Except the core of the issue here isn't with GPS....but with a map. Specifically, the flawed Apple Map. They looked at where the map indicated the city was (which was way off where it actually is), and attempted to navigate their way there through actual roadways.

That story talks about observers from the developing world, with very different circumstances for them back home. What about the observers from more developed nations?

I recall that several countries wanted to send election monitors to oversee the vote, and that at least one Republican AG was trying to prevent that happening. What happened with that?

A paperless office means more conservation of trees?

The sad thing is, there are going to be dozens of people reading your post whose first console was a PS1, who won't understand the joke you're making, and will take that as a serious reason to suggest the Wii U is weaker.

This is 2012, not 2006. We're not talking about the storage of the Wii, we're talking about the storage of the Wii U. So again...what makes you suggest they're not using a NAND flash memory based SSD here with the Wii U, which would have none of the kinds of speed problems you're talking about? In fact, it'd be significantly faster than the HDD's in the PS3 and 360, that's why they use them as boot drives in PC's.

What makes you say the internal memory isn't a SSD? Solid-state drives are generally made using NAND flash memory. When they say a "flash drive", that's exactly what they mean.

Might I ask what makes you think it won't be superior to the current generation of consoles? The HDD, I'll grant you, has significantly less space (though the fact it's a solid state drive does have a lot to do with that), but going by the spec sheets I'd estimate the WiiU is at least 1.5x the power of the PS3, probably much more (though I doubt we'll see all that power actually utilized in the launch titles). I mean seriously now, suggesting that it's not more powerful than the opposition is simply laughable. The RAM alone is way beyond what any of the current generation of consoles has.

Nintendo has said no such thing. Care to provide a citation for this load of bull?

I can't help be amused at this post. People have spent years attacking Nintendo for its console not being powerful enough. Now it builds the more powerful console people have demanded, one that should serve it well into this next console generation....and people attack it for being too powerful, and talk about how you can still have great game experiences with a less powerful console? Now where have I heard that argument before....oh yeah, that's exactly what Nintendo fans have been saying for years as people have continued to attack them. There's just no satisfying you guys, is there? Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

You haven't seen ads for a long time? I'd honestly be greatly surprised by that. Sure, you might avoid TV ads easily enough, but what about billboards and posters? The only way to not see ads ever is to never leave your house.

Many marketers may look at consumers as sheep, but there's also a great many who look at consumers as being cognitive actors with free will. From their perspective, advertising is about persuading you to make that purchase, and giving you the information you'd need to make that purchase decision. In my experience, people who deny that advertising has any effect over them tend to be those who have been influenced most greatly by advertising at a sub-conscious level. I feel a far more effective strategy is an introspective one, acknowledging that advertising has an influence over me. In acknowledging that, and through analysis of my own purchase motivations and intentions, I can become aware of how I'm being influenced by an ad, and thus actively reduce the influence that ad has over me (and inoculate myself to some extent against future uses of that same technique in other ads). Full disclosure: I am a PhD student in consumer behaviour, and have worked as a TA in undergrad marketing and advertising courses. I don't buy into the consumers as sheep arguments myself.