Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!

Uh ... never mind.

How long before this technology succumbs to Internet Rule 34?

I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft has patents on attaching almost anything to a computer with an OS. As patents go, they have weirder ones.

So, what are the alternatives? Serious question. Another thread mentions Canon. Are there others? Someone please enlighten us.

Do you have any idea of how much you sound like a spambot? :-P

...what good is the internet if you are...unable to type?

[Apologies to those with physical challenges.]

Many devices with a BIOS provide a way to do this. If the OEMs don't support such a scenario, then geez, shame on them.

This. A thousand times this. I was going to post much the same thing: Microsoft is trying to Apple-ize itself.

Can't wait to see the "2-hour delivery" radio button on their checkout page.

Thanks for catching the dupe. The /. editors (rightly) declined my submission.

See whether they can navigate the Geico website?

[Just kidding ... apologies to my caveman friends.]

Just because cancer is a category for many different diseases does not mean we can't cure them one at a time. An emerging technology that could change the outcome for cancer patients is DNA sequencing of tumor vs. healthy cells to determine precisely which medication is effective for treating a specific kind of cancer. Such DNA sequencing is dropping rapidly in price, and is likely to make its way into clinics soon.

Point taken, but I''m not sure you make a good case when you cite a comic.

Mea culpa. :-|

Alex Trebec: "Bzzzzt! Wrong. The correct answer was 'All in the Family.' Take that, you sand-for-brains bitwad!"