The only difference between a "beta" product like Gmail and any other software product requiring monthly patches is the fact that Google is honest enough to still call their product a work in progress. Like you said it's sufficiently stable for most folks, but I'd argue that they aren't any more non-committal to their SLA than other companies are to getting their product right on the first try. And anybody in charge of purchasing software for their organization - assuming they're doing their job properly and getting sufficient information before making decisions - will be aware of that fact.

Are there any obvious problems you would foresee?

How are you going to dial 911?

You don't achieve a stranglehold on the desktop OS market without getting something right...

Interrupting Bob and Tom merits a medal, not a kick. Just sayin. ;)

I hope the data reported will be impartially selected, honestly gathered, clearly explained, and perfectly accurate.

Sorry, but HA.

I'd be interested to see in how the rental money is divided up once it's lifted off your credit card. Perhaps a larger portion of that will go directly into the hands of the designers as opposed going into Blockbuster's pocket. If that's the case, then a pricing structure similar to or slightly cheaper than any current rental service may suffice.

I ran into that snag the one time I tried to get onto a McD's wifi too. Must be on a per-franchise basis or something.

A lot of great PC games were even more successful than they otherwise might have been because they opened themselves up to the mod community.

While that may be true, it's irrelevant to this story. Chrono Trigger has never been a PC game and is already highly successful both in terms of sales and its influence on the console RPG market. The brand never has and never will need the "help" of the mod community or fangame creators.

I don't think he's supposed to be Japanese, just Asian.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu_Sea

Who do you talk to, people who go to Trek conventions dressed in full Klingon gear? It was a damn good addition to a series that's been in the shitter since 1996.

Decide for yourself on this one... imo.

Science fiction. Not science reality.

A good SSD will whoop many high-end platter drives even after the one-time speed decrease. Anandtech went over this a few months back. The reasons you should stick with platters is because they're cheaper per gigabyte, not because they're "tried and true". (I don't even really know about the "true" part, after all hard drives are the first thing that'll take a shit on most computers anyway.)

Well that's certainly an interesting

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hido~i! ~_~;

I'm not really into NIN but I watched the Youtube video explaining what the app is. This is something Apple should be promoting because it does a pretty good job of taking advantage of the platform's capabilities - not suppressing because it contains a reference to a 15-year old album.