This is primary school IT right here... Crap as those lessons where, they did teach us tape drives had limited uses.

This ain't one of them.

Unless you have your backup email address set as an iCloud address somebody already got access to...

Mercedes were way ahead of the curve, they were making OHC engines back in the 50s :)

True that. Nothing more stylish than waiting for your C64 to spool the tape...

Even with each machine's contemporary software, old stuff is still slower. Windows 98 is contemporary for my 1Ghz P3, Windows 7 is for my 3.3Ghz i5. It's not just clockspeeds at the CPU either - faster buses, solid state drives, better code, more hardware optimisations in the software.

There is always the nostalgia case, but in terms of practicality, usability and user sanity, most of it is just old hat. Frankly speaking, I'd apply the same logic to most classic cars and audio equipment too. If I have a component break on me, I can source a replacement within a day for a reasonable price. If the cam shaft on a 1963 Mercedes breaks, you're shit outta luck - and that isn't practical.

Will it matter that much if Usain Bolt destroys the field, as is the most likely outcome?

Tell the lawyers that.

Sadly this is a continual reality for my beloved Mets, regardless of whether or not the opposition are doped up to the eyeballs on 'roids...

You can take your fundamentals, sir, and stick them where the sun don't shine. I want Hulk-like men who can make relativistic baseball a reality!! http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/

Well for starters baseball was a hell of a lot more interesting when they were jacked up enough to blast the ball out of the park...

Wait, the lefties at the Washington Post said that their opposition on the Right is nuts? Crap, it must be true! If we apply the same logic, that means FOX News has been right about the lefties all along!!

Get a grip.

Better yet, get lapping that mofo to a point where thermal paste actually impedes thermal conduction!!

I don't have any moral or otherwise objections to Kickstarter, I think it is helping a lot of great work get off the ground and as long as people bear in mind 'caveat emptor' before parting with their hard-earned, hopefully many more good things will come from it in time.

Whilst your comment seems to be somewhat inflammatory, I do find myself agreeing to a certain degree. It's like venture capitalism without the capitalism. That being said given the global backlash against capitalism, Kickstarter's success doesn't surprise me.

RIM are actually selling phones?