Glad to see NCIX getting the attention it deserves. They've been the go-to guys for Vancouver's computing DIYers for ages. The only think that would improve them in my eyes is if they started selling bulk RAM by the kilo.

I *would* love to see more official support for the tiles' extra dynamic info in the desktop context. Windows Explorer has already picked up bits of that with remaining capacity on storage icons, image thumbnails, and better content sensitivity for music folders and the like. I'm always a fan of more info-at-a-glance.

Provable observations are more dependent on logic than vice versa, sadly. Would be much easier your way, though, I admit.

No shortage of dumbasses to put bad spins on good ideas. I'm sure we'd have had our Utopia eons ago, otherwise.

It's a tricky thing, naming God as whatever came before the earliest known event. Maybe one day we find what "lit the blue touch paper"; we'll just squeeze God in ahead of that.

No.

(repeat of older comment, plz ignore)

Possible worlds theory is also relevant. Having an infinite number of possible combinations does not mean that all combinations are possible. You still can't have logical contradictions like a galaxy where a certain planet is 100% water ice and 100% lead, physically impossible situations like a frozen planet orbiting…

How well does this integrate with existing taskbar functionality? When a program is active, does it stay inside the bin or does it get moved/copied to the main part of the taskbar? I have the "Combine when taskbar is full" option set, so does that change anything?

Stopped reading at "get up before sunrise". Not happening :P

They wouldn't actually need to be self-aware to wipe us out. Some combo of self-reproduction and a "kill all humans" bug would be enough if we can't cope with their efficiency.

I've been loving WinNumpad lately. Also +1 on the AHK.

I think maybe we just have differing goals or standards then, as I pretty much agree with all those points. Also, typing on internet forums subconsciously turns my "harsh asshole" dial up a tad.

Bill Watterson already did it. And in one of my all-time favs, too.

BobDeNatale covers my main gripe: that despite all the advances in computing and visual effects, somehow we've become *less* capable of recreating a dream-like experience. Or at least less likely to try. I'm even getting suspicious that the full-CG approach is somehow even preventing iconic, trippy scenes like those…

Content distributors would rather have us believe all ideas are created ex nihilo by sheer force of godlike will. IP lobbyists are just the prophets, harbingers and heralds of the artists' wrath.

Inception? Really? 30min in and I knew it was going on the "shallow action movies propped up by big names and expensive effects" pile next to Avatar and Tron. I'll give you a pass, though, given what you're comparing to and that "10" is not preceded by "Top". /sort-of-troll

What's described here is about 50/50 Win7 and OSX. Obviously the new menu placement is OSX, but the "dock" and search is Win7's taskbar moved to the left (right down to the Super+#, Shift+click, and arrangement options).

The taskbar search in Win7 is pretty humanized, too. I've learned a lot about what Windows calls things by typing something similar and getting what I was looking for anyway. "Transparent" is a decent example off the top of my head.

I guess they could move it to the Live Essentials if the lawyers start getting antsy. But yeah, PDF readers are as obvious as .txt and image viewers by this point.