Activity for November 10

Comment - Snow Leopard and Windows 7 still can't crack the netbook problem
(Nov 10, 2009 - 6:41 PM)

No of course not. It's not dumbed down PC in Apple style with extra $$ added to it (a.k.a the mini).
Just because Steve Jobs didn't invent it doesn't mean it's a good idea. Sooner or later though they will have to come up with a comparable product.
Comment - Blu-ray sales skyrocket, provided you lower the sky
(May 7, 2009 - 9:10 PM)

"Laughably, Sony lie and count PS3 game disks in the stats."
And where did you get this information?

"The truth was 4.45%.
h**p://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6627437.html?nid=3511"
Can you explain how you got that number from this site?

"Similarly the attempt to compare Blu-ray growth (whatever it actually is) with a time when the market was not used to disk-based video is ludicrous."
Why?
Comment - Service Pack 2 for Vista and WS2K8 released to manufacturing
(May 1, 2009 - 6:39 AM)

"They did the same thing with Windows 95 SP1 or was it SP2?"

Yes but it was called OSR2 (as in OEM Service Release) not SP2.

I can understand why MS decided not to release this as a Service Pack. Imagine if someone installed this SP2 converted there system to FAT32 and had some third party utility (such as a disk defrag program) run. Instant disk corruption! That would be begging for trouble. The main reason you needed FAT32 was to support larger hard drive partitions so unless you were installing a new hard drive you really didn't need this update. Hence it was released only to OEM for new computers.
Comment - Region woes hose Obama gift to UK prime minister
(Mar 20, 2009 - 7:25 PM)

I've always wanted to know how does region coding prevent piracy?
Comment - The heat is on: Latest Google Chrome closes the gap with Safari 4, Firefox 3.1
(Mar 17, 2009 - 11:10 PM)

"Built-in smart Ads block".

Somehow I really don't think that will happen. Why would Google make a browser that blocks it's own ads (Google almost does have a monopoly on advertising)?