 2010 sln, etc and converted all file operations to Boost.File for Linux, used Code Blocks IDE, and Converted/Removed GDI, DirectX stuff with OpenGL No Windows Terminals needed, wanted or desired Yes at Intel Presilicon testing we used Windows to SSH into Linux boxes to perform coding, compiling etc But that was because we used virtual Linux boxes in a secluded Rackspace, and FPGA Programming Other sections of intel used Android on X86, with everything on the Android platform, with no windows terminals I am currently using Mint, everything is on Mint, no Windows

My company is near the east coast so i get up at 6 a.m. have Standup at 7: a.m. attend sprint grooming meetings very thursday right after Standup All through Google Hangouts Yes there is squelching, and feedback, you learn to control that. My productivity is really great when i take on a big project, then I can work hours, and nap, and work more hours I am less afraid of searching , and downloading than when i worked at Intel, DirecTV, or Siemens I have to provide my own snacks, tea, and other drinks no freebies for me I do sometimes find it hard to turn off, so I go for walks, go out to robotics clubs, and church so I stay socialized and interact with ordinary people Not to bad for someone who has the discipline

66000 tons is 59874192840 grams of CO2 Divide by the molecular weight of CO2 of 44g/mole or 1360777110 moles of CO2 per year If this process uses teh standard process of converting CO2 to NaHCO3 CO2 + 2 NaOH -> Na2CO3 + H20 Na2CO3 + CO2 + H2O -> 2NaHCO3 Then for every mole of CO2 converted there is also 1 mole of NaHCO3 which has a molecular weight of 88 grams per mole so Converting 66000 tons of CO2 to NaHCO3 will result in 1360777110 moles * 84 g/Mole = 114305277240 grams NaHCO3 or 126,000 tons per year According to http://www.madehow.com/Volume-... only 32000 tons were sold in 1990 a decrease from previous sales So the NaHCO3 produced from THIS ONE PLANT WOULD INCREASE THE WORLD NEED FOR SALES BY NEARLY 400% so yep we are going to be burying this NaHCO3 SOMEWHERE THERE IS NO MARKET AT THIS TIME

Since I noticed that Win 10 was using about 1 MegaByte of Bandwidth every hour , while Win 7 was using less than 10Kilobyte every hour and Linux 10 was using less than 10 kilo byte per hour I just left linux mint on my Quad Core with Time Warner Cable I don't care what M$soft is sending monitoring etc there is no reason to be using this much bandwidth

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2 Days AGO http://www.ghacks.net/2012/03/06/stardocks-start8-brings-back-the-windows-8-start-menu/ MArch 02 2012 6 days ago !!! http://www.ghacks.net/2012/03/02/vistart-restores-start-menu-disables-metro-ui-in-windows-8/ Guys try to keep up OK I am being realoly hard, and I apologize, but I just can not understand not linking to previous articles from days ago .

Yes there are fires and tragedies do result from these fires. I was responding to the statement "Compare this to the infernal fireball that you get seconds after you puncture a gas tank." I did not mean that fires do not occur, as i alluded to in my statement "Only if a stream of gas comes out of a tank, and pools will it burn". I have never lost some one close to me due to car fires, but have lost 17 friends in car accidents from not wearing seat belts over my 45 years since high school. That experience as well as reports of 284 car fires each year compared to the 154 MILLION cars has led the applied mathematician in me to discount car fires as a lowly 0.01% of accident consequences. But when they( car fires) happen near to you they are of overwhelming importance. My apologies for not being more specific , and not being more"Human" and considerate.

Have you not watched Mythbusters ??? Only if a stream of gas comes out of a tank, and pools will it burn. THERE IS NO CHANCE OF AN EXPLOSION WHEN THE GAS TANK IS 1/4 OR MORE FULL Stopping thinking like hollywood, and go watch mythbusters, or get an engineering degree.

I have a dentist, and a doctor who have pissed me off for one reason or another, and in each case after thinking about the situation I called and explained my problem, feelings etc about that situation. Whether it was about treatment, or the cost of a procedure. In the case of a dentist I was made to feel understood, and appreciated. In the case of the doctor who was not born in this country, and did not share my feelings and basically told me i was wrong, I posted my feelings, evidence and named names, and found another doctor. That doctor has since left this area, for a more metropolitan environment where he does not have to deal with us local yokels. In each case I had signed such an agreement without realizing what I was signing, and in each case I did not care. I posted my feelings evidence according the rules of the internet posting service, and gave my real name etc so people who came across the reviews would have more confidence that the review was genuine and not some paid for result.

How come no one is talking about the Unisys GIF Compression patent? Have we not learned from history, that having a single standard always ends with some company controlling what we do ? I may not love Google, or Apple or Microsoft, but I absolutely hate patents on "standards", they always raise the price I pay as a developer, I am always afraid my company will end up being sued. So just on that basis I laud Google for being the bad guy in the short run, and creating an environment where Open source standards provide an alternative. REMEMBER UNISYS, FIGHT FOR NONPATENTED STANDARDS

I live 1 hour drive from Sacramento, CAlifornia and have DSL after fighting with AT&T for 3 years. I get no cell phone reception in or around my house, and there are at least 5 - 10 K people who live in the immediate area that have no choice other than DIALUP POTS. So you city folk may have everything dialed in with multiple choices, but us country hicks that live 1 hour drive from a major city HAVE NO CHOICES.