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Apple Orders 10 Million Tablets? 221

Arvisp writes "According to a blog post by former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee, Apple plans to produce nearly 10 million tablets in the still-unannounced product's first year. If Lee's blog post is to be believed, Apple plans to sell nearly twice as many tablets as it did iPhones in the product's first year."

Comment Re:Why iPhone Specific? (Score 1) 293

Some of us deposit many checks on a regular basis. It's either this or mail them in (at least USAA provides postage paid, pre-addressed envelopes for this free of charge as well). Or if you went to another bank, you could go to an ATM or a local branch, but then you have to log off of Warcraft for long enough to drive/walk somewhere, and who *knows* what kind of loot you might have missed out on! Besides, that Hodir rep doesn't farm itself. ;-)

Comment Re:Checks (Score 2, Interesting) 293

Renters generally still pay their rent with checks. That and the occasional random bill from a service company that you get through the mail. Checks still have their place, although I generally pay everything online these days.

Comment I use it to cash rent checks (Score 1) 293

Well, their Deposit@Home feature, which allows you to use a scanner to scan them in. Only works in Internet Exploder 32 bit version, which is annoying. But USAA is by far the best bank out there, frequently topping Four Seasons for the best customer service available. I don't have an iPhone, but this is a natural extension to their Depost@Home feature.

Comment Re:Cities breed misplaced self-righteousness (Score 1) 856

Actually, this is 100% wrong. The right of way has nothing to do with the size of the vehicle, but rather their propulsion methods (sails above motors above seaplanes for example) and how they meet (overtaking, crossing, etc). If an oil tanker runs over a sailboat, there are going to be a lot of very rich relatives of the owners of the sailboat.

Comment Re:Here's a thought... (Score 2, Interesting) 856

Again, for the 100th time, you misread the bicycledriving.org law. It says if the bike lanes exist, bikes have to ride in them. IT DOES NOT SAY IF THEY DON'T EXIST THAT THEY CAN'T BE ON THE ROAD. Get that through your thick head. You are wrong. Bike *are* allowed on the road throughout the states even if there isn't a bike lane.

Comment Re:Here's a thought... (Score 1) 856

He's Canadian, and should have his license revoked for not knowing the rules of the road. He even posted them, misinterpreting the provision that said "if a bike lane exists, the bike shall ride in the bike lane" as "if there isn't a bike lane, bikes are prohibited." But yeah, he's clueless about the rules of the road.

Comment Re:Better than a tail light? (Score 2, Informative) 856

There is always a bike lane, even if it's not painted. It's a bubble around the bikers 3' past the handlebars. That is the room cars are legally required to give a biker on the road (at least according to MN rules). This just helps the car visualize where they are legally REQUIRED to avoid. Bikers are allowed on the roads. They have just as much right to using a lane as a car, no matter how much it bugs you or you think it's wrong. I know cars hate following the rules of the road (speeding all the time, rolling through stop signs), but at least you can try to respect the ones that allow bikers their 3' bubble. Is that too much to ask?

Comment Re:Dangerous and Stupid (Score 1) 424

He should have asked the thief's address and promised to send him the reward money of $500 to it as soon as he can get to an ATM machine. Then when he had the address in hand, he should have left with the joke: "How do you keep an asshole in suspense?" ... Problem is, I never think of good lines like that during the moment. It's always "I shoulda done that..."

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