Agreed. The only OS that Apple deserved money for was Lion. (or Snow Leopard? Which one added x86/64?)

I think the most important point that the article missed is that 8.1 is out NOW and allows for windowed "metro apps" and also brings the Power Controls front and center in the Start Screen so desktop users no longer have to familiarize themselves with the "charms bar" (I believe it can actually be turned off now if…

You're a number crunching person, you obviously use your computer to do said number crunching, which I'll assume makes you pretty well versed in how to use Windows. I get that. I've run a good deal of automation on my system as well. Unlike you and I there are millions of other users out there who couldn't be bothered…

Or if you don't want your cherries looking like they were manhandled by Magilla Gorilla, use a kabob stick to peirce the end of the cherry on the bottom (opposite of the stem) and wiggle it around a bit, put it on top of an empty wine bottle, and poke the stick through the stem area to force the pit out the bottom. …

Are you 100% sure on Giraffe? I've never heard it said that way. Pretty sure you're just making this stuff up.

That's actually really nice to hear. They're finally starting to learn to respect their customers. I approve, but still not likely to choose them over Steam.

I was really excited when I read this, then I realized I wasn't on Engadget or TechCrunch...

It should be noted that this almost never works when the storebought stuff uses Corn as one of the ingredients. The flavor is nearly impossible to overpower.

I don't think I, or anyone I know for that matter, has ever viewed it as a money saver, but instead a time saver. It's just so much quicker to grab your take-out container than it is to get out all the things to make a sandwich and bag up some snack-stuffs.

I would never... I've always started with the alcohol. Since it tends to be less dense than most of the mixers, putting the alcohol on the bottom before adding mixers causes the alcohol to rise up into the mixers and produce a truly mixed drink without actually having to stir or shake. End result is a much smoother…

Thanks. I've been asking around, but most places seem to say that they just give them away, but rarely have spares. I suppose most of the wine drinkers in my area just prefer to buy the whole case or they don't drink wine that comes in case. I'll just have to keep my eye out.

Can I ask, where does one find empty wine crates for sale? I have been looking for this sort of thing for storage and keep coming up empty handed.

Personally, I would have sanded off all but one of the logos if possible, but other than that, this is a really cool design. If only my girlfriend drank enough wine that I could buy it by the crate...

That's actually a really interesting point. Though, the law is that they must obey commands from humans except when it would break the first law. This would more likely fall under the third that it must make effort to protect itself except when it would cause them to break the first or second law. I suppose using the…

Basic consumer vendor rights and responsibilities... How is that even applicable? I'm not saying you should not be able to or allowed to make the regedit suggested here or not have the free choice to not update. I'm saying that by taking reasonable care of your computer, it shouldn't be necessary to make the edit in…

That's what it states, however in my experience, this was not actually the case.

It is probably just like the Xbox free games, no re-downloads. I have never known EA to be more generous than that.

That's probably Rocket Dock or some such "Dock" variant.

Nope. If you look at the whole instructable, you'll see that the coaster is still very functional and doesn't risk damaging the table unless you do it very wrong.

Interesting. By default, Windows 8 is not supposed to restart for updates when a pc is locked with unsaved work. Does the whole office have their workstations not to lock when unattended?