Do you have any numbers to back that up?

Now I am not condoning (or condemning, for that matter) Hulu, but I thought the point of Hulu+ was that you got access to extra shows, a larger backcatalog, and the ability to watch on devices. That is worth nothing to you? There are other (legal) ways to watch TV shows without commercials, some of which — like iTunes — will cost you much more.

So I can see a place in the market for what Hulu+ is offering

First off there is a difference between Outsourcing, and Offshoring, which is what I think you are really referring to. Secondly I have yet to find a country where you can higher a programmer for $4160/year ($2/hr * 40 hours * 52 weeks). Yes I know this is 1) The internet, and 2) Slashdot, and 3) I am replying to an AC, but hyperbole just makes it easier to dismiss what you say.

Like everything, there are upsides and downsides to both Outsourcing, and Offshoring. I am a consultant, which means that every single one of my clients has decided to outsource some or all of their work. However because I am domestic, that makes it OK?

It is far better to ask why are they outsourcing? I once worked with a company that decided to move QA to india. The reason had nothing to do with cost savings, but had everything to do with having two teams 12.5 hours apart (well sometimes 13.5, daylight savings). The point wasn't cost savings by offshoring, but to streamline development, and for them it worked. If you look at the world of VisualFX, many of the larger companies are setting up divisions all around the globe so they can have work the "follows the sun".

And then there are companies that do it for the wrong reasons. The think it will save them money, and it can, though not as much as you seem to think (or likely the people whose kneejerk reaction got you to a 5, Insightful at the time of writing this). If you just throw work over the fence, don't provide oversight, don't show that you care, then you are going to get the horror stories you hear about. I've seen that reality too, I have been paid a lot to fix messes like that.

You can outsource and/or offshore for the right reasons, or the wrong reasons. It can be a boon, or it can be disastrous. There are no universal absolutes here. The term you used is too big, too general, and you too — seemingly — misinformed to make a blanket good/bad statement.

Also how would "outsourcing" be a result of technology betraying you? Technology is a tool. Tools don't have to assure you a standard of living, that is a societies job.

True, but that is really a different matter, I was addressing JavaScript and Screenreaders. The problem you describe could be triggered in simple CSS without JS at all.

You can write accessible web pages, or you can write ones that break accessibility, but that doesn't (per se) have to do with JS

Well wait, what do you mean by "web site"? If you just mean a page that you visit on the net to primarily read text (possibly with images) then I agree with you. If you are talking about a webapp (which also qualifies under the term "web site"), then you are wrong. Google Docs, amongst so many others, simply couldn't operate without JavaScript enabled

Well if the JS is just manipulating the DOM (as is the most common case) it should be as good or bad as the average web page. If they are drawing their own UI on using the Canvas element (or SVG) — as is much less common — then it is a problem.

Cool and then when they have finished those three in "a year or two left" then they can start on non destructive editing (in PS since PS7). I am not holding my breath (nor bringing up the name thing)...

GIMP isn't even competitive with Photoshop CS2

GIMP still isn't even competitive with PS7...

So look, I will give you that eSata would be nice, but you couldn't do it for the same BOM. The connector and controller will drive the price up. So let us give up this fiction/pipedream that you could produce it for the same price. In the future, maybe, but right now? no.

But as for Gigabit Ethernet, just how much data do you think you can pump though a single core 1GHz ARM? What are you doing that 100Mbit isn't enough? Or is this just some kind of megapixel war thinking that bigger is better? I think you would have a hard time proving that GigaE has enough demand to make a difference for the fast majority of [BeagleBone] users.

There are mounting holes on the Pi. Sadly there are only two, so you can't make it stand freely off of standoffs, but it has them

Well seeing as that a core part of his complaint was that his comics were routinely posted without attribution and with the all reference to The Oatmeal removed, he wasn't really getting the kind of publicity you are describing.

I am not saying the product is without merit. I do like the form factor, but right now I have two Raspberry Pis, a BeagleBone, and a pcDuino on my desk (for use in various client projects). Those are just three of the various hobbyist and industrial small ARM based systems out there.

Right now the EOMA-68 is more or less vaporware. Wake me when I can buy one, then we can talk...

While it is true you don't need more than that, it is very very nice to have more than that. I routingly move the bed and printhead to aid in cleaning the bed (and not always to the same location). I like to raise the Z axis before a print to make sure I get any stray material from the head. There is the big red stop button (which Pronterface really needs to add), and then there is loading and viewing models, interacting with the printer, etc etc etc

We technically don't need a lot of things, but doesn't mean they aren't really nice to have...

Don't get me wrong it is very cool, but since the tablet is just running a fairly stock Linux, isn't it really just a computer at that point?

I control my PrintrBot LC with an older model TabletKiosk UMPC. It means I don't have to dedicate a more powerful computer to the task, and gives me touchscreen control. And do not discount how useful that is.

I really like the UI customizations and am going to have to do something like that to get the temp display into a more useful location. So I am not saying what he did is uninteresting, far from it. But it isn't that hard of an accomplishment. The software being iOS or Android based and customized to that kind of UI would have been more interesting. To me at least.

Really? Because Google's reason for getting rid of it is that it doesn't have a big enough audience for google. Therefor it failed at google. Other companies are making a go of news readers, but that doesn't mean it was a success for Google.