When is Slashdot not in some ways similar to an AOL chatroom?

Perhaps a bigger question: Is it a double layer disc that will suffer from cracked spindles all the time? Never had that problem with my own DVDs, but that doesn't mean I don't like renting stuff from the library.

Another big question: Will the surface be made of some fancy nano-self-healing polymer, or will it still get scratched to s***?

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Much appreciated, if you're still sending them out.

Thanks.

I'm ok to wait. I just hope my username isn't taken already. Or perhaps it's reserved if I already have Google account?

BS. Apple doesn't need to resort to such methods to get publicity. They already have more than they could have imagined.

You can't be serious. USB flash drives are cheap enough and readily available. They're also more reliable, smaller, faster, and reusable compared to DVDs. The Air already ships with a USB drive (not sure if it's read-only). And DVDs can still be included with hardware that has optical drives, if they decide they want to continue supporting an outdated technology for a little while longer.

The way things are with iTunes and iOS, along with iCloud coming up, seems more like the silver age to me. Golden would be if Apple continued successfully while also becoming more open source/IP-free or Linux made a finished product as good as Apple. Napster was the bronze age.

I'm guessing Apple's next display will also be large hub/breaker-box -- a much better version of their current display designed for laptops.

Forget flat blades.

Good point - the Lynx can apply negative pitch but this adds minor weight to cause gravitic pull. It's not like this hoax aircraft generating 1G thrust downward.

What I meant was, if an RC heli can produce as much force in both directions, then there's no reason you couldn't design a real heli that could do the same thing, even if it required the use of flat blades (which it shouldn't). And if that's the case, then why assume this craft couldn't be capable of such a thing? Sorry for the misunderstanding.

BTW. I think some of the kit helis have flat blades, probably because they're easier to manufacture.

No one is removing copies of FCP7 from users. I suspect some people will be using for a couple more years.

How long has FCP been around? I bet it must be a mammoth task to make sure all the backwards compatibility is maintained. Effort that Apple obviously thinks is better spend looking forward.

Sometimes it makes sense to wipe the slate clean. It's not like they make these moves all the time. Could they have handled the situation better? Sure. And who's to say they won't? I hasn't even been a week.

Better in what way?

Almost as insane as a tablet computer that doesn't run desktop apps.

WTF where they thinking, starting from a clean slate?

But this is all besides the point. Are you saying that a "real" heli would not fly if it had flat blades?

Real helis main-rotor blades are not flat. They are "twisted" or "curved" so the part nearest the hub generates more lift.

Every single helicopter ever to fly? Are you sure about that?

An RC heli is a real heli, last time I checked. The only reason other helis don't is a design decision. I don't know what blade airfoil profiles has to do with any of this since that is also a design decision.