Last I heard, it cost around $20k/kg to lift cargo to orbit. Add in the extra weight of beans vs instant, and the world will finally see (albeit from a distance) coffee even more overpriced than Starbucks'.

He must be American. Americans have no word for footpath because they drive everywhere.

But normal TVs give the appearance of 3D just as well, without the stupid glasses or headaches.
Neither TV is truly 3D (holographic), one just adds stereoscopic vision to the other depth cues.

3D would be more useful in still photos, where important motion cues are missing, yet 3D still cameras are still seen as a gimmick.

Not only does 3D have some utility, but most of the time you just turn it off and it does no harm. You can't turn off the curvature of your silly new curved TV.

Even audio-freq headphones and line-level cables use shielded cable.
Its only for speakers where wire does not matter - so long as the impedance is low compared to the speaker, hence the coat-hanger theoretical example.
Of course the comparison in only in sound quality. There are mechanical disadvantages.

Most of Apple's money is from hardware. $3G is many months gross revenue from iTunes.

Did I what!? Welcome to slashdot, BTW.

OK, I did read a bit, but it was so stupid I had to stop. Terrible assumptions. I hope TFA does not accurately reflect the study.

In other news, it is often assumed that men are natural drivers, but if women practice motor racing, their brain is rewired to improve performance. Duh!

I wouldn't say "nothing". US taxpayers have long been propping up Israel to the tune of $billions per year.

The government has no money. It was paid half by taxpayers, and half by US-bond holders.

But yes, kind of obvious. We used to call it bonding.

Yuck. I mean, each to his own.
Tomato, BTW is naturally loaded with glutamate.

That depends what you mean by "need". I once made bread and forgot the salt. Edible, but surprisingly unpleasant, not just bland.
I suppose you could get used to it, but why? Moderation can be both healthy and tasty.
The problem is very high salt levels in processed and take-away food, not the half-teaspoon added to the pot at home.

Isn't that for iodine, rather than sodium?

It is not added sodium. Adding MSG to food reduces the need for common salt. So you should end up with less sodium.
As for those people who bury their meal in salt before even tasting it, well, they deserve a heart attack.

It's not the headphones they want. Jonathan Ive is retiring and they are recruiting Dr Dre to take his place.

Looking at the spec's: a 60 kWHr battery! With that plugged into my house and an array of photovoltaics on the roof, I can tell the electric authority to go **** themselves. (In Western Australia we pay 26c/kWHr, despite having massive natural gas and coal reserves locally. Plus supply charge.)

Figuring that in the Tesla does not look quite so expensive. And as a bonus I can look down on all those carbon-polluting Prius drivers.
So the question: will they allow me to use the Tesla battery while parked, or will that kill the battery as surely as my 8-year warranty?

It is also "World record Post-it Note sales" day.

Amazing. Oh well, at least we don't have that crap here in Australia.

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a donkey loaded with pirated DVDs. Of course the latency is a kicker.