<quote><p>... a Netra (which has friggin DC power input... I don't even know what I'm supposed to do with that), ...</p></quote>

Naturally, the netra is a firewall designed to live on telecom datacenter or central office battery power - 48 volts DC.

I have a couple of DLT SCSI tape drives and a mess o' tapes, too. "Up to" 40GB doesn't seem like so much capacity now.

1) You can cancel the TV portion of UVerse but it's cheap enough in the package that it's just as easy to keep it.
2) It's not SBC. It's at&t.

I think you'll find that the UVerse Internet + VoIP phone is cheaper and faster than aDSL + POTS phone.

You're subscribing to BOTH UVerse TV and Comcast and you think you can live with none? Whatever.

These days the good stuff like "Breaking Bad" and "Justified" is on the basic cable's AMC and USA networks, so OTA isn't going to cut it but I guess the torrent cloud would have those.

When I recently had an appointment for CableCARD adds to my newly acquired Tivo Series 3. Comcast robo-called me incessantly! I work from home on a business line and didn't need the literally 4 robo calls reminding me I had an appointment tomorrow.

I finally called 800-Comcast and waited the 20 minutes to talk to a human.

"Sir, those are automated calls. We didn't call you." (Doh!)
If i get ONE MORE CALL not only will I cancel the appointment, I WILL CANCEL MY SERVICE!
"I will note that."

The result is my phone never rang again - not even when the tech came, where they usually call to tell you he's on the way.

Am I wrong or doesn't the "Available New and Used from $nn from these..." Marketplace Sellers listing still work when Amazon themselves won't stock the book?

There's still a very competitive new and used book marketplace,.

I know. Not for ebooks.

Of course, if the "masterplan" was thwarted and Apple didn't release new products every year it would be, "What's up with Apple! The iXxxxxxx hasn't been updated in OVER A YEAR! C'Mon! Competitor nnnnn just brought out the Nnnnnn iXxxxxx-killer and Apple didn't answer! The iXxxxx is getting very old in the tooth."

Here's the newsflash: NOBODY needs this week's model lest they starve,

As for loyalty, I've been a loyal gas, water and electricity user my whole life but the utilities still don't seem to want to give me a break. I'm going to call and write nasty emails and letters and let them know I will NOT STAND FOR IT!

Oh, joy.

Now when Microsoft ends support for Windows 2005, you can upgrade for $400, plus $250,000 for the extra 4GB of DASD it requires.

There will be 4 million who have portable TVs that are in no way likely to work well with digital converter boxes. I keep thinking about people working in kiosks, stores, trucks, RVs, and newsstands...and yeah, a lot of poor and elderly people with 13" TVs.