Don't confuse electric with batteries. I love the idea of electric, but I don't think (current, at least) batteries are the way to get there. IMO, history will show more negatives than positives with battery-powered cars.

Yes, exactly. That article is just a load of utter BS. For "exhibit A" I give you an article from half an hour earlier. Think clients are extremely hot right now in mobile apps! Use the right tool for the job. Sometimes that's a thin client, sometimes it's thick. Stop trying to tell me that one or the other is dead. Neither will be anytime soon.

Oh, come on. Why mod this down? This is comically pointing out the biggest problem with Mac Pros: the absolutely ridiculous price tag. When you can build a Hackintosh with twice the power for less than half the starting price of the Mac Pro line, there's something very wrong.

My Mac Pro wish is for a line refresh with a major price cut.

$30. It's tied to your Apple Store account, just like other App Store purchases.

There are also people that still believe the earth is flat and we're not talking about them. The earth has crazies... why care what they say? Ignore him and he will go away.

GCJ really fulfills an entirely different purpose (compilation of Java to native binaries). If you're looking for an open source alternative, you could look at IcedTea, however Java is open source now so you could just use the original.

I'd suggest looking at CrashPlan. I started using it over Mozy/Carbonite because it will backup remote drives.