I'm not saying Thelma & Louise is good, just that it's tough to make a sequel to a movie that ends with the protagonists flying off a cliff in a '65 T-Bird.

'Fess up, you cheered at that part, didn't you?

Sorry, had to be said. And I do have a bad feeling about this. I mean, if ever a movie cried out to not be sequalized, it's Blade Runner. And Casablanca. And Bonnie and Clyde. And Thelma and Louise....

And they kill thousands of innocent non-combatants every year, and have been banned by most civilized nations--not including the US of A, sadly. So if your point is that land mines demonstrate what a horrible idea autonomous killer robots is, I agree.

I'm not sure they should dump everything else, but limiting Playstation compatibility to only Sony mobile products is ridiculous. Apple doesn't even try to get away with that much these days, Sony's just shooting themselves in the foot.

Looks like summer around here.

Heh, I clicked your link, then wasted some time there, which led me to this: http://xkcd.com/301/

I haven't been paying close attention, but I believe IE's use has dropped pretty hard. I wouldn't say Chrome has just been sniping Firefox.

Regardless, FF is still the most configurable browser I know of. I like Chrome, but FF has plug-ins that give it superpowers Chrome still can't match. And THAT is Firefox's raison d'etre.

Dammit, where'd my mod points go?

Well played, Mr. Malignant!

Not completely dead, but a brand new set of batteries would last for about 10 pics. Because they used crap components. Granted, these weren't high-end cameras, but when you drop $150 on a camera it's not unreasonable to expect it to work if you take decent care of it. My phone takes decent pictures and, more importantly, still works, so I'm done with buying cameras until I'm ready for an SLR.

I see. Actually, everyone, including active people, has a 100% risk of death. What the study found was a lower mortality rate among joggers over a 12 year period. Before we mock the OP, note that he quoted that directly from the LA Times. The LA Times Science section. Contemporary science journamalism, gotta love it.

Siberian Tiger.

Dude, your sarcasm detector needs some work. I know one shouldn't do sarcasm on the intertubes, but I figured "been in the news for fricking ever" made it kind of obvious.

He was obviously speaking off the cuff. One can't expect a sitting governor to have given any prior thought to controversial public health issues that have been in the news for fricking ever.

It's not Harvard, but has a reputation as tough if slightly unconventional college. I didn't know Jobs went there, but I'm not surprised at all. Aside from that , pretty much agree with your comparison.

...or a great distraction. Not too surprising that handing a kid a tablet and turning him loose doesn't work out too well, but what do I know, I've only work in educational IT for 20 years. A properly supported computer (don't try to make teachers into sys admins) supervised by a properly trained teacher can be very useful in a classroom setting. But training and support are expensive and unsexy, so who the hell wants that?