But what does it taste like?

I bought a factory unlocked iPhone, at full price, and now can use whatever GSM prepaid "plan" I want (I use a six-year-old T-Mo To Go account), no contract, no BS. There's also no access to phone network data, but I find WiFi to be more than adequate for me. I now have a phone that costs me as much as I want to spend on phone minutes (and no more) that is also a handheld WiFi computer.

It's not really fair to be "severely pissed off" at Obama over those issues, none of which he can do much about with a congress that opposes and obstructs his efforts to do anything at all.

I think a lot of people on /. (and elsewhere) just live to complain. Some things never change....

Yes, I do. I remember Larry Ellison (I think) trying to push diskless "Net PCs" back in the late 90's. No-one wanted them then, and I don't think they'll really do that much better (re: storing all of everyone's data) now.

I think you've got it!

Because the Fox News crowd has convinced poor conservatives that to vote democrat is to support the evil Socialist, Gay, Junkie, non-White, non-male, Atheist, etc. etc. etc. Lib'rals. And supporting the Lib'rals would be the end of the world for these folks...

Seems excessive. Why not simply write the guy a ticket for some petty misdemeanor, and uninstall his software? Does the SS really not have anything better to do than go after this guy?

Just because legalization isn't a panacea, i.e. a perfect solution, doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. E.g., I oppose Human Trafficking (a.k.a. Slavery), too, but would still support drug legalization, even if some cartels switch from drug smuggling to slave running. The latter would require different solutions, anyway.

I'd take these new "malware" scares seriously if I ever, ever encountered one on my Mac in real life, or knew anyone that had. I hear lots of haters, lots of hearsay, but not much else.

I love the picture quality of BR, and hate the look of Standard Def on my HDTV. To me, the difference between DVD and BR is obvious, and worth (some) extra cost. People that think BR is too expensive imho either haven't seen a good BR film on a decent HDTV or (more likely) don't care as they are content with whatever they have.

Indeed, and it is insurance companies that will eventually make automated driving the default option by pricing "manual" driving insurance through the roof.

Eventually, "feelings" will not matter. Money, w.r.t. gains in safety & efficiency, will outweigh everything, as it usually does.

Include everyone (+ privacy), or hide it universally.

Not an iPhone, but when my iMac G5 died a few years ago, after they'd been EOL'ed but before my Applecare had expired, Apple replaced it with an Intel iMac. This wasn't the first option, i.e. they tried swapping the mobo, etc., but replacement + upgrades do happen.