Posts by td97402

Re: @Stuart Longland

Yeah, you've fallen for the new normal.

Adobe needs us to have Flash Player installed on our computers for their Flash creation tools to be worth buying. For years the deal was we downloaded the player for free _WITHOUT_ any crapware being snuck in along with it and they sold developer tools to make their coin. A few years ago some dimwit decided that Adobe could just shit on users and we'd put up with it or at least we'd not raise too much of a stink. So they have now "monetized" the download of their free player.

and commentards spout forth on any and all subjects...

Except that the registration of a new domain name does not create any new IP numbers. That was the point of the article. Mr. Fry made a completely stupid assertion.

There may be effectively infinite possibilities for additional domain names. But, again, that has nothing to do with the quantity of IP addresses in existence. IIRC, the last blocks of IPv4 addresses were handed out last year, there are no more. Internet Service Providers are implementing work-arounds to kick the can down the road a few years but the Internet really does need an overhaul to IPv6 and the sooner the better, my toaster and my blender need public IP addresses.

Re: Aw, poor luvvies

It is ludicrous in the extreme to say that once I have been wronged that I am just as bad as my assailant to point out that I have been wronged or to suggest that I am somehow the bad guy to refuse to interact with that assailant again in the future.

Re: Dead Platform

"WP has a much better UI - with great social network integration" --- It does? How is that now?Because you say so?

Re: @william 10

Once again, a snarky comment by some fanboi that needs to justify his product choice, good or bad, by running down the competition.

I own devices from all three major mobile OS concerns, Google, Microsoft and Apple. Seems to me that none of them give you much extra when you buy the product. Accessories that not everyone wants would only add to the cost.

Re: Far too expensive

So basically you are replying to a well worded point with:

I am rubber you are glue, what you say bounces off me and sticks to you!

Jedidiah, I am in the whitebox building business. The market share for highpower, upgradable computers is almost non-existent. The desktops people still do buy are smaller off-the-shelf units that they basically use to obsess over their Facebook & Twitter accounts and maybe do a little web browsing and email. Laptops outsell desktops and have for several years. People buy laptops from me just to sit them on a table and never move them just because they take up less space. Within a year or two, tablets will be outselling laptops and desktops combined. Smaller seems to sell.

Re: Dell'th blow

I actually like my Windows 8 (Home version) tablet...11.6 inch screen...Lenovo IdeaPad Lynx. It is down to around $250 some places these days I think. Originally released at almost $400. Seems like MS can't make Win 8 tablets move no matter who makes them. Pretty stupid deal all around when you consider how they bastardized desktop Windows in favor of the common experience with tablets and phones they can't seem to sell.

Re: The message isn't clear enough yet?

Actually, Microsoft considers very large volume license corporations/govenemnts and OEM computer manufacturers as its customers. They are the only entities with which Microsoft deals directly. They do pay a bit of attention to their needs. Not so much to you though. Note that there isn't even a retail version of Windows any more and if you do buy software from Microsoft directly they actually outsource the download/distribution to third parties and have you in a phone queue to wait for "support".

Re: Whatever.

Your assert that there is no actual proof of humanity contributing to climate change. So we are to take your word that there is no proof? Let me reword your statement a bit...

"Assuming humans aren't causing it, without actual proof, is asinine at best."

Re: Techies hitting the beach perhaps...

Windows 8 Home runs nice on my Lenovo Lynx K3 tablet which is basically a netbook all crammed in to a 11.6 inch screen.

Re: Oportunity knocks

Reports are that he sought the job to gain access to the documents he stole. Puts a whole new spin on things. It is called espionage.