I must be missing something about this... I mean, when I was in an airport overseas, and they started to go through my check luggage as part of standard security, my knee-jerk reaction at first was to be a bit freaked. But after 30 seconds of thought I realized that this was GOOD. They were HAND SEARCHING luggage! Plus scanning it. No bombs on that plane! So why do people care about scanners? Is it some kind of weird prudish thing? Or do the scanners do some harm? I'm happy to fly nude. I'll know the chance of someone having a weapon is pretty small!

I don't understand... What's the difference between the heavy equipment operators with free electrons, and those without?

What about Pathways into Darkness? 1993, Mac, also by bungie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathways_into_Darkness

Yes! Finally! Someone gets it! The power users are going to want their own stuff, and they're picky about it. It's hard to make a mouse that all power users will like. Look at Logitech and Microsoft's offerings! And don't even start on gaming mice. It's easy, however, to design a basic mouse that a hamster can learn to use. Apple Puck notwithstanding. :-)

I'm soooo tired of the multi-versus-one-button mouse debate. Apple debuted the very first commercial, widely available mouse. They chose to have one button over however many the original Xerox PARC mouse had for a very good reason. Getting people to reach out and move a mouse and push a button was a HUGE paradigm shift. If you weren't there and don't remember this era, you don't get an opinion, BTW. :-) Anyway, it was an extremely valid design choice for the first macs. It does seem that Apple stuck to this for WAY too long, refusing to even offer a multi-button option of their own. But, there is something to be said for the design from the point of view of first-time users, even into the 90s. Remember, a lot of people were buying their FIRST computer in these decades. Ok, so, now apple ships multi-button mice. And I will STILL replace them with 8-button logitech devices. But my grandmother won't. Lowest common denominator, people. Now, if Apple would just give me a multitouch pad for my computer.... Can we please never speak of Apple and one-button mice again? Please? You must be at least 35 years old to have an opinion on this subject.

well, they're not technically dead either...

Good luck, Steve. Get well.

Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes....