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(rant-ish question)
So, naturally, I get on the internet and hop on to Microsoft[^] or to the Windows section[^].
Nothing, nada, rien, zip ... 
Aren't they supposed to advertised this or do we have to search the internet to know if there will be a broadcast or some official preview/presentation somewhere ?
I'd rather be phishing!
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Its definitely not going to be broadcast. There's about 50 journalists been invited to see it.
Best bet is to find out who they are and keep an eye on what they tweet/publish shortly after the event.
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Perhaps we'd benefits from them being given nice a delousing shower? 
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The problem is, you're looking for Windows 9. You should have looked for Windows 10[^] instead.
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Maybe it'll be like the new U2 album on iTunes. It'll just "show up" on your computer one day.
Jeremy Falcon
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There is no Windows 9, therefore there can be no event about it. Haven't you been paying attention? This has been discussed at great length here in the lounge. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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We all owe him an apology. He's right. They jumped straight to 10.
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Well then, my opinion of CP as the IT news source has dropped considerably. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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TTFN - Kent
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Aw, don't feel bad, my opinion dropped equally for all other news sources as well.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Maximilien wrote: Aren't they supposed to advertised this...
This seemed like a dramatically premature announcement to me. Very few details provided... I'm not sure why they even held an event.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Students in Hong Kong protesting! People in the mainland claiming they are not aware or the protest is far fetched! Hmm!
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Everyone who wants to know knows, don't worry.
The general thoughts on the protest are along the lines of "what a bunch of idiots! Whoever they get in their government will be politicians, and there's not one of those people you can trust!"
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It's not that far-fetched.
I was listening to Radio 4 on the way home this evening and they were interviewing a young woman, on her way home from work, who knew nothing about it until a bus driver told her she would not be able to get past the protests.
Bear in mind this is a woman living in Hong Kong who had not heard of the protests until a bus driver informed her of the road blocks.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
modified 30-Sep-14 14:02pm.
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I strolled straight into the middle of riots that had been going on for almost a whole day, a few years back.
In Birmingham.
Not everyone sits in front of the TV watching the news, all day.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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After 45 minutes of media, children's grades, sleep, social skills, and emotional balance start to decline. After four hours, only 1% of children in middle school receive A's in mathematics and English Language Arts. [^]
The Chicago Tribune's reportage included these stimulating factoids:
Parents who took part in the study reported their children used media for an average of 90 to 120 minutes per day.
"Yet when asked specific questions about the devices, the total was commonly between six and eight hours per day," write the authors.
The American Academy of Pediatrics says children spend an average of seven hours a day "on entertainment media, including televisions, computers, phones and other electronics." [^]
Not surprisingly, the "Family Habits" study a recent, and massive (plus 20K ... 50K ? ... respondents), survey of what parents report as their children's use of media correlated with "grades, sociability, and emotional well-being," ... edit  ... offers further conclusive evidence that children are essentially an evil, but necessary, phase of human life ... ... end edit ... [1]
The Family Habits study site: [^]. "Results" summarized on that site: >[^].
As a former evil child myself, who grew up without television, but with my ears glued to a big radio-cabinet, listening to series like "The Shadow," I can only imagine the opportunities for creative mayhem and deviance I missed because I lived in this little all-WASP-white cocoon of post Korean war all-electric-kitchen nuclear-fallout-shelter middle-class America.
I had to take refuge in joining the math/short-wave radio geeks in my high-school, but I was a second-class member because I did not wear a pocket-protector, or a slide-rule in a case hanging off my belt.
I did, however, assist Michael Scott (future President of Apple Computer) in testing a "rocket motor" he designed that blew-up, sending two steel road-repair plates we had "borrowed" fifteen feet in the air over our test-pit, and destroying windows in several nearby houses, summoning the police. One neighbor ran from her house screaming: "We don't want another Einstein around here." This was in about 1959, I think.
If I were a parent, with young children, I probably would think seriously about the "Family Habit" study for about five minutes, and then strap my kids into restraining harnesses with the only things being in reach being water, manila paper, and crayons.
[1] content between two WTF icons is intended to be either self-referential, ironic, facetious, or an egregious misrepresentation emanating from the unpredictably demonic human nature of the writer
« I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief » Immanuel Kant
modified 30-Sep-14 14:05pm.
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I hardly ever turn on the TV and only watch a few shows with my wife. The rest of the time I prefer listening to radio, although shortwave radio has certainly declined over the last half century.
I also built rockets, built and fixed radios, read a lot and was a general nerd in high school. Still am, in fact.
With my own children, I noticed that TV was becoming an addiction. Finally I cut, not just disconnected, the cable and made them go out and play, read a book, anything other than TV. For several hours they sat and watched the noise of no signal before they finally accepted that there would be no TV. Then they learned to do things!
Finally after a couple of months, I connected the cable again, but didn't tell them. It took another month for them to try turning on the box, but they never went back to the previous mind numbing zombie state.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Hope that's more than a "partial remission," Walt !
cheers, Bill
« I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief » Immanuel Kant
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I think my children safe - for a certain level...
We have no TV. We pick up movies by hand, to fit them to our children. There is only one movie in a week.
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Correlation / Causation
Any parent that uses "media" as a baby sitter is probably lacking in many, MANY ways starting from infancy. Its a good bet that without "media" these kids are out getting into trouble and not learning anyway. In other words, its not the "media" causing the problem - its crappy parenting.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Beat me to it. 
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Indeed, Mike, please see my response to Jorgen below. Another case where a special icon, or font color, for ironic exaggeration would be useful in Lounge posts 
I suspect that if one reads the book on the study, and examines the methodology, and researcher assumptions, that one would not find the researchers are not claiming causality, either: that, of course, is a hypothesis.
Consider the researchers definition of "Family Time:" "The overall effect between time a family spends together and the amount of media consumption a child has and the degree of emotional problems a child exhibits."
cheers, Bill
« I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief » Immanuel Kant
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Mike Mullikin wrote: Its a good bet that without "media" these kids are out getting into trouble and not learning anyway.
With older kids I'm sure that is true, but with younger kids, getting out and getting into "trouble" is probably better for them than doing "educational" activities, and much better than sitting passive in front of a screen.
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Andy Brummer wrote: but with younger kids, getting out and getting into "trouble" is probably better for them than doing "educational" activities, and much better than sitting passive in front of a screen.
Ummmm... roaming unsupervised outside the home, maybe playing in traffic, getting into vans with strange men, etc... because honestly, that's what we're talking about here. If a parent can't be bothered with actually interacting with their child so they park them in front of the TV do you actually think they adequately supervise them outside?
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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