What ever became of this tablet? It was so hyped this time last year and would still seem to be the most feature-rich of all the tablets with its transflective display, 185 degree swivel camera, full HDMI, etc.

Denver PD has been having their share of publicity problems lately but this is ridiculous. What's next, detonating the toy department at Walmart?

As is UMN's MapServer, with a fully open source (GPL-like) license. http://mapserver.org/

For a nice and robust GPL'd mapping client that can pull data from MapServer, as well as many other sources, see QGis. http://www.qgis.org/

For a full-featured GIS agent with GPL'd license that can also pull date from MapServer see GRASS. http://grass.osgeo.org/

Another cool open source geographical application is PostGIS, a spatial data server for PostgreSQL that interfaces with all of the above. http://postgis.refractions.net/

Assuming you're referring to ESRI, (Environment Systems Research Institute), labeling them the 'top GIS company' is highly subjective. There are IMO many better platforms out there, open source included (see GRASS and/or QGIS). They just were lucky enough to secure some significant clients early on (USGS, USFS, USFWS, USDoI, DoD, NGS, etc.), which it turn forced all their subcontractors to adopt the same platform. Their software is bloated, cumbersome, about a decade behind emerging technologies, i.e., like Google Earth, and has a very closed architecture when it comes to integration.

And yet China continues to be a preferred trade partner to the "free" world. What the hell does this even mean anymore? They poison our children with first lead, then cadmium laced jewellery, they hack our networks an infest them with malware/spyware, force labor upon their own children, yet they are our "friends" because we can buy their crap for cheap and sell it at Walmart.

Isn't it time to reevaluate our trade partner status with this country that is set on deceiving us with every opportunity they get?

It is far past time to stop free trade agreements with countries of repressive governments. They are destroying the economies of the rest of the world.

One of the most spiritually uplifting documentaries I have ever seen, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, by Judy Irving, shows in great hilarity one of the films stars, Connor, a Red Crown Conure, dancing to the music of Mark Bitner, the main character and un-official steward of Telegraph Hill's wild parrot population. An absolute must see film, at least if you like movies that leave you feeling good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBDqwkgjW6g

http://www.wildparrotsfilm.com/

LL is selling a 'gaming experience', not photos and particularly not of photos of TM products. 2nd, I would think some element of 'fair use' would come into play here. At what point will park bench designers, fashion designers, civil engineers, etc., not want a piece of LL's profits? I see a USSC ruling all over this one. Perhaps even a constitutional amendment addressing virtual worlds.

Since many folks use their usb devices as backup media, it should be noted since fat32 has a file size limitation of about 4gb, fat32 is not an option if you wish to use MS Backup utility to create backup images larger than that.