That had to be unrelated. They definitely don't count a mere DVD drive for reactivation.

They didn't.

Sure, but let's keep something in mind: triggering activation, while a pain, isn't the same as invalidating your right to use it, which was what was implied above.

It will make it more difficult. The OEM activation system made it especially easy. I honestly have no issue with Microsoft making efforts along these lines, so long as they're not inconveniencing the end users.

Except it's not. Not for a home user, and not for anyone who fries a motherboard and has to replace it with something comparable but different. Luckily they improved upon that anyway.

They didn't do that. Not by any STRETCH of the imagination. They DID increase the requirements so a "material change" was fewer components than before, but it was easy to call them and use the automated system to override that. They also made other changes to the policy to relax it. But it was never as absurd as what…

I have no complaints about this. It seems reasonable, and while more work for the OEMs, it really WILL have no effect on honest end-users. I'm more concerned about whether they'll change the activation policies for white-boxed OEM copies (one of the based ways for a savvy user to save money), or on retail copies. I…

"The Ouya can and will run any game available on the Android Market"

Well, it was a software glitch that led TO a complete F**K-UP.

Microsoft already stated that the Surface Pro (which is obviously what this is being compared to since we know the RT is an nVidia ARM processor, likely Tegra 3) would have a Core i5 processor, or comparable performance to one. So that pretty much confirms it's NOT a dual-core Atom.

You're incredibly confused. You just described Windows RT tablets. The tablet being shown above is an x86-based tablet, which would run Windows 8 Pro, and therefore definitely run all of your Windows 7 apps.

I swear, didn't I get into a conversation with you over this EXACT same comment something like a year ago?

Yes, but an "eject" function that can get him clear of a six-mile blast radius within only five seconds?

I rewatched it yesterday, and watched for this. They still showed him in the cockpit easily five seconds before the explosion. So unless he was actually piloting an advanced ejection module during that entire period, they didn't do a great job giving him an opportunity to eject realistically.

Xbox and Blue Burst both required paid accounts, as well.

Even on the best of Internet connections I still find random YouTube videos that take forever to buffer, despite others streaming 1080p flawlessly. Have you run into any of the same incongruities on the new connection yet?

IT guys will mourn the loss of the Pause key, although at least it's accessible via Fn, like it is on my current notebook. Win+Pause goes to System Properties, and Ctrl+Alt+Pause full-screens an RDP session.

Odd. Speaking on a VERY literal level, the first three seasons had dreadful acting, terrible writing, awful effects, and an utter lack of cohesive logic between the imported Japanese footage and the American footage. It was as fun/good as it was because we were 10, and because it was CAMPY good. Over time they started…

IMO, most later seasons had notably better FX, writing, and acting by a long shot, so I wouldn't discount them. But I still fully agree about Wild Force. Utter trash.

Few people bother to compliment online. Complaining is the standard. It's hard to evaluate accurately between these sets of noise. I know I'VE been regularly impressed with the interface updates as a whole. I'm just pointing out that your statement is far from an objective statement of fact. There's a lot of room for…