I want my Happy Meal phone!

Wow, that's, uhm, unique. I'd say it was cool, but I couldn't even afford to read through the whole web page... (I did find it amusing - it gave the price in dollars, but mentioned free UK shipping.)

I had this happen to me once... I've got an old iPhone that I let my kids play with, and loaded the latest Angry Birds for them. While it was still downloading, one of my kids went back into the app store (having seen that's where I got stuff from) and while my password was still cached, downloaded a bunch of Star Wars game guides (though we don't have those games - d'oh!). Luckily it wasn't $200 worth (more like $8 or so). So yeah, if a parent allows this to happen, even by accident, it's their own fault.

Impressive. I think I'd have gotten too frustrated to keep using the same chassis.

ICBMs are never "low tech".

Ok, what part of this makes these e-books cost more than the paper version? Most of these are common between the two versions.

Is it the labor and material costs associated with printing? I don't think that the e-book will require more paper and labor than the print version. Is it distribution? Trucking boxloads of paper around is less expensive than spitting electrons down a wire? Advertising? I don't remember seeing special ads for the e-book versions.

Why should the e-book cost more than a paperback?

I'm a bit older than you, when I was in high school the words nerd, geek, and egghead were synonymous.

You ever opened the error console and scrolled down on /.? The amount of needless javascript is hilarious!

Well, I'd be about as ticked off as Steve Woz. Though in his case they simply dismissed it and haven't fixed it.

Exactly, and the scanner in the video had trouble picking identifying his mobile phone.

Is it possible to put an automatic in neutral while it's moving? They have all sorts of interlocks on them.

Of course if it's a manual you can just drop the clutch.

Of course it's news. Who would have ever thought that MS would sink to CHARGING for their software?!?!

I actually got to see the city people out and about with their picks and what-not cleaning the snow out - had never thought about that being needed until a recent storm. The hoods over the lights I saw did have open bottoms. Unfortunately, the snow managed to build up in there anyways, probably not unlike how I had an couple of inches sticking to the side of my car. (That's my own darn fault for not parking in the garage...)

Will they really need a carrier subsidy? We've been able to get netbooks at retail in the $300 range; rather than drop the price over time, they up the specs to hold at that price point. If components continue to drop in price or increase in capability, shouldn't the specs that were hinted at be possible at the $300 price point without a mobile carrier?