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So "Never", then?

They're very good marketers, for sure. The positive press that they got (they got coverage in PopSci, Engadget, and various other places) made it seem like a good bet. That they had a working prototype was a good selling point. That's where the good news ended. Their most recent update (#19) shows that they're still working on basic design problems such as cable durability, size of components, chip selection, etc.. I have the feeling that they're stringing us along and we'll never see the glasses.

It has turned me off Kickstarter, for sure. I'll be much more skeptical in the future and probably won't fund the more expensive ventures since I've already been dinged for $150. I hope that the publications that covered the glasses will be a little more wary when these guys show up with the next big thing.

The machines needing backup do so wirelessly to a Time Capsule whenver they're connected. I also do a full image to an external hard drive every once in a while (I lie to myself and say it's biweekly but it's really more like bi-whenever-I-remember-it). Even with the recent increase in HD prices there's no real excuse to not have backups.

I've got other places to be.

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? -Epicurus

If they get the patent they can charge so much for the license that none of the media companies will buy it.

Damn it, where are my mod points when I need them? Just the image of MJ on skates is worth a +1.

So a republican wishing to jab Obama does the right thing by posting a secret treaty online. And he's a California republican as well - land of the Entertainment Industry. Does this count as a good thing or a bad thing? I'm thinking it's both but it works out for the citizens so it's a net good despite potential partisan motivations.

I might as well look at the bright side and let someone else solve all the problems with the first run. Thanks, early adopters!

Really, guys? the N and R are not that close together unless you're using the Dvorak layout or something.

Ya know what? I was wrong. FOX did cover this after all. Of course, they put their own spin on it. They didn't cover the documents, they covered the theft of the documents. The docs themselves get covered, but not after lavishing column-inches on the ethical lapse of an environmental scientist, and how dangerous this is to the donors of the Heartland Institute.

While I might agree under different circumstances, we did elect a gent named Barack Hussein Obama. Funny names aren't the hurdle they would have been in the '50s.

It's a cute idea but if you really want to do something like this, figure out a way for the hardware to sit inside (and draw power from) a desktop component like a monitor or a desktop switch. Better yet, a power strip or UPS. wifi would suffer but the power would never go out. If the UPS also handled phone/eth/coax surge protection, you've also got another way to get the data out.

He didn't go back to apologize. He received a followup call from the store and apologized at that time.

As far as what people will complain about.. some people will complain about anything.