What "older iPads" had 3.5" screens? Did you mean iPhone?

I managed a boardwalk arcade down the shore one summer in my late teens. Hard Drivin was one of the games in there and was awesome to have the keys to :)

2nd world is (was) the Communist bloc.

I don't run any Microsoft OSes in my home, but I do own stock in Microsoft. Because I do not care for a company doesn't mean it doesn't make money, and Microsoft still has a strong presence in the enterprise market.

Maybe they could get around to putting the series up on Netflix so that the rest of the world, other than hardcore scifi nerds, will get a chance to view it and be ready for when it comes to theaters?

I always started in Egypt due to their accessibility of sea, air and land from there. Only won once though, so maybe I'm doing it wrong....

I remember the same thing with Java--reqs demanding five years of Java three years after it first came out.

Well, crap, now I have to post in order to undo a moderation mistake. :(

ObTopic: Sure we could have zillion-mpg cars. Instead of conventional creature comforts, you get new forms of in-car entertainment, like being able to tell what brand of coffee the body panels used to surround.

Netvibes has been a nice drop-in replacement for me.

I buy stuff from Hong Kong on ebay all the time - you can get items shipped from there for $0.00 - $0.99 shipping and handling - sure it takes 7-10 days to show up, but if they can ship that package 1/2 way around the world for $0.99, why does it cost $7.99 - $10.99 to get the same package shipped from 2-3 states away?

...mailman-announce is using it.

with a late '08 MBP - has lasted much longer than I expected it to. Just tossed 8 GB of RAM into it and I expect at least two more years of life out of it.

You're too late. We've been doing that since Carly Fiorina tanked Lucent and HP.

Unappealing, yes (I'm in the throes of it now), but good for job security.

Definitely. Add to that "Quality is Free" by Crosby, and "Peopleware" by DeMarco and Lister.