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Comment: Slashdot Libertarians... (Score 1) 245

by Lendrick (#46284017) Attached to: White House Responds To Net Neutrality Petition

I love how all the Slashdot Libertarians who are all about Internet Corporate Freedom (that is, against any laws the actually protect consumers from selective throttling and other anti-neutrality bullshit) are suddenly in favor of net neutrality now that the Obama administration has said that they're not going to do anything about it.

Comment: It was like this a deacde ago, too. (Score 4, Interesting) 282

by Lendrick (#45977669) Attached to: Intel Dev: GTK's Biggest Problem, and What Qt Does Better


Comment: Re:News for Nerds? (Score 1) 265

by Lendrick (#45956435) Attached to: Engineers: Traffic Studies Use Simulation Software, Not Lane Closings

I know, right? You look all over the place for credible reports of Democrats being this shady, and all you get are unconfirmed internet comments about unnamed Democratic governors closing down DMVs, without a source or even the name of the state it supposedly happened in. Then the liberal media doesn't report it, for lame reasons like "it didn't really happen".

Fairness in reporting demands that they report on Democratic scandals too. And if they can't find one, they need to make one up.

Comment: I really hope the closed ecosystem fails hard. (Score 1) 1009

by Lendrick (#45942085) Attached to: Windows 9 Already? Apparently, Yes.

Conceptually I don't have a problem with an app store or a tablet interface (provided they don't take away my fucking start menu), but I *do* have a problem with the fact that they're trying to pull an iOS and phase in a closed ecosystem where the only way to get apps is to go through their app store. From a competition standpoint, no good can come of it. It's pushing us more toward expensive, locked down appliances and away from general purpose computers.

That said, I have to speculate that part of the reason people don't know how badly Windows 8 is doing is that Microsoft likely learned from their Vista failure and has hired marketing firms to canvas the internet with positive comments about it so that people don't realize how unpopular it actually is.
