length = one Toyota from fender to fender
mass = one Toyota
time = um - how long it takes a Toyota to go 1000 Toyotas in distance from a dead stop
electric current = the amount of current from the battery in a Toyota
thermodynamic temperature = ooh - this is a tough one...
amount of substance = one Toyota
luminous intensity = light from both front headlights of a Toyota on maximum brightness

I'm not sure how to do the temperature one, but the rest all seem to work...

I'm pretty sure that doesn't hold a torch to the Manhattan project, which cost over $1B at the time. Adjust that for inflation, and it's about $1T.

Sure - but the pistol's bullets are free, and the machine gun's bullets are not.

Wait, this is seeming like a bad analogy...

Nice food for thought.

I think all I really need is multi-thread safe Persistence, in my use case, with as little memory duplication as possible, of course.

Hrm - the hamster is definitely running in the wheel right now...

Hrmph.

Maybe I'm just drinking kool-aide, but Software Transactional Memory sounds much, much better to me.

The "D" programming language from Digital Mars sounds very interesting, for example.

So, will there be SDKs for download?

Are there already SDKs for download, and I just didn't know about them?

Part of the fun of movies is that sometimes you switch which person you're relating to most. This kind of device would kind of have to make a choice for you...

But I do think action movies might be serious fun. It's more like one of those 3D Disney Theater experiences...

I would not want to see Rocky with one of these, though. Ug. Ow. Ooof.

Google Voice has conference calls.

It'd be nice if I could give different users different priority levels, too...

For instance, my wife could have a PANIC button that she could push, that'd make Google Voice do everything it can to reach me - call all the phones, etc. While normally, she just gets "normal" priority...

Nope, sorry - the most noticeable was Marvin the Martian eying the Earth with his Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.

Do you want to explain to me why it's "obviously" temporary?

Dr. Manhattan both cared about humanity at the end of the film, and agreed with the solution.

Who says he ever has to die, either?

He can keep an eye on humanity, and every now and then blow up a city, to keep us united in hating and fearing him.

From Office Space: Why should I change my name?! He's the one that sucks!

But seriously...

Add a middle initial: "J."

Rocket J. Squirrel
Bullwinkle J. Moose
Michael J. Fox
Homer J. Simpson

Yeah, something's not right here. I came to the same conclusion.

Did someone tell the author that they had that much L1 memory, and they didn't understand the difference?

No, it can process over 3 tax returns per day.

If you don't provide additional services compared to the free alternative, it's a pretty obnoxious thing to do. *shrug*