Your statement would be correct if the gas engine couldn't work without the offshore oil rig connected to it. As it is, though, your analogy is crap.

had to be recharged for eight hours after every two to three hours of driving.

Man that's a long freakin road trip!

It's really up to the marketing department what they price it for in each market, but I agree that if they price it like that, it is too much. They will likely use the UK launch as market research before they decide on a US price. IMHO it needs to be at least 20% less than the iPad or almost no one will buy it.

No they mean this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Galaxy-Device-Cortex-Android/dp/B0042D75TU/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=computers&qid=1284729976&sr=8-10

Doesn't every major auto maker offer mobile hot spots on 2010 models? What is so different about this?

You've accidentally stumbled onto OLPC's evil plot. Get them addicted to technology so they will stay ignorant and subservient to the western world forever. Oh, what was that? They self report glowing results? How convenient. Fwa... Ha... Ha... Haaa.

Dude, we know there is ice on Mars. They already found the ancient Martian reactor that turns it into oxygen.

The point of the book is that Socialism leads to Totalitarianism. Over time, there becomes no other way to maintain it. The entitlement mentality steadily makes society less and less productive unless someone is cracking the whip. Look at the Soviet Union.

"America overwhelmingly voted for Socialism when they elected President Obama" - Al Sharpton

Do they not assign 1984 to be read in school anymore? Seriously, what the hell is wrong with people?

Funny, they had to give the job back to the last guy who had it because no one else would take it. I wouldn't take it either, because that guy is going to get strung up by the angry mob when the inevitable Chinese cyber-strike occurs.

Seriously... Dr. Evil.

If we're lucky, they'll re-edit and wait another couple hundred years to release it.

Wait why are we listening to Mayans again? The world already did end for them, a long long time ago. It seems that their prediction (if it even was one) was way optimistic.

ONLY a factor of 8 difference? That's a pretty huge difference. A change that great can turn just about any normal activity dangerous. Can you eat 2 hot dogs/tofu dogs at a sitting? Let's see how you feel after 16. Is it chilly in your house/apartment? Maybe you should increase the thermostat from 60F to 480F. Why stop at 3 shots of Tequila? Let's have 24. I could continue shaming you my multiplication prowess all day, but I suspect you've had enough.