i think i spent about $500 on a 10gb model, once.

I'm a little surprised that they don't accept the rewards cards.

Why not have it randomly select a Starbucks store ID from the POS every time it processes a transaction at that location?

I've implemented a similar solution for one of my web apps.
It encrypts the data in the client with a password that they provide before it gets sent to the server. The client also decrypts the value when it receives it from the server.
The password is kept in LocalStorage (a feature of HTML5) so that it is never transmitted to the server.
Assuming the client application is not compromised, this is a great way to keep data secret even from the service operator.

Unfortunately, you won't see this scheme implemented in many apps because almost everyone's business model these days is all about scraping your data for use by advertisers.

Yes, but how will Diebold's Visual Basic programmers deal with this kludge of non-MS technology?

That these devices are necessary to begin with.

Mavericks is the worst version of Mac OS since 9.1.

The PS4 has a system similar to the Kinect on the PS4; the difference being that Sony's peripheral is optional.

One advantage of Microsoft standardizing on the metro interface is that popups and dialogues will become a thing of the past.

Technically, target="_blank" is deprecated as-of HTML 5.

And why can't he put them on Wake on LAN and only power up and do builds on-demand?

He wants to find a Canadian company that will, on an annually recurring basis, shift all the hydro expenses from one utility account to said company's utility account.

This is such a specific ask that I doubt it will be successful.

He needs to do something like a Kickstarter campaign or just accept donations. It's not difficult to setup a not-for-profit in Canada such that your tax implications would be negligible (if anything). The whole thing is considered an R&D expense, anyway, if he wanted to go the for-profit route. If anything, he'd receive a tax credit for it if he booked it on his personal or small business expenses.

Must... reopen... Dell financing account.

I wish I had points to mod up your MGS 2 reference.

I'm still waiting for remote controlled soldier's like in MGS 4.

Just sayin'.

What's the point of trying to leverage Android or any of Google's products if they're going to try to compete against you in every market on their own turf?

AirPlay already does this. The standard seems open enough that there are many 3rd party apps that I use which can broadcast to the AppleTV. Plus, it has all the infrastructure, updates, and support of Apple.

$160,000 for this project? Am I missing something?