In order of preference - Acer Iconia, Color Nook, Sylvania something, iPad. Samsung Galaxy II is on sale Black Friday -- might buy that. All except iPad have miniSD slots, USB. Iconia and Samsung have HDMI for videos.

Android. Find specs first. I like the Nook. It fits in a large pocket; handle keeps hand from getting tired. Can be rooted, but as is, is stuck with B&N store with Android 2.2, has no camera. Good for reading. Easy to load books from store or computer. Convert formats with Calibre software. Plenty of Color Nook tablets on sale on the Internets - first version is OK.

European DSL can be as fast as 40Mbps. In rural France, ours was around 15Mbpa, and very cheap.

He'll never be able to call the Car Guys again!

They should call him or friend him on Facebook.

What at the Smithsonian is cooler than MacCready's 'working' model of a Pteranodon---Quetzalcoatlus northropi--that flew by remote control. He was a navy pilot who became intrigued with gliders, and invented a human powered aircraft [Gossamer Condor] and solar powered aircrafts.

Uh, oh. Did MacCready's Quetzalcoatlus give birth to today's fighter drones?

Richard Feynman:

http://buffman.net/ebooks/Richard_P_Feynman-Surely_Youre_Joking_Mr_Feynman_v5.pdf

Safari put the refresh "button" on the right of the address field. It was stupid then, and stupid now. I can Customize buttons where I want in Firefox.

They're going to change that???? Chrome doesn't have a customize feature for the toolbar, does it? Maybe it might if I log in, but don't want to do that.

I like beer too.

It's pointless to create a unified look and feel that works exactly the same on a cell phone and a 24-inch display. Not possible. Not necessary.

Of course, this may be a way to keep people working instead of firing them. But why not simply call it a jobs program?

It's gotten to the point where Firefox or Thunderbird tell me there's a new upgrade that I say "NO!"

Works fine for me. The thing I don't understand is why a coder would think it's a good idea to keep changing common keyboard commands. Idiots!

If Mozilla wants Firefox to be more like Chrome, they really need to build daily multiple crashes into it. Seems like just when I'm in the middle of reading, searching, watching something in Chrome, a tab, multiple tabs, window, windows become unresponsive, then shut down. Only issue is that it stopped displaying PDFs in the browser with one of the last releases. No devolution for Firefox!

I like SeaMonkey. I hope they don't "FIX" it. It's very good as it is.

Better idea is to use ALL of the GMO Corn and Soybeans for fuel until it's used up, so people and animals won't have to eat food that makes them sick. By the time the GMO crops are gone, we'll have enough honeybees to fertilize the crops.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

How long does it take to DL 200GB on basic DSL? All month?

HAHAHAHA

Copyright laws, as they exist in the US and western Europe, don't encourage invention or writing because the term is much too long.

By the time a life + 70 or 95 year copyright term is over, the creators will be in no position to invent or write anything else, unless they've invented a way to live an extra 100 years. The copyright laws will not protect them after they die. Heirs and distributors won't continue with the progress. The laws need to be reconsidered, and written so that invention and creativity are rewarded, and the general public isn't ripped off, espcially after those authors and inventors die.

Patents, which can result in greater economic rewards, are protected for around 20 years. Copyright law needs to be more in line with patent protection, to encourage progress.

Too busy lying about all the engineers that US companies can't find because they're only looking in India and China, not in the US.

What's wrong with today's copyright laws? Almost everything. Copyrights don't serve the creators/inventors by having limited duration to encourage progress. They don't benefit end users since censorship and threats don't encourage progress. Copyrights are wrongly held by distributors, moneyed interestes and heirs, not creators, and don't encourage progress.

Article I Section 8 Clause 8: "...To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;..."

All copyright laws need to be void. Start over and protect authors and inventors with EXCLUSIVE right to their writings and discoveries. All other permutation of copyright law are detrimental to progress.