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Ranblin' On: Vista Lite, Vista Classic, Vista Fat-Free?: Page 2 of 2

You know what drives me nuts? I'm sitting there, watching "Lost," waiting for them to tell me what the heck's at the bottom of that hatch, and the next thing I know, I'm watching a commercial where the announcer informs...
September 15, 2005

Over-saturation. That's the name of the game. Everyone will have an option, no matter what their needs are, whether they like it or not. Couldn't Microsoft have packaged it all into one box and just given us options during installation to accept or pass on the various choices? Probably, but then we wouldn't get the choice of candy-apple red Vista vs. Windows Vista with the Kung Fu Grip. In other words, options we really don't need.

Speaking of choices of another kind altogether... This week, I stumbled onto (thanks to BoingBoing.net) a Zork-inspired text game based on, of all things, Shakespeare's Hamlet. Try killing Claudius as soon as you see him in the hallway.

All right, enough Ramblin'!

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