http://www.pckeyboard.com/

I prefer a mechanical keyboard myself (although with Cherry Blues). The Apple Extended Keyboard 2 (with Alps switches) was pretty good too.

The MBTA - Silver Line (Logan International Airport to South Station) in Boston is like this. Diesel near the airport, then it switches to electric for the last leg of the trip.

The keys are not as nice, but certainly not squishy. The button feel of the 48G is near perfect. The 50G tried too hard to look and feel like a TI calc. The 50G is really sluggish when responding to commands, even after the key timing fix. It will drive you mad at first, until you get used to it. I wish HP would fix this.

I have a 48G and a 50G. I bought the 50G after the 48G took a swan dive out of a third story window. It survived (I doubt the 50G would). But I didn't want to chance losing it. The 48G stays at home and the 50G stays at work now.

Your 48SX is still better. The 50G is certainly a capable calculator, but it's got a lot to live up to. The only calculator ever made that could claim to be better than the HP 48S/SX/G/GX was the HP 15C, and even that is comparing RPN apples to RPN oranges.

I thought the whole idea JMS had, was to not turn B5 into a franchise. I mean, isn't the whole point of a reboot to help milk, oops, I mean revive a dying franchise?

(I really mean milk it for all the cash they can get from the suckers. I was cynical to begin with, but I'm a lot more jaded after watching what J.J. Abrams did to Star Trek).

An example involving a chef. Granted, the chef got sued, not the restaurant.


For variety, here's an example involving a hairstylist.

If that's how they want to play it, the solution is simple. No taxpayer funding.

Wasn't "No taxation without representation" coined in (what became) the Commonwealth?

Um, according to the article you cited, $51K was the median household income in the US in 2013, not the poverty line. FTA: "Those making $23,492 a year for a family of four, or $11,720 for an individual were considered to be living in poverty."

Is that they're "alcoholic, whore-mongering, chain-smoking gamblers."

In further news, the Nevada Gaming Commission claims that the games at the Vegas Casinos are not rigged in the house's favor.

Film at 11.

Would have the Russians suspend all ISS related contracts.

Good for the goose and all.

No. We do not have a shortage. The US has been shedding STEM jobs, not gaining unfilled ones. For almost 3 decades at this point.

There is a vested interest in driving down wages for those few jobs that remain however.

I'd think the batteries would be the problem. Running serious current through the wires should keep them warm even in cold weather. Plus, conductivity should go up with colder temperature.

Now the batteries on the other hand.... Batteries don't hold charge very well in the cold. It's been one of the two big problems for electric cars since the 19th century.

Didn't the Solidoodle come out at $499 years ago? Takes 1.5mm filament on a spool. I'm a little confused by this.

It's a mature technology, and once the newness wore off, it's not a very sexy one. Most research reactors (including the ones at both the Universities I attended) are basically just big tubs of water. And further, they can't really "do" anything.

Who needs a hobby that'll bring the cops, battering down your door?

But if you must build one, check out page 31

What do the kids learn by pressing "print?"