Interesting

[Dch48]

Bob that picture reminds me of when I was stationed at The Yuma Proving Grounds outside Yuma, AZ back in 1970. It only rained about 3 times a year but when it did, the ground was so dry and hard that the water did not soak in and ran off everywhere causing flooding. The road from town out to the post crossed the Gila "river" which most of the time was just a dry gorge. They didn't even bother to bridge the gorge but instead built the road right across it , down into and back up out of it. One time there was an exceptionally heavy rain and of course the dry gorge became a flowing torrent. A woman tried to drive across it in a VW beetle and wound up floating and being borne down the river. She was rescued by (get this Get Smart fans), two cops in a rowboat. 

[mchain]

Gotta use what you have around.

[bob3160]

Someone like my tip


http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2012/07/20/shortcut-to-gmail-shortcuts/?tip-gmailshortcuts=

[bob3160]

Cable Companies Shouldn’t Fear Google—Yet






http://www.youtube.com/user/Google?feature=g-all-lss&v=6uZVqPuq81c

[Chris Thomas]

1 GB broadband speed should be amazing. Here its already Fiber optics everywhere but the maximum speed is 32MB.

[bob3160]

A little surprise last night:
http://youtu.be/0LQa0aH521k

[AdrianH]

Windows 8 a 'catastrophe' for gamers.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377

[DavidR]

Windows 8 a 'catastrophe' for gamers.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377

I think it isn't just gamers that are going to find the walled garden approach (like apple) of windows 8 a pain in the rear.

[CraigB]

A little surprise last night:
http://youtu.be/0LQa0aH521k

Sux that we can never get to the end of that dammed rainbow to collect our little pot of gold

Nice video Bob

[AdrianH]

Windows 8 a 'catastrophe' for gamers.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377

I think it isn't just gamers that are going to find the walled garden approach (like apple) of windows 8 a pain in the rear.

I suspect this could lead to the EU and Microsoft doing the tango in court yet again.

[bob3160]

A little surprise last night:
http://youtu.be/0LQa0aH521k

Sux that we can never get to the end of that dammed rainbow to collect our little pot of gold

Nice video Bob

Thanks, and I found that pot of gold:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=101949.msg816728#msg816728

[Dch48]

Windows 8 a 'catastrophe' for gamers.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377

I was just about to post about this. Here's another link about it.

http://www.zdnet.com/valve-windows-8-is-a-catastrophe-for-pcs-7000001634/

I think that, coming from such a massively popular gaming source, that this could be the final nail in the coffin for Win 8 as far as the gaming community is concerned.

[polonus]

Hi Dch48,

I carefully paid attention of what DavidR had to say about his appreciation of Win8 and you sort of confirming what he has said.
On the other hand, bob3160 sounds quite enthusiastic and wholeheartedly seems to have made the transition to Win8.

Well I am not quite convinced and not eager to switch.
It is the strength of this forum that we can evaluate all + & - points, and this in a very unbiased way.
Love these forums for that.

Dch48, thaks for reporting, my friend. Very informative link you provided us with,

polonus

[bob3160]

" Newell's opinion should be considered through a gaming lens, as Valve is a popular portal that allows customers to download games and link their accounts to the cloud through Steam."
I know that there have been some problems with Steam and avast! so maybe this same "gamer" want's us also to stop using avast!
Remember that the person originally writing this article isn't totally unbiased.
There are always three sides to every story:  Yours, Mine and somewhere in the middle you'll usually find the truth.

[Dch48]

I completely understand Bob's enthusiasm for Win 8 because it fits very well for the way he uses his computers and other things. For me however, it looks like a bad fit.