“An energy start-up backed by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates is in discussions with Toshiba Corp. on developing a small-scale nuclear reactor that would represent a long-term bet to make nuclear power safer and cheaper,” Robert A. Guth and Daisuke Wakabayashi report for The Wall Street Journal.
“Toshiba said it is in preliminary discussions with TerraPower, a unit of Intellectual Ventures, a patent-holding concern partially funded by Mr. Gates,” Guth and Wakabayashi report. “Intellectual Ventures, based in Bellevue, Wash., is run by a former Microsoft executive, Nathan Myhrvold.”
Guth and Wakabayashi report, “The discussions come as President Barack Obama is trying to spur new investment in nuclear power in the U.S. with over $8 billion in government loan guarantees announced in February.”
“In interviews, Mr. Gates has described the device as being able to run buried deep in the ground without human intervention,” Guth and Wakabayashi report. “The reactor would likely take years to develop and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission doesn’t have a certification process for such reactors.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The guy responsible for the most unstable computer operating system in world history wants to build nuclear reactors? Microsoft Windows Chernobyl 2015®. Use Mac OS X to control the thing, Bill. This isn’t the accounting department down the hall; uptime sounds really important in this case. Swallow your misplaced pride now or we’re all doomed!
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Eric H.” for the heads up.]
Always said he reminded me of Mr. Burns.
whole new meaning to blue screen of death?
Wow. 8 billion. That won’t even fund the regulatory agency that will spring up around this project. Maybe Bill should cough up a bit more sofa change and make sure it is done right.
Not your average retirement hobby, nuke reactors is definately taking the road less traveled
Regarding the idiot Obama:
“People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” – Ronald Reagan
Payback Day #1: November 2, 2010
Payback Day #2: November 6, 2012
MDN MW: “power” (gulp, that’s eerie)
God help us all….
If Gates were less of a Luddite, he might focus on funding advanced solar, wind, renewable energy storage and natgas/renewable hybrids instead. He might realize that Obama’s apparent nuclear fascination is likely just a bone thrown to conservatives to get them onboard an overall climate and energy security bill. Both of them have got to realize that every nuke project in the world for decades has run into massive construction delays and cost overruns… The tech just isn’t cost-effective compared to other low-carbon, homegrown energy options. Not much sympathy for Gates here, but’s sad to see either public or private finds being thrown into such an inevitable money pit.
This is a joke, right? Someone’s April Fool’s joke that got published too soon? O_O
According to Vice President Biden, the health care bill is “a big fucking deal.”
He’s right – the American people, those that pay taxes at least, have been fucked.
MDN Magic Word: police
You know, your little quotes you put up there, while I believe are true, would hold more weight if you had started posting it 8 years ago.
Funny how people don’t seem to care if their rights are being trampled upon when a president has an (R) after his name and talks like a hick cause ‘he’s one of us”.
Of course if the R’s retake Congress and the Presidency over the next 2 years, you will feel all warm and fuzzy, all the while not realizing that they are just as liable for the erosion of rights and freedoms in this nation as anyone is.
I just wrote a college research essay on nuclear energy.
It is BAD. All around. And due to several factors it is not as efficient as the proponents would have you beleive.
Nothing can be recycled from the plants, they have to build 100 ton containers to store all of the waste. The nuclear fuel has to be water cooled years after it’s removed from the reactor. If it’s not it will vaporize itself and kill everything in the surrounding area.
The only benefit of nuclear energy is nuclear weapons.
Checkout ‘Gordon Edwards nuclear’. On YouTube
“The guy responsible for the most unstable computer operating system in world history wants to build nuclear reactors?”???????
Don’t bet on it; don’t even think about it.
He and Microsoft must be banned of building anything; anything.
Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the thing.
Talk about your “China Syndrome”….
First, Bill Gates introduced us to the ‘Blue Screen of Death’, just a few months ago, some technical difficulties at the Steve Ballmer CES Keynote introduced us to the ‘Black Screen of Death’…
Gates re-enters the picture and now he wants to introduce us to the ‘Scorching Yellow, Thermal Nuclear Blazing Molten Lava Red Screen of Death’… talk about your Global Warming!
No Thank You!
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Nuclear power is only a stop gap to helium 3 and goverment need to set condition that new plants can be reto fitted to process h3. As for the quotes by 2010 anon above right on but we really don’t want to know about your politics. The sooner we have a base on the moon the better, for our survival as a race and the mining of H3. NASA funding cut was a shock but so was the fact they where going back to standard rockets. But they sort of deserved it after not publicly acknowledging what was recorded using ultra high ultraviolet spectrum on mission STS-80.
