Screw you. If this is an April Fools joke, go back to OMG PWNIES. If you're rolling this out for good, seeya.

Maybe that's over on beta?

You're not limited to one vendor of material. Some printers support different kinds of material, and I seem to remember seeing something (on slashdot?) with a way of making your own filament from chopped up plastic bottles.

Almost. As a parent, I'm the customer since I'm the one buying and paying for it. My daughter is the consumer, since she's the one that wants the bear/ipod/minecraft shirt

Copayments are more likely to get you to go to the doctor/dentist on a regular basis for checkups and equalize the price in services from differing providers. You can go where you like (in general) and still pay the same price. How many people are driving around in vehicles that should have had the oil changed thousands of miles ago? Money spent on preventative medicine (including regular checkups) has a massive return.

You need 4 devices, I can use 1.

(ok, so I really have 4+ as well, but I could and usually do collapse down to 1 or 2, usually the nexus 7 and my cell phone)

I got a cover for it, so it's pretty easy to tell which side is up. And even then, Android is pretty good at screen rotation, even if upside down.

The reasons I upgraded were pretty simple, but two best reasons are that the new one has T-Mobile LTE on it (the old one was Wifi only) and I bought both for less than the cost of a comparable iPad (even mini).

I need to think more before posting. My wife has the iPad mini (not the air, though I understand they have the same size). Anyway, the mini is too wide to easily hold in one hand for reading in bed/bus/car/anywhere. The Nexus is about the largest I'd want to go for something I'm going to be using for hours at a time.

What do you think my 2012 Nexus is going to be doing?

Oh, and I'm biased because I've been using Android since the OG Droid, on my 4th Android phone now.

But I have both an iPad and a Nexus 7, both new as of about 6 months ago. The Nexus is getting a lot more use by me on a day-to-day basis because it's the form factor of a kindle, fits in my jacket pocket and is easy to hold, read, and play games on.

The iPad is mostly collecting dust unless I want to watch Netflix, TiVo, or Amazon Prime videos on it. It's a much larger screen but it makes it a bit unwieldy to easily hold. My wife has the air. I think it's still a bit too wide to easily carry with you, but she likes it.

As for the Surface tablets, I finally got a good chance to look at them last week. They're much bulkier than I was expecting.

Nobody else in /. is reading this and I'm done humoring you. You clearly have no idea how modern economies work and instead rely on throwing your ideas against the wall to see what sticks ('gun-backed!..I mean...The US government only accepts US dollars!...nowait...Petrodollars!'). And none of it does. So frankly I don't care what other ideas you have and want to try throwing. If you think that means you win by default because I give up, then I'll admit it. You win.

Except I still have a decent understanding of how the US economy works and you haven't been able to retute any of my specific points, and you're still rather ignorant. So who really won?

I must say, your lack of intellect is truly stunning.

Only if she uses the safeword.