Hey now, I was simply pointing out an obvious shortcoming to the potential usefulness of this in an area where insurgents still want to keep it mined. When used to clean up abandoned minefields, I think this product has the potential to save tons of lives (and limbs). No need for you to wish me into the middle of a minefield simply because I pointed out a potential countermeasure to the product.

Simple countermeasure: After placing mines, spray field with explosive residue. Now what?

1 meter cubed holds way more than 1 liter of water...

The difference is this: Microsoft was using their monopoly* with Windows (software) to push another piece of software (Internet Explorer). The reason I have to side with Apple on this is because they aren't using their monopoly* on iPods (hardware) to push another piece of hardware. And the Zune software won't sync my iPod... so should I sue Microsoft, for not allowing their software to work with my hardware? Because that's all that Apple is doing. They're not allowing their software to work with the Palm hardware. *Let's not be pedantic about my use of the word "monopoly" -k-?

It's not necessarily the second word that's unknown.

Apple's position on stolen iPods is the same, for similar reasons. They won't even add a note to the service record so that if the iPod comes in for service the tech would see it. And even if there was such a note, the techs hands are tied. He does his job: Service the iPod, instead of that of the police: Track down stolen goods.

I wouldn't worry about USB disappearing. My company recently bought a brand new Dell. I couldn't believe that Dell was still shipping computers with a VGA port, first introduced 22 years ago! USB is 13 years old. 10 years from now, it will still be shipping on new Dells, and it won't be hard to find a 6 year old Dell in use by someone when the girl turns 17. OT: What makes me cringe even more: Most of our machines have DVI ports. Most of our displays also have DVI ports. So why are my coworkers using the VGA connectors on each?

They detected cocaine in 2 bills out of 16... I don't know that that's statistically significant. (But I'm no math guy...)

Apple is not a carrier. They make the phone. They run the App store.

Skype is not a carrier. They make the application.

AT&T *IS* a carrier. But, obstinately, they have no control over Skype or Apple. Apple could still say "Nah, we still want Apps over 10MB to be downloaded over WiFi, for the sake of our customers experience".

Protip: Dial *NEW# then hit send. It will tell you when you'll be eligible again.

For now... There's no telling what Apple will do (intentionally or not) to break that functionality in the future.

For me (and many others, I'm sure), that day is here. My Performa 400 had 4 megs of RAM. My Macbook Pro has 4 gigs of RAM...

We have number portability. What these folks above me are talking about is switching to the same provider and keeping your phone number. It might be possible in theory, but obviously the company is on to those tricks, and so the systems aren't set up to allow you to port a number from a current AT&T account to a new AT&T account and get the "new account" equipment discount.