Oh good, more uranium strip mining around the Grand Canyon to fuel this thing…
bullshit.
Nuclear power is the cleanest and most prevalent form of energy in the universe. The amount of “waste” is insignificant, esp. considering we will one day be able to dispose of all of it 100% cleanly, by sending it to the local area fusion reactor (aka, the sun).
if you are against nuclear power, you are a fscking dope smoking retard who just hates humans and you should kill yourself right now.
Other than his work at Microsoft, I applaud almost everything that Bill Gates does.
Cancel or Allow?
CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! ….
@the other steve jobs
If Bush proposed Nucelar power, all the Neocons here would applaud the idea.
Nice win today for the Dems and the American people!
NO!! and Iran too!!!
Glowing Green Screen of Death anyone?!!!
Blue Cloud of Death
Hi all, have not posted for a year or so. MDN really needs to get a forum so we can have more discussions.
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Sounds a bit of a worry to me about funding Nuclear Rectors. Anyway whats everyones thoughts on the Ipad?
More power to him
I can’t wait to hear the spin: “Safe for sure” and “Where did you want the fallout to go today.”
They will probably want to build them near the nuclear bomb shelters so that they can power them in case there is a nuclear attack from Russia, no wait Cuba, hold on it could be Iran. Then again North Korea could be the threat.
Underground, what a great way to say “We can’t use the sun anymore.”
Ah, the fall of the empire usually stops when it hits the ground. Thanks to Bill it just might go to new depths.
Just think thanks to being “Able to run buried deep in the ground without human intervention” they won’t need to put an off button on the thing. That will save them $1.95 per unit to build. What savings to pass on to the consumers.
Most encouraging new energy creating material announced in the last few weeks: Aluminum nano-molecules.
Solar energy has been theorized to allow the proper size Aluminum molecules to cause water to break apart into Hydrogen & Oxygen.
If this can be made to work efficiently, I would rather not think about a Red-Orange Screen of Death rushing at me supersonically from a broken WindowGates nuclear reactor.
I’m all for nuclear energy, but not in the hands of Bill Gates!!!
“In interviews, Mr. Gates has described the device as being able to run buried deep in the ground without human intervention,”
So he wants to bury a nuclear reactor deep underground running on automated systems without human intervention… Wow, that sure isn’t a series of bad ideas.
Mmm… I can already taste the radioactive groundwater.
“Bill Gates wants to build nuclear reactors” …without a doubt one of the most terrifying phrases I have ever read!
Nuclear reactor + Windows = Darwin Award winner for sure!
Most people have the wrong perception about nuclear power. Fact is it is far cleaner than coal-fired plants which are rampant today, spewing out pollutants and CO2 that we all breathe in happily. Also, nuclear has many advantages over renewable sources such as wind and solar such as land space and intermittency issues. There is minimal waste produced and lots of time to figure out what to do with it. Yes, the waste is bad, but nothing is perfect.
No matter how he got the money, Gates should be commended for at least doing something good with it.
MDN’s take is probably tongue in cheek (I hope). Either way, it’s ridiculous. Bias is unavoidable but it should not cloud reality. OSX is better than Windows – I don’t see the relevance of that fact to Gates backing nuclear power.
Common people. Give the guy a break. Computer “engineering” is cannot be likened to civil or nuclear engineering. Computer engineering allows too much for syntactical and logical errors. Whereas civil and nuclear engineering are based on mathematics only.
Bill Gates is trying to do good with his money. We should support him.
Bill, just make the first one in Iran.
He can build anything he wants…in hell!
Oh wait—Bill doesn’t believe in hell.
so if US does with nuclear, it would be good. if other countries do, it makes enemies because they might make weapon? what the hell. this country is bullshit. don’t bother what bill gates does for this world. but please, americans are so narrow mind.
Scary thought – but B&W;came up with this modular reactor Idea much earlier – and without the scary connotations of it being Bill Gates.
As much as I am in favor of nuclear energy (it is after all my job), I think Gates/Nuclear is a bad combination. If just because of the bad jokes, because while the system wouldn’t actually run Windows (I would hope not) the jokes would run on and on and on.
Time to move to Australia. I heard that its one of the last places the radioactive wind will get too when BG new NUK initiative Blue Screens a big one.
