People frequently forget that Sony-Ericsson works as a mostly separate entity from (big nasty evil) Sony. While SE hasn't exactly caught on quick how to play the smartphone game, this sort of behavior clearly distinguishes them from the company that brought us rootkitted CDs, etc.

Are you really still running Fedora Core? It's been straight Fedora since v. 7 (in 2007)...

Except Jobs--he was a salesman first and foremost. Apple's driving engineering force in the early days was Wozniak

Yep, my Office Depot had 5, with 9 people waiting at the doors at opening (I was #1, having gotten there 1.5hrs earlier). One per customer, or else I would have picked one up for my parents, too.

Don't forget the Voyager series (10-16C), with special focus on the 12C (still the industry standard financial calculator), 15C (best scientific/engineering calculator of its day, which still commands 200USD+ on the used market 30 years later), and 16C (notable as one of very few mainstream CS-oriented calculators). They all were built like tanks with perfect button feel, and had battery life good enough that my 15C has only had the batteries changed once since 1983, and my father's (current) 12C only twice since 1986.

Actually, as of 1 July, Babylon 5 is off again, unfortunately. Your basic point stands, though.

Absolutely. And take the tour, even if you think you know it all--it's good fun, and if you're lucky, you'll be there on one of the days you can play computer games on one of the really old machines against the old dudes from MIT who programmed the thing decades ago.

I have a 49G+ in the desk drawer, but the 15C gets more use, and has a permanent place on my desk.

Seiko makes a ton of inexpensive mechanical self-winders that can be had for less than 100USD, and are just as accurate as a Rolex. There's almost no distribution in the US, but a Seiko 5 (this is the model) has been a staple of the low-end (but good quality) mechanical watch world for decades. Try poor man's watch forum (they have a store), or even Amazon for a grey-market one. My dad's got one from when he was a teenager that still works great.

Their "dress" line (Cellini) is all quartz, too. Yes, technically, your average Rolex is not considered a dressy watch, but rather a "Sport" watch. Dressy watches, almost by definition, must be on a strap, not a bracelet (That said, my inherited 50s steel Datejust, which is a little retro-looking, makes a darn good accompaniment to a suit). The funny thing is how most people seem to think Rolex is a) a fancy watch, and b) top-end. They're neither. They're reliable (by mechanical standards), but relatively mass-production, with a focus on function over fancy features. They can come in expensive/gaudy cases, but they're pretty simple in the world of "nice" watches. That, and a ~$5k Rolex looks cheap next to the 20-50k Patek Phillipe a Wall St. CEO might likely wear to work. To say nothing of the "boutique" models....

Thank you! Wish I had mod points....

Er, how exactly are you arguing that Quicktime X is better than Quicktime 7 Pro? Sure, some newer video types are supported, but it went from being a useful editor to being a dumbed-down player. Yuck.

Also, if you're stuck on marvellous AT&T, you won't get the update. In which case, you can debrand the phone and get the stock SE 2.1 firmware (can be done by oneself or can buy the service from DaVinci, Wotan, etc...)

Yay for older Thinkpads! Though your 600X makes my R51 look shiny and new by comparison. Still, though, toss out Flash video and I bet the 600X can do most daily tasks still, right?