I figured part of the reason for the 10" widescreen was to be pretty close to 8.5x11 erring on the size of smaller. That is one of the things I like about that size. That and that it allowed touch typing (albeit not the most comfortably with it being a bit squashed and no give to the virtual keys)

It uses a tegra2, and is 10 inches, and is launching at CES. Just thought I would point that out. Oh and looks kick ass.

What treatment did you ultimately settle on for the bulged lower lumbar? Every one seems to be a choice between a rock and a hard place. How well did it work Ultimately?

Buy silver and Gold coins :)

Just make sure the first presentation in 2012 will be close enough to the end of the world science fiction convention to allow people to add a day or two to their travel plans and go see it. Maybe 2012 should have a Shakespeare one to end just before worldcon. My vote, MacBeth. I would try out if I spoke Klingonese.

Yeah and the article does not even give details on where it had been at. It would have been nice to have a link like this http://www.cbtheatre.org/CHI-works/KCC2010-CHI/KCC-CHI-2010.htm in the summary.

I do not understand comments like these. I have no reason to dislike him as a person from what I know of his personal life, but lets face it, I do not really know the guy. Hes not my neighbor. I love the professional work he does. There does seem to be allot of FUD attached to his person mainly due to people wanting to discredit him. I find people who believe it do not look deeply into whatever issue is involved.

Yes. This is pretty significant. I wonder if there are any viruses that can effect them. Read about the Hershey–Chase experiment if you want to see how significant this is https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Hershey%E2%80%93Chase_experiment

What about CO2 emissions per square kilometer, I would prefer that metric used rather than encouraging over population.

Now this is real important. PROTECT MY BALLS! Lets fighting love....Lets fighting love....

Great. Now I don't have mod points. I would like to mod this awesome.

I would like to add that elections are very expensive endeavours. E-voting does have some cost cutting potential if we can find something that is reliable, standard, open source, tamperproof, etc. I actually do not understand why primaries are paid for with public funds (outside of the occasional non party picking thing added to it like amendments or filling a vacancy).

Yes and id cards fail if they are lost or damaged. Biometrics is fine as long as it is used properly. It should be used like an id. By and large when you use your drivers license a human is taking a look at it. Similarly there should be a human in the chain for any biometric check (invalidating things like the gummi). The biometrics should get updated on a regular basis like a drivers license or state id and you should be able to get new ones taken if the the old ones are damaged. Also face and voice recognition are not necessarily so easily damaged (sick or grow a beard). Many rely on factors that are not so easily visible in a human type of way. So for day to day face and voice are used with a human present and you are good. If you have problems you go down to the secretary of states office and use your retinal and fingerprint to identify and then redo your voice and face (in front of a human of course). These systems can work but they are just a convenience (no wallet needed) not a way of removing humans from the equation.

"The news also prompted developer Anil Dash to call for an open alternative to the Mac App Store." Yes. Lets call it something like macports or fink. Those would be good names.

It was just a dream Bender, there's no such thing as two.