Hey, maybe that is what the Mayan’s knew. Bill Gate starts to work on his nuclear project Dec 2012.
The world will never be the same and parts of it will be flat floating through space.
The world’s most expensive way to boil water, even after the massive subsidies given by the government.
Free Marketeers, why won’t any private company insure a Nuke Plant? Currently the taxpayers assume ALL liability for a Nuke Plant because NOT ONE insurance company will touch them.
@Draven Grey:
More like the “loud scream of death”. NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Peace.
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Olmecmystic
We could always burn fossil fuels.
Carbon Dioxide is plant food.
If you want to stop CO2 from escaping into the atmosphere, hold your breath.
Pretty far reaching conclusion that a company that Gates invests in means Gates wants to build a reactor. And the snarky Windows OS comment was childish and not what I expect from your publication.
People should learn more about this technology before ridiculing it, just because it is associated with Bill Gales.
First, it uses depleted uranium for power. Depleted uranium is a byproduct of using uranium. It is less radioactive than natural uranium. Because of its extreme density, it is already used for purposes other than power generation. For example, it is used in shielding for medical radiation therapy. The military uses it in armor plating and in armor-piercing projectiles. So if it can be used with acceptable safety in current applications, it should be just as safe for use in a devices that generate electrical power. And it seems much safer than the military applications.
Second, this new technology itself is obviously nothing like the large-scale nuclear power generation technologies currently used in power plants and some U.S. naval vessels. If the dangerous substances can be sealed off with no chance of something like a run-away “melt-down” occurring, then I would consider it safer than the potentially explosive (or leaking) stockpile of fossil fuel needed to run equivalent conventional smaller-scale power generation (and certainly more friendly to the environment).
Third, the world (especially the U.S.) needs to become less reliant on fossil fuels. “Feel good” alternatives such as solar and wind power cannot come close to meeting 100% of needs. Hydro and geothermal power are ideal, but there are not enough places like Iceland and rivers to dam up. So the only practical “clean” alternative (at this time and into the near future) is nuclear power.
I’m all for any research that makes using nuclear power safer and more practical. It’s even better that this new technology makes use of depleted uranium, because depleted uranium is already being used in ways that are considered safe and practical.
China Syndrome!!!!
All Bill knows how to do is copy, so does this mean he will be copying the French designs? Who else has a good “safe” design? Spent fuel gets stored in his back yard, not mine!!!!
Actualy the overall energy efficiency of nuclear is not that good when compared to everything else
Do some real research
just because it looks like free energy doesn’t mean it costs the least
we don’t need at all anywhere
we need to shut down the plants now
I wonder what the fallout from this idea would be?
“In interviews, Mr. Gates has described the device as being able to run buried deep in the ground without human intervention,” Guth and Wakabayashi report. “The reactor would likely take years to develop and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission doesn’t have a certification process for such reactors.”
Actually, such a reactor has already been developed (at Los Alamos). Hyperion Power Generation is looking to commercialize that design and is working to get it approved. But the NRC doesn’t yet know how to deal with such a power source. Look it up.
See any recent story about runaway vehicles controlled by errant software. And then there is this 1998 story about the USS Yorktown, a Navy SmartShip controlled by Microsoft Windows NT that once lost control of its main engines for two hours because of a system crash. Sure, let’s let these geniuses build a nuclear reactor.
http://gcn.com/articles/1998/07/13/software-glitches-leave-navy-smart-ship-dead-in-the-water.aspx
MDN forgot to add the most virus prone OS in the history of the planet!
I hope the ethernet connections and WiFi cards will be hardware disabled. Then again, having computers that can’t talk to each other is also a bad thing. Kind of like where I work.
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Does anyone else find it odd that all the experts on everything are using mdn?
@Dennis Mooney. Expect it. And expect it often. They really should change the name of this site as the childish commentary certainly isn’t “news”. It is nice to get a bunch of articles in one place. But the childish banter is well uh. Childish.
… and all this time I thought that his bunker on Lake Washington was already nuclear powered. The windowless hole he lives in has enough concrete on top of it to contain any nuclear leak.
@Tt, That’s some very bad research you did, nuclear fuel rods CAN be recycled, which reduces both waste and need for more uranium. Besides, there are very few cases of accidents involving nuclear reactors (AKA chernobyl, but that’s because it was based on REALLY F*CKING OLD technology).
Nopes, nuclear is alright. What we (the world) really need is to increase investments on FUSION… now THAT would be huge!
