The ONLY successful hardware MS has EVER produced has been their mice and keyboards. Everything else has been a dumpster fire. UltimateTV (Tivo Competitor), Kin, Windows Phone, Zune...EVERY last time they get into hardware, they fail. And yes, I am including Xbox here. (RRoD anyone?)

Of course, their software isn't so great these days either...companies like MS continue because of inertia, NOT because they are making the best stuff out there....and because when anyone comes close to making a product that is actually competitive, they just crush them into oblivion, or buy them out.

I had forgotten about that one! Yes, he was excellent in that role as well...and I loved his speech about how the Quest to find the Grail was more important than actually finding it. Good stuff!

Loved him in every role I saw him in...he owned every single scene he was in! The first time I saw him was in Tron as Sark, or possibly as the Ultimate Evil in Time Bandits (he was the perfect choice for that role!), and probably the most memorable performance to me was his role as Gul Madred from Star Trek: TNG. (you can see my taste runs to genre films and TV!)

Looking at his IMDB listing, it's amazing the volume of work he did...including quite a few voice acting roles! He will be missed.

It's "purpose" was to give the SLS a reason to exist.

Best of Both Worlds - Star Trek: TNG

I don't think you can have a conversation like this without this included. When it aired, it left fans with their jaws on the floor for an entire season break before we got to find out what happened. Absolutely one of the best TV cliffhangers ever!

Honestly not a bad concept having the granddaughter be the main character. Nice seeing the original cast pop in, like Fez being a hairdresser. Cautiously optimistic...

Hell no. They are a get rich quick scheme that will quickly die.

I don't think any of these will be missed...

1. a lot of the army isn't getting paid, and they aren't happy about it
2. it really doesn't matter how many men you throw into combat if you don't have weapons or even warm clothes for them...or food.
3. the death toll is horrific, and the Russians know it.

I don't expect this to end well for the Russians.

Actual number is close to 100,000 men lost so far. That's a fact.

There's a huge difference. The US government doesn't own a stake in FB. Also, the Chinese ARE harvesting US user data and sending it straight to the CCP and transmitting the data overseas with no oversight or regulation. There is plenty of "hard proof" but some people are more distrustful of a democratic US government than an authoritarian dictatorship for some reason.

Ministry of Defense of Russia needs to be adjusted 100,000 down. Only 1.8M now...and falling.

I would argue the ones with their heads in the sand about current global events are the narrow minded.

Yeah, no. We can HOPE this is the case, but we really don't know. We could be at war with China at any time now. We could have something happen with Russia. We could have some unforeseen pandemic emerge. We could have a natural disaster.

Point being, while it IS a nice thought to think the future will be better than the past, this is FAR from guaranteed, and there's another saying, "The past is prologue." Or, "Don't count your chickens before they hatch"!

What is this, an organ for ANTS!!?!?

How is anyone supposed to play an organ that small? How tiny are the keys? I can't even see 'em! /s

If we got a screening on FILM, I would go...but this is Fathom Events, I have been to a couple of their screenings, they are digital and use sub-par projectors. I would rather just watch at home.

No, the worst punishment (and most appropriate) would for them to become Bubba's new prison b***h.

I have been pondering a switch to T-Mobile's 5G home internet service...slower than my current 1G (ish) Comcast internet, but I have never been thrilled with my service quality anyway. Soooo...if they up my price, I am gone. I don't even have any equipment to return, so all I need to do is place a phone call.

Doesn't matter. Amazon will weigh whether it's more costly to accept unionization or to pay court fines...I guarantee you they will ignore the courts as long as possible.

Lots of beach, no pesky ocean! LOVE that place!

It's a DEEP rabbit hole to go down, but YES, what you eat most definitely affects your mental state!

Unfortunately, our current health care system emphasizes synthetic drugs over nutrition, so you won't get a lot of info from doctors on this, but there are a LOT of resources available to learn more. Plenty of good scientific studies out there to back up the claims too!

The short version is we need to eat a LOT less sugar, a LOT less processed food, a LOT less carbohydrates, and more whole foods, with an emphasis on vegetables.

You act like FSR isn't making progress as well. Oh well, can't help if you already drank the Kool Aid! Enjoy your overpriced fire hazard.

https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/338027-amd-implies-its-drivers-are-more-stable-than-nvidias

This is from July of this year. Driver issues haven't been a thing for AMD in quite some time, bub.

FSR is a competitor to DLSS, as much as some don't want to admit it, the quality differences are minor (and getting slimmer with each revision).

CUDA matters not at all to gamers. nVidia keeps trying to walk the line between a consumer (gaming) card and "Pro" cards...and the consumer cards never fail to fall seriously short when it comes right down to it.