Amazon is a disruptive service/business having forced traditional publishing to reluctantly evolve and as a result has itself grown extremely successful. Continuing to look for ways to change and adapt (not just itself but the industry) seems only natural. Although this particular proposal of a pricing model may not be the next great evolution I still believe that it is entirely valid to re-examine the future of publishing models.

Lack of a slide out keyboard option has been my pet peev since HTC (which I feel made their mark with this feature) also began to give them up. The stats in my opinion bare out that supply and demand for this option are out of whack. I'll keep searching for a good new phone with slide out keyboards until the direct neural link is finally available. Jack me in baby.

Presuming someone is a Muslin or an "ignorant atheist" doesn't sound ignorant or perhaps discriminatory? Just asking, I don't want to be your next target.

Due to the great advances in technology and the continuing reduction in cost of these technologies, what were previously "dumb" devices are now extremely sophisticated computers doing specialized tasks but they are not limited to these specialized task or to being used in the manner they were conceived for. As such almost all modern device from cameras to mp3 players can be re-purposed as digital "snitches". This is often true even if the device was not design or envisioned to so from the beginning or had countermeasures to inhibit the use of the device in that way. Such sophisticated devices can be reprogrammed or "hacked". Just accept this as true and if you can't due the research and enlighten yourself. So the only practical recourse is accept it and be careful if you have a good reason to believe your data is incriminating to you. Assume all devices have vulnerabilities or use paper instead and hope everyone has forgotten how to read that way.

There is plenty of misinformation, exaggeration and also ignorance about the potential threat of CMEs and other solar events. Many have justly referred to the Carrington but because it occurred during a time in human civilization when we were not at all "dependent" on electrical infrastructure and computers it is hard to infer the current danger of such a thing. It is sobering to note that although it is hard to predict what would happen in our time if such an event were to occur, it is an obviously safe conclusion to make that such an event might occur again.

Although this information is interesting, unless someone does a survey or purchase poll it is difficult to infer why chrome is doing as well as it is. Since iPads are more expensive on average it would be difficult to control for price selection to determine any other user preference bias.