@edward
Americans did commit some serious mistakes since, mmmm, they elected Bush and all, but you sir is the freaking narrow-minded here. Have you forgotten that Iran’s president is an extremist insane dictator that has threatened Israel numerous times with yet-to-be-built nukes?
I can’t find the episode listed anywhere, but many years ago there was a PBS Frontline episode about two college kids who went to every US nuclear power plant. They snuck in and planted an alarm clock in a shoebox next the reactors. The lesson was that this country is so free and open, it would be impossible to ever secure nuclear plants from attacks. Extrapolating on that, a terrorist would see a nuclear plant next to major cities in every US state as cheap and easy Cherynobal bombs.
I can’t find the episode listed anywhere, but many years ago there was a PBS Frontline episode about two college kids who went to every US nuclear power plant. They snuck in and planted an alarm clock in a shoebox next the reactors. The lesson was that this country is so free and open, it would be impossible to ever secure nuclear plants from attacks. Extrapolating on that, a terrorist would see a nuclear plant next to major cities in every US state as cheap and easy Cherynobal bombs.
I can’t find the episode listed anywhere, but many years ago there was a PBS Frontline episode about two college kids who went to every US nuclear power plant. They snuck in and planted an alarm clock in a shoebox next the reactors. The lesson was that this country is so free and open, it would be impossible to ever secure nuclear plants from attacks. Extrapolating on that, a terrorist would see a nuclear plant next to major cities in every US state as cheap and easy Cherynobal bombs.
I can’t find the episode listed anywhere, but many years ago there was a PBS Frontline episode about two college kids who went to every US nuclear power plant. They snuck in and planted an alarm clock in a shoebox next the reactors. The lesson was that this country is so free and open, it would be impossible to ever secure nuclear plants from attacks. Extrapolating on that, a terrorist would see a nuclear plant next to major cities in every US state as cheap and easy Cherynobal bombs.
I can’t find the episode listed anywhere, but many years ago there was a PBS Frontline episode about two college kids who went to every US nuclear power plant. They snuck in and planted an alarm clock in a shoebox next the reactors. The lesson was that this country is so free and open, it would be impossible to ever secure nuclear plants from attacks. Extrapolating on that, a terrorist would see a nuclear plant next to major cities in every US state as cheap and easy Cherynobal bombs.
I can’t find the episode listed anywhere, but many years ago there was a PBS Frontline episode about two college kids who went to every US nuclear power plant. They snuck in and planted an alarm clock in a shoebox next the reactors. The lesson was that this country is so free and open, it would be impossible to ever secure nuclear plants from attacks. Extrapolating on that, a terrorist would see a nuclear plant next to major cities in every US state as cheap and easy Cherynobal bombs.
General Jack D. Ripper: Your Commie has no regard for human life, not even of his own. For this reason men, I want to impress upon you the need for extreme watchfulness. The enemy may come individually, or in strength. He may even appear in the form of our own troops. But however we must stop him. We must not allow him to gain entrance to this base. Now, I’m going to give you THREE SIMPLE rules: First, trust NO one, whatever his uniform or rank, unless he is known to you personally; Second, anyone or anything that approaches within 200 yards of the perimeter is to be FIRED UPON; Third, if in doubt, shoot first then ask questions later. I would sooner accept a few casualties through accidents rather losing the entire base and its personnel through carelessness. Any variation of these rules must come from me personally. Any variation on these rules must come from me personally. Now, men, in conclusion, I would like to say that, in the two years it has been my privilege to be your commanding officer, I have always expected the best from you, and you have never given me anything less than that. Today, the nation is counting on us. We’re not going to let them down. Good luck to you all.
Damn it, I work at a nuclear power plant and am obviously pro-nuclear (seriously people, it is very safe and nothing like the Simpsons). I am also very much a Mac guy, and dislike Gates as much as the rest of you. If they are talking about the kind of reactors I have heard of, they are actually a great design, because they run for a VERY long time with no real human/maintenance component to them. They are very simple in design. However, they only generate about 60MWe as supposed to most new designs which generate 1500MWe per reactor. Please people, don’t hate new nukes because Gates is somehow maybe somewhat involved.
