All my non-geeky friends have micros sd cards in their android phones - when they buy a phone, the sales persons says they need it and they get it. And the sales person is mostly truthful for a change.

first, google gdp vs stock market.

Then google stock market returns.

Then google doubling time of money.

Then google stock market returns in the last 12 months.

While the economy may not be super strong, the stock market has been doing quote well recently. 14% for the S&P 500 the past 12 months. At 10%/yr you will make over 400% on your investment in 25 years.

yep..and a $20k pool adds about $5K to the resale value of the house....

Solar panels started being deployed in the 70s. They all still work and were expected to give 10 years service.

All of them? Every single one installed in the 70s?

Almost "why bother?", considering how inexpensive the commercial models have become.

Even with gov't subsidies, you are looking at a 15 year ROI - you think that is why bother?

This is why companies (and I'm sure Verizon does) have ethics training that employees must complete as part of our employment with our companies. This is the exact situation they do this for. They show that they trained the employees not to do crap like this, so that when an idiot employee does, they are less, or not, liable.

So neither Apple nor Samsung nor microsoft invented NFC...

Noise cancelling is licensed from Audience...

But Apples superior screen resolution is a revolutionary feat by Apple, and not simply sourcing a high resolution display form whatever non-Apple company makes them?

You don't have time to follow sports, but you have time to model "information from 5242 games played during the 2011-2012 season".

You could be honest and just say you don't really care, but get involved in the playoffs because everyone else is talking about it.

I'm guessing your level 80 warlock probably doesn't 'have time' either. :)

If they can't understand a sorted listview with the process names and information organized in columns, how the hell is nesting the processes in a treeview going to make it any easier for them to understand?

So should all our filemanagers look like this?

Filename Parent Directory GrandParent Directory
test.exe \test c:\

or is the nested model that explorer, nautilus and most other filemanagers use more intuitive and easier to understand? I mean it's just a sorted listbox - why not use it for everything?

because there are many uses for the iPad other than Kindle, youtube netflix etc?

Why do you think they can't and won't tweak the technology to scan gestures from a chair position?

They do have these things called wide angle lenses.

the problem is the new system is just as much bullshit as the last.

From the summary:

                Although it is unknown what, if anything, will replace the color-coded alerts

So although it is unknown if the old system will be replaced, the new system (which doesn't exist) is bullshit?

Wouldn't this be where RICO laws come into play

No.

To explain further, RICO is a law in the United States, and this occurred in the UK.