Except there is no injunction against the Nexus, just the Tab 10.1 (the old version noone sells anymore). The Nexus was cleared for US sale last week. This is not only overreaching but blatantly fraudulent. Samsung needs to get their lawyers warmed up.

This is their launch-return vehicle, they're obviously not going to sit in something the size of a small minivan for 6 months on the way to Mars or an asteroid (unless its Apophis or something similar). The idea is they take this to orbit, dock with a spacecraft assembled in space, then go to wherever they want to go (eventually). The shuttle was always a boondoggle, the only reason it had the configuration it did was to return things from orbit, which it almost never did. They had to build a much less efficient reentry platform for that purpose, and even when reusable most of the external components weren't. A conical shape like this is very cheap since it's single use, there is no reason you cant salvage internal components if you want either.

The Russians have been using designs like this for over 50 years and their manned space program is TONS cheaper than ours, and you cant say that they cut safety corners to save money since their record over the last 20 years is FAR better.

It's amazing to me how many people don't read the post they're commenting on. Considering I specifically mentioned Apple, which to my knowledge hasn't produced a gaming console in the last decade, I don't think Xbox 360 applies.

But hey, if you want to go there, how many first gen xbox 360s do you think are still out there? I suppose that making people buy 2-3 replacements for the same hardware is a good way to drive sales.

Remember what happened the last time Microsoft tried to compete with Apple hardware by themselves. I predict this hitting the market with the giant *THUD* usually associated with MS products.

The story is #1 on reddit right now, I bet that's the main reason why those sites are down. Side note: apparently someone uploaded a copy of the comic to FunnyJunk. Keeping up the classiness, the admins there are currently forcing it's rating down to keep it off the front page.

Anyone that wants to see 1997 Kate Winslet's bosom in 3-D. Don't lie, you're tempted...

Yeah this year they didn't spam out fake stories, everything today was real. Honestly I'm a bit disapointed.

WTF? It's 4/1, it's not allowed to have real news on 4/1!

if you want things the way they were you can always just turn Metro off...

And with antics like this we all know it's going to be Obama, so why spend alot of time conversing about the crazy?

Gateway tried this in the early 00s, I was working tech support for them at the time, later on their business unit (MPC) tried it again. The first time Gateway tried it they almost immediately stopped the Assigned Tech stuff and went with an instant access queue, which they again killed off about 6 months later. Neither company really exists anymore (MPC folded over 3 years ago and Gateway exists in name only).

Really HP when you get involved in commodities you either need to produce enough cheap enough to make a profit or you need to get out of the game, there really aren't a lot of alternatives here.