I will end my message with shameless effort to support nukes. I know most of you will immediately think of the two worst events in our history, TMI and Chernobyl. First I will take TMI, industry and design have come a long way since then, people do not run plants like they used to back then, plus the designs have come a LONG way in 50+ years. I personally think these plants were designed before people truly knew everything they needed to for commercial nuclear power. Also, TMI was the worst thing that could possibly happen to a US nuke plant, a melted core, and guess what, no release to the public, just as designed. Chernobyl did not have a plant designed like US plants. I will not get into it but basically it was a horribly designed plant that was run by people who thought it was OK to experiment with a commercial reactor. Again, I think people put nuclear plants out there before they truly understood the technology, or at least had sufficient technology to manage it.
Green House gasses or not, would you rather have a coal plant that spewed a trainload of coal into the atmosphere every day? Our would you want a nuke plant, whose waste (used fuel) would take need to be gathered up for 40 years before filling the same train? Do you want harmful toxins spewed into nature in a manor where they can not be controlled? Or would you want a small, compact, and manageable waste?
Don’t bother to bring up wind, everyone knows that will not provide the baseline power this country needs.
What a bunch of idiotic responses. I am amazed how ppl are still blind!
@ Andreeccm (and others) – It’s called a sense of humor. Try it sometime, it’s a much more relaxing way to go through life.
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What a ridiculous set of comments! With the exception of ken1w, no one has any idea about what Gates is talking about. Just because you know how to type, it doesn’t mean you should.
You morons making this about Obama, Biden, and Health care are killing this site. Seriously. Watch what happens if you keep it up! We won’t need Bill Gates, Google, or any nuclear reactors to witness obliteration. Jerks. (Put a big “F” in front of that!)
Finally, after reading a bunch of mindless crap about MSFT, Bill Gates and Obamacare, we get a thoughtful, INTELLIGENT response on what Gates is involved in.
Thank you kenfw.
Oh great, Windows is now such an energy hog you’ll need a nuclear reactor to power your laptop.
Fail on this reporting!
The type of reactor proposed uses waste products from conventional reactors.
In other words it cleans up the existing nuclear mess. There is enough depleted uranium already in storage to provide the US’ energy needs for more than 1000 years.
This is a good idea, and Gates should be lauded in general for his support of low-carbon energy. (His activities also support solar, etc.)
This really gives a new meaning to “fatal error”…
Thorium.
I think it’s a good idea.
C’mon be serious! Mixing Windows and this issue makes no sense at all!
A Mac & iPhone user.
Lauren is shopping for a nuclear reactor. We offered her 2 billion to pick one out. After visiting the Apple reactor store she said, ” oh my, 3 billion for a reactor, no thanks”. She then heads to the Microsuck net-reactor store where she finds a chopped down reactor for 850 million. ” Boy, I saved a lot of cash, and my reactor runs Flash !!”.
The scariest news I’ve ever heard; I nearly had a heart attack just reading the headline!
MW: dark. Our darkest days are yet ahead of us.
Sorry, I wouldn’t even trust MacOS to run it… OpenVMS gets my vote!
The half-life of this story will be short.
@AMPAR…..I stopped worrying and now love the bomb…….
OK. I don’t love Gates either. While he had good marketing, he never brought about an environment of positive change and innovation.
To be fair, because he is NOT a scientist, and others would be leading this type of project, he is just the funding behind what is probably a concept that has been floating around for a while. This may not be bad. With his money, perhaps he can actually encourage the appropriate research into something that is really useful. He wouldn’t be directing this (thankfully) but just providing the needed financial energy to research it.
I feel that because of our lack of research into alternative energy over the past 8 years, that this could be very useful in the short term…to provide a solid source of energy until non-polluting, renewable energy sources are mastered.
While he’s at it, why doesn’t he help with research to bring solar energy up to high efficiency levels? That might beat out a ‘short-term’ nuclear effort.
And of course, what about fusion energy? Also check out the use of Thorium reactors. Essentially no long term spent fuel issues with many of the benefits of easy use and safety.
Ever read the OS X EULA:
“…YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE
APPLE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES ARE NOT INTENDED OR SUITABLE FOR USE IN SITUATIONS OR ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THE FAILURE OR TIME DELAYS OF, OR
ERRORS OR INACCURACIES IN THE CONTENT, DATA OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY, THE APPLE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL
INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES…”
I came here to say Thorium. Glad to see it has been mentioned twice already.
The pow! starts now.
MDN missed this one. The use of Mac OS X in nuclear power plants is expressly prohibited by the EULA:
F. Except as and only to the extent permitted by applicable licensing terms governing use of the Open-Sourced Components, or by applicable law, you may not copy,
decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, modify, or create derivative works of the Apple Software or any part thereof. THE APPLE SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES OR OTHER EQUIPMENT IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE APPLE SOFTWARE COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.
