I don't know about calling the RAZR a "fad that passed". That series of phones, in my experience at least, are very solid phones. Also moderately customizable if you want to get into reflashing them. I still have a V3i I keep in my desk drawer "just in case" my G1 should fritz out on me.

Of course he threw in a whole category for "Coolest name".

Hurm... think he might be a BIT predisposed to one of the competitors?

Yeah, I'm not going to say the guy was predisposed to the Mac and didn't really vet his Windows facts or anything but....

A note about "family pack" licensing. Apparently there's verbiage in the Windows license now to accommodate for this too, but I haven't seen pricing for it yet.

Would he disconnect the entire Internet if his raid was about to wipe just to avoid the repair bill.

A) Who defines a "critical system"? Whoever that is would be wielding some serious power.
B) Is the Internet itself (i.e. the backbones which carry most traffic) considered a "critical infrastructure information system"?
C) If so, they he would have the kill switch to Mae East, Mae West, etc.... That is for all effects and purposes the ability to shut down US access to the Internet.

I have heard this from many people. It's on my somewhat long "projects" list, but it was nice having a device that did what I wanted that I didn't have to build myself.

As someone who is a DirectTV subscriber I can only hint at how much myself and every other DVR user they have that I have talked to miss Tivo when it was DirecTV's DVR offering. This "homebrew" or whatever DirectTV is calling it blows on a level hard to describe.

Note the tags on the story.

It was also the first thing I thought.. "Sure, they can make water, but how long until they can transmute the naturally occurring minerals into other substances to lessen the reliance on the evil overlords on Earth?"

Wouldn't this be completely besides the point as long as we keep enough spice in their tanks? They can always just think their way back on course.

There's a great grocery store near my house called Sprouts (imagine a Whole Foods Market without all the near iPod level smug and pretentiousness). It focuses on two things.
a) Getting foods from local sources, or farms as nearby as possible.
b) Getting more organic produce whenever possible.

Now, this place consistently has better looking, fresher, and better tasting produce than any of the other grocery stores around. Maybe it's because of column a), maybe it's column b) , maybe it's a little from both. Either way, for a reasonably small price increase we get far better produce so the wife and I make it a habit to shop there.

At least I wasn't the only one of the walking ancients who thought this.....

It would make more sense for this to use an adapted version of the Andriod GUI rather than X.