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Maybe because the explanation isn't so much an explanation but an admission that core functionality was broken in a minor version release - and therefore almost orthogonal to the u…

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There was a post a few days ago about how the quality of SnowHN had gone down with people asking how they could block this category of submissions - so I wouldn't be too quick to e…

Two possibilities: 1. Boredom 2. Infamy (although nobody seems to claim responsibility for attacks like this so not sure how that can be a motivating factor - but who knows).

The article attempts to explain "why not". Here is the TLDR as I see it: If you insist of hiring over-qualified people, they are more likely to jump-ship as soon as something bette…

They give you hardware that is capable of storing the advertised amount of data - they advertise it the same as any other vendor (nobody advertises "usable diskspace" unless there …

It's not in defence of the OS - it's a rebuttal to the people who ignore all the other benefits of upgrading to a newer OS and cite the (often repeated) notion that the desktop as …

More FUD about the disk space issue... yes - there is a large recovery partition and yes - you can delete it to free up space. Any yes - perhaps MS would have been better off if th…

For those that want the modern equivalent to relive your old time crisis, HOD, op-wolf days, (e.g. for mame cabinets), apparently the ones that use a dedicated infrared sensor (lik…

From the documentation: Personal licenses are not available to companies in any way or form. Transfer of personal licenses to any third party and/or reimbursement for personal lice…

btw - personal licences only (i.e. not commercial licenses).

Maybe if you're only building a simple app, but I suspect most people at some point need other components like date pickers, format masks, form validation, table filtering/sorting …

This is just a re-imagining of the Steam interface to be optimised for large screens - I think the post above yours is referring to the rumoured "Steambox" that Valve themselves ar…

Been waiting for this for two reasons: a) websocket support and b) now the version of IIS that runs under visual studio 2012 and the server matches hopefully avoiding any surprises…

"Look, there is what you intend and what you write. Your bugs are in between the two." Umm no. Bugs are usually a) a misinterpreation of the requirements (no amount of comments are…

Or if you're a REAL expert, "Is NYC playing second fiddle to silicon valley?"

Here is one to add to the list - if you delete records and/or entire collections, you won't reclaim the associated disk space automatically. Once the space is allocated, it remains…

Yes - because whenever you buy hardware, optional upgrades are always available to purchase at cost-price /sarcasm Although I guess it's not quite as bad with something like a note…

This attempt at being "clever" has definitely backfired on apple. If they had just done what was asked the first time, that would have been the end of it. Now it has to be dredged …

It's like this for every major product launch - gives the techbloggers something to talk about. Give it a few weeks and they will be bemoaning the next IOS / Android / Ubuntu relea…

I've had 8 of these calls in the last month (had two in one day a few weeks back). For me, the most frustrating part of the experience is that regardless of what you say, they foll…

I'm not sure early adopters are the easiest people to please... thinking of "antennagate" from iphone4 and now "scuffgate" from iphone5 I would say early adopters (who I suppose ar…

Has there ever been an OS release where (at first) people prefer the new one? Windows 7 might be the exception only because the previous incarnation was so awful. Ubuntu with Unity…

It's not necessarily all or nothing - I have worked on several projects now each using multiple database-type options: mongodb for read-intensive, loose-schema type stuff where the…

Here's a little confirmation bias at work... those with kids can't really undo that decision so spending time with the family is a knee-jerk "number one priority" (how many people …