@First 2010, then 2012:
Put a zipper on it, jerk-off!
@First 2010, then 2012
“People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.” – Benjamin Franklin
Patriot Act – speaks for itself, if you aren’t blind to the associated irony, your idiocy, and your narrow-mindedness.
Nuclear fission reactors play an important role in the U.S. electrical power grid as the foundation for a stable power supply that includes a range of other sources, including renewables – wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, wave/current, etc.
The U.S. has made at least three major mistakes in the area of nuclear fission reactors:
1) Failure to develop and certify a single reactor design to improve safety and reduce construction, operation, and training costs. (France did this)
2) Knee jerk reaction of politicians, media, and uninformed public to Three Mile Island and Chernobyl that fission reactors are “bad.”
3) Failure to push through the obstructions and utilize the planned nuclear waste repository in Nevada after decades of effort and billions of dollars.
Just typical = no deep reflexion, just short vision and fast profit by cultivating the “it’s just allright, polution doesn’t exist” and “Ecologists are communists pledging” syndrom!
Bill is really a stupid billionaire and nothing else.
MDN take = my thoughts exactly.
Interesting solution, but please keep it far away from MS.
good catch on the eula too
forgot about that one!
It is really cool to see that in there though.
If there’s a way to make a nuke reactor go ‘China Syndrome’, Bill Gates will find it. In-frickin-sane.
MDN: You are completely ignorant. And, despite being a Mac supporter, owner, and enthusiast for a very long time, I am willing to acknowledge that Windows 7 has closed the long-held gap between MacOS and Windows.
The computing world still is over 90% PC, so until Macs rule the market share, I think it’s not only inaccurate for you to criticize MS on that front (apparently 100 million Windows users thing you are wrong) but it’s just plan stupid.
Gates is working through his foundation to bring solutions to world problems, including investments in education, clean water, clean energy, and AIDS relief throughout the world. He has pledged to donate almost all of his vast amount of financial resources (well over $30 billion dollars) to these causes.
Steve Jobs just tears down historic landmarks to build a concrete jungle so he can live in a modern home.
Name me the last charitable thing Jobs did except move to Tennessee and jump ahead of some deserving people on the donor list to receive a new liver.
You are pathetic.
Generic coward ‘PlayNice’ is back! This time it sez:
“Windows 7 has closed the long-held gap between MacOS and Windows.”
Utter bullshite. I’ve been using Microsoft OSes since DOS 3 right on up to 7ista. Only a blithering idiot would imagine that Windows 7 had closed any gap with Mac OS X. That means, generic coward, that you are a blithering idiot. The list of idiocy in Windows 7 is very long, proving as ever that Microsoft remain, as usual, slaves to DOS methods of enslaving the user in stupid procedures.
My very favorite examples:
1) 7ista STILL initially boots into DOS memory management. ANYONE can see this by booting into verbose mode and watching that classic 640K memory line go marching by.
2) What is the name of your boot drive on 7ista? It’s ye olde C:
3) When an application is installed, are all the data and resources package up into one nice application in one single location? Not in Windows 7! As per usual, application installation dumps files all over your computer hard drive, making it entirely impossible to simply uninstall any application.
4) On Mac OS X all the control panels are clearly marked, easy to comprehend and easy to use. And on 7ista? Hell on Earth. When the Control Panels are demoed to PC user groups I consistently hear gasps of disbelief that Microsoft have made Control panels even MORE difficult to comprehend and use.
5) Despite all the hype about security in 7ista, as proven at Pwn2Own just yesterday, all the new nifty security features can be worked around and beaten, allowing the usual infection and PWNing of 7ista PCs. Mac OS X has also been proven to have insecurity problems, but it remains the single most secure GUI oriented OS available on the planet with over 1000x fewer malware PER USER than Windows, destroying the moronic ‘security by obscurity’ myth.
So please trolls: Know what you are talking about before you post. Otherwise please STFU.
Of couse the buzzard wants to do this. If it were George Soros himself, I wouldn’t as concerned! Let’s see, he’s involved in global genocide, the dommsday vault (so his ugly ass can glutonously consume more), Monsantos, death vaccines, gov’t spying on peopel’s personal computers, his buddies at the Federal Reserve (I guess he’s the nouveau riche board member like John D. Rockefellar in 1913) etc., etc. Talk about a ‘useless eater’. He’s the poster boy!