the touchpad is cheap, runs android, linux (poorly atm) and webos at the same time... soon to get CM9. good battery, screen and processor.

"Everything is happening faster than the "alarmists" have been predicting." hmmm.. how about no. /quick google search/ http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/04/25/predictions-of-global-mean-temperatures-ipcc-projections/ http://climatechange.thinkaboutit.eu/think4/post/how_to_talk_to_a_skeptic_hansens_prediction http://braincramps.net/?p=1292 http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/20014-how-has-the-ipcc-done/

a mobile cpu switches between frequencies very fast on demand, so if you increase the top speed, it will spend less time in that state.., so for example we are comparing (40% full@1ghz 60% idle@250mhz ) vs (30%full@1.4ghz 70%idle@250mhz) . so yes, you can save power overclocking in the typical usage of a mobile device.

well, many pseudosciences do claim to cure "everything"

even whorse... that comment was intended for the "Intel Launches Sandy Bridge-E Series Processors" article.... OMG, i better go and find me some coffe.

i used to know by memory, every socket on the market, and every cpu family. but now im like "What is this I don't even " when i decide to update my desk (c2q 2.6 4gb) im gonna have a very hard time choosing.

i also used to know the relative performance of every graphics chip. up to the nvidia 9800 era...

itÂs just sad... im getting old.

-Drivers. Devices always have drivers for windows, I donâ(TM)t want to have to do research to find if there exist "good" drivers.

-Prior knowledge. i "know" how to manage windows, do complicated things, etc.

-Games.

-Performance (Flash anyone)

-Multiusers, anyone can use one of my computers, and know how to do anything.

ItÂs just easier to use windows.

i wold guess that those figures are way WAY off. 1. 50M downloads or users? 2. 4 minutes day/ every day /the whole year? really?, i beated every level in about 5 hours total,(all the android versions, and im bad at it) TFA assumes a average use of 24h.16m per user per year. that seems like way over reality for me. my guess would be around 1/4 or 1/5th of the given figure, still a lot tough.

I need an aclaration, When an event, be it astronomical or geological is said to be occurring once every xxx years, and therefore is due, does it mean that there is a cyclical underlying cause which generates periodicity (accumulation of something etc) or does it mean that every year there is about 1/xxx probability of occurrence?

shelter&food is about 2/5, taxes another 1/3, so i got the rest for transportation furniture, clothing, etc. yet I'm in the top 10% by income.

I'm still young, maybe it will get better, maybe not.
while the cost of living is low here by your standars, the price on imported goods is the same,
i have CATV, but no A/C, cell phone plans are a lot cheaper than yours, electricity is more expensive and so is fuel,
yes, the first world have it much more easy than us in the third world, a lot of people seems to ahve a hard time believing it.
sorry about the english, not my native language.

I'm an engeneer, in Chile, i make 1/5 of that, I am middle class, you are fucking rich!

"last year, the world consumed 50 million tons more grain than it produced."

wait.... WAT

Bad example, 2+2 can indeed be 5 (for large values of 2),

well, good point, but given that most religions are incompatible with eachother, it can be concluded that at least MOST religions are fake.

"Yet, there are people who ridicule those who believe in God because they *cannot* prove His existence. As atheists, fail to realize that they are guilty of the same thing they are ridiculing because, and I use your quote again, you *cannot* disprove God." wat... yeah and there goes the teapot again. what's more why you dont belive in the flying spaguetti monster, thor, etc? once you understand this you'll be one step closer to understand atheism. atheist just "not belive" in one more god.