I guess it's for certain values of "cheap." In the long run, I suspect we'll see IPv6 in the cheap ones because eventually, the manufacturers will be forced to move to versions of the underlying OSs that actually support it.

Raise your hand if you haven't had this conversation before...

"We have a great 6-month contract opportunity in Nowhereville that we think you'd be a perfect fit for. The rate is $25/hr on 1099 with no benefits..."

Are the glory days for analog design over? Yes.
Are the days where analog design is necessary over? Nope, nor will they ever be.

That said, I know a good number of who studied electrical and computer engineering who went into software and test engineering after school and never looked back. EE doesn't pay a lot and there's a good deal of demand for people who can knock a simple circuit together AND have a good working knowledge of software that can talk to it.

As the cheap, consumer-grade routers that don't support IPv6 people have in their homes die off, people will replace them with cheap, consumer-grade routers that DO support IPv6. It will be a slow process, but it will happen eventually.

At that point it will be up the ISPs to provide IPv6 support. Some (like Comcast, oddly) already do. But the cynic in me thinks we'll probably see more ISPs putting up CGNAT and charging people $14.95/month for a public IP, after they've upgraded to a business account of course. (Like they do with static IPs now.)

Sounds like another good reason to continue patronize the Alamo Drafthouse near me.

Google Glass is just like any other tech widget in a theater: Turn it off and put it away.

If you chose to put your perscription lenses into Glass, that is an unfortunate decision on your part. Go get the spare glasses out of your car (or whereever you keep them.)

Many cartoons over the years have made jokes about people adding completely ridiculous things to their cars in the name of convenience. They usually end up in a hilarious, hubris-fueled accidents. Unfortunately, it's turning out to be a lot more prophetic and a lot less hilarious than anyone wants to admit.

Yes. Much.

If they insist on the "Samsung iPad" after that, then break out the first one. The sale is probably doomed at that point anyway.

Precisely. That's why you hear "Is Pepsi okay?"

Or, to make a more apt comparison:

"Can I have Pepsi Zero?"
"Well, we have (Diet Pepsi|Coke Zero). Is that okay?"

vs

"Can I have Pepsi Zero?"
"Pepsi doesn't make that. Coke does. Do you want (Coke Zero|Diet Pepsi) or not?"

Oh, man. I'm really glad I still have an unlimited data plan. Can you imagine dumping 2GB of memory on a regular basis? That'd eat up most data plans really fast!

And then I accidentally rooted it.
And then I accidentally installed CyanogenMod on it.

Will no company save me from this vicious cycle of accidentally doing things to my phone?

Yeah, but he can use the same excuses that all other psychics use:

a. "I don't need the money." - He certainly doesn't.
b. "It isn't worth my time." - If you calculate his hourly rate, it probably isn't.
c. "It's not about the money." - Well... okay. He can't use this one.
d. "I don't need to prove my gift to anyone. You just have to have faith." - Faith, and AAPL stock.

... why would they do that?

That sounds like a really good way to lose the sale entirely. I've worked in electronics retail just enough to know that people who can't be bothered to research things like "names of products" don't want to be corrected. The sale is far more likely to happen if you make an educated guess as to what they want and let them tell you if it's not what they wanted.

That's the one where the older you get, the worse it is. I've never been clear on why that is, but if you didn't have it as a kid or get immunized for it and then contract it as an adult, it's a serious problem.

There are valid medical reasons that some people can't get immunized. (Allergies, compromised immune systems, etc.) Those people benefit from herd immunity.

Sounds wonderful until it decides that the fastest route is through the bad area of town.
Or it decides that an address is about two miles away from where it actually is.
Or the road washed out and the car can work out that it can't go that way but can't route around it since the map says it should work.
Or it takes me to the foot of a two mile long driveway and stops.

All things that have happened to me with GPS navigation. Not saying we need pedals and a steering wheels to solve those problems, but they are a really good solution to those problems.