Ballmer works at Mercedes?

Tesla could do what Lexus did, and focus on customer service. Besides, they already have a head-start...

When big established manufacturers (Think Honda, Toyota, GM and Ford) build electric vehicles, prices are bound to come down. Even more so when patents on battery technologies expire / gas prices get higher. Until then, Hybrids are the best compromise.

Meanwhile, government agencies use the same exploit without any fear of retaliation (even buys them with your money)

http://www.wsws.org/en/article...

No I don't want hybrid drives. I'm on my third year on my OCZ Agility2. In the same time 3 1TB spinning drives have developed bad sectors. I'll keep them separate...

(I like your controller idea, kinda similar to what Intel does on newer chipsets)

but the SSD will wipe the floor with the HDD. That's why you install one smallish SSD for OS and APPS, and a big HDD for data and such

Tape is far from dead...

Try one... Even the crappiest SSD will be much faster than a standard HDD. OS will be smoother, apps will load faster, swap will be faster.

Yup... Public mobile had everything unlimited for 35$/month, were bought by Telus, and guess what? no more unlimited and a pathetic data quota for 45$...

Your argument is silly because it completely discounts cost of living.

I live in Boston, and rent is just one portion of your expenditure. Taxes, childcare, private schools, parking, and even your average restaurant bill are all significantly higher. This winter, I paid more to shovel after one storm in Boston than my friends did to have someone shovel all winter in Cleveland.

My salary would get me a middle class living in Boston or SFO, a lower middle class living in NYC, and an affluent upper middle class living in most of the midwest.

Blanket statements that anything about X makes you rich (or super rich) is plain ridiculous. Heck, I'm in NYC as I'm typing this and I'm pretty sure you'd get a shoebox for $1500.

Did they lay new fiber, or stopped throttling because Netflix paid?

That is the airlines problem.

The more workarounds a person finds for not travelling (calls, emails, etc.) the less the cost to the ticket buying company; assuming they manage to keep productivity the same.

Reviving means repairing, replacing caps and other components. (which I haven't have to do on my Nintendos and C64s)

This is really turning out as another reddit forum

"as well as additional modern graphics modes"

Then it's *NOT* a C64.

At my home, along with a Koala Pad tablet