Actually MS is trying to get control of the gaming market ,, by getting game programers to set their programs that they only operate on Windows 8 Allan
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 6:21 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > W8 looks like yet another attempt to stick us with yet another portal > directing us to Microsoft products - via its metro interface that > replaces desktop. I don't like Faceflop, Googleplod or Twatter (which > started as a place to host audio podcasts - am amazing non-starter). > The highlight on these over several years was Gabby tagging me as a > rabbit in a weird building in Berlin. > I'm rid of the metroface through a bit of cheap software. One can > understand why these conglomerates want to shoehorn an advertising- > based business model into our social activities. These days I watch > all commercial TV via Tivo to fast forward he ads and increasingly do > the same with BBC to evade their promos. I-google lets me rid myself > of the standard bimbo products of all browsers. I use gmail in order > not to give out my 'serious' email address. I guess we essentially > want to freeride on the technical provision. > > Wikipedia gets stick for not being sufficiently peer-reviewed. In > terms if the subjects I 'teach' it is more accurate than textbooks and > the material publishers provide if you recommend their texts to > students (it's very difficult not to when 'exams' are based on the rot > - much of which is trashed in wider academic peer review). A few > academics like Steve Keen (economics and under redundancy threat at > his uni) and Alain de Connes (maths) publish all their work for free > access. I wish I was in a position to do the same - if I allowed free > access my income would go. > > In principle I would like Mind's Eye to have wider contribution. > Currently I would say we are open to diversity but actually not > diverse. But we don't want the SNERTs, trolls, flamers and > advertising. One can see how we might 'revamp', but everything I've > tried(like new google groups) seems to vapourise continuity. > > > > On 24 Nov, 15:47, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: >> Air gunner full of hot air ready to release it quickly - taking care of >> "Minds Eye"! LOL >> >> 2012/11/24 Allan H <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Air gunner full of hot air ready to release it quickly > > -- > > > -- ( ) |_D Allan Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. I am a Natural Airgunner - Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly. --
