It's also got front and rear facing cameras. Ever since I installed a terminal, ssh and a code editor, I haven't felt the need for rooting the device, even though it's possible.

I would mod this up, instead I'll post a comment highly recommending it. I own one and use it as a target for game development. It's also got GPS. I hook up a small USB keyboard for those times when I need to do a lot of typing. It will accept a Bluetooth keyboard, but you can't use those on an airplane.

Of course, the Iconia wasn't even announced until after the article was published.

After using the G-Tablet for a few months, I gave it up in favor of the Acer Iconia. The Iconia runs Android 3.0, has GPS, supports a Bluetooth keyboard and has good viewing angles which G-Tablet had problems with.

Certainly not as small as an iPad but it's been a pleasure to use. I mainly use it for testing Flash games. I looked at a more than a few of the devices in the article and none of them could compare to the G-Tablet or Iconia.

I think you need to call them to get the DVD only option.

Also went to Blockbuster. We only use Blu-Ray and DVDs (no games or streaming). Netflix took so long to send us new releases (spent 2-3 weeks in the "Long Wait" queue) that my wife would usually rent from BB. We have a BB store within 10 minutes and now that they've gone to unlimited envelope exchanges in store, we are MUCH happier than we ever were with Netflix. Plus, BB gets new releases a week or two before Netflix.

The Thing came from a round saucer. The detachable section from ST:TNG was also round.

I hope Picard is inside, but we'd better prepare for the former.

Not as long as you would think. When players do something like this, they use a special program to wheel the numbers to get a good distribution and increase their odds of getting multiple winning tickets. After they select the numbers, they will sort the winning numbers and print them on the play slips. As long as they purchase the tickets in the correct order, the program will tell them which tickets are winners. Stacking the tickets in bunches (100, 200, 500, 1000) make searching easier, too. If the winning numbers are higher, the winning tickets will clump together.

Modems, uggh!

To me, punch cards, TI 99 4/A, BASIC, brick cell phones, 80386, Yggdrasil, WindowsXP, etc. are all the same, clutter. If I kept every nostalgic item I've ever used, I'd be swamped with a bunch of crap. When I want to revisit old times, I pull up an emulator and am reminded of how much I like things better now.

Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate the simplicity and outright genius required to make those old memory starved devices do as much as they did, but I like the newer stuff.

I see your point. I did well in school but usually saw teachers as an obstacle and was in trouble for it quite often.

Those ideas seem like a better alternative to the current state of education, but, it still brings me back to my original point, the children need parents that care. Can we send them back to the new schools, too?

Your solutions would no doubt improve the school systems in those neighborhoods where the parents were already involved and the teachers and administrators haven't been "ground down by the system". I won't argue that at all. Nor will I argue that the our school system is not the best (being based on the Prussian system or to better serve an agricultural based economy).

Most of the "decent" school districts are turning out plenty of intelligent graduates (myself and I'm sure you are included). The problem with certain school districts is that no amount of money, better teachers, teaching systems or policies will change the system until the parents genuinely care about their children's education.

My point is that the bottom of the education curve is a repeating cycle of parents that don't care enough about their children to break this cycle. I don't believe giving them a guaranteed monthly income is going to change anything.

Bravo, sir. Bravo.

Wow, you're being really generous calling it "pr0n for the mind". More like special effects pr0n!

Not that surprising if you've read the book "The Accidental Billionaires". They specifically mention that there is one person dedicated to writing a PHP compiler and compiling all Facebook PHP.

Also, I don't understand why they don't use one of the currently available PHP compilers, phc or Roadsend. It's possible they started their initiative earlier, but they should have announced it and possibly prevented some duplicate work.