One of my favourites. It's up there with the sun setting in Arizona.

The real world is in 2D so it won't damage their vision.

I'll bet they had an exclusivity deal. Now they need to decide how they're going to approach the contract violation issue.

With gasoline you don't even need the fertilizer.

The summary isn't even correct. The Surfaces were there for advertising only. Sure the hosts had a choice to use whatever they wanted but the Microsoft product had to be on display. The real screwup was by the advertising managers who agreed to the deal.

Real-time anything. Voice, video, gaming, remote control, etc.

Science doesn't care what sounds scary to you.

THESE data

Right. They should do away with grades on your final records altogether. That way they can make exams a truer test of knowledge and ability and simply have a pass/fail cutoff. The cutoff doesn't even need to be based on a grade but could be the objective opinion of the professors. If you graduate then you get a diploma, regardless of how you did on the exams.

SAR stats are going to show that lost hikers have cellphones and no maps. They aren't lost BECAUSE OF GPS - they're lost because they're idiots. Of course they have cell phones. Everyone has one all the time. Of course they have no paper maps - they're idiots. They're lost because they can't read a map, didn't bring a map (electronic or paper), and they have no navigation skills. It's not a problem with the technology, it's a problem with their idiot brains. Plenty of people had to be rescued before GPS came along. And no, you can't locate yourself on the map faster than GPS unless you already know where you are. It takes as long to get ONE compass reading, let alone try and triangulate and all that crap. When you're a little lost and you want to verify your location GPS kicks ass, and nobody's stopping you from confirming the reading by taking a look around.

USB fingerprint reader? Seriously? That's just not needed. We've had chip and pin cards for many years now in Canada. They just need to implement a more secure alternative for online sales. And forget about being backwards compatible - lose the mag stripe and don't process payments from numbers alone.

I love it when we have comments filled with unknown TLAs. (three letter acronyms)

Ask most people how GPS works and they'll assume it establishes communication with a satellite. Most people haven't given it a second thought. Most people are completely ignorant of how their daily use technology actually works.

GPS kicks ass over a compass for finding your location. It's fast and accurate. You can make sure you're staying on track because it's so easy to get a reading. And a map on an electronic device is roughly on par with a paper map. GPS just tells you your location. Before GPS came around there were plenty of idiots getting lost in the woods. The ones getting lost now at least have a fighting chance of getting out if the GPS is working. I just can't believe how much so called 'hikers' like to bash modern GPS technology when it's obviously one of the greatest safety improvements the activity has ever seen.

I've seen those idiots out hiking in the Rockies. They're the ones with the 80 pound packs, giant boots, thick wood walking poles, and bear bells. But the map in the clear case is a dead giveaway that these idiots are only moments away from being completely lost and helpless.