According to Wikipedia (and its cited sources), the 4G spec was finalized in 2008, and would require the ability for sustained data rates of 100Mbps. Current networks don't meet that, but LTE-Advanced could, and is only a firmware upgrade removed from current LTE systems.

Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G#Requirements and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMT_Advanced

Uh, the Kindle (at least, as of the Kindle 3/Kindle Keyboard) can read PDFs. It can also read Mobipocket files, and plain text files. And then there's the KindleGen service, which lets you attach files in a number of other formats -- including raw HTML, (unprotected) EPub, MS Word documents, and a number of image formats -- to an e-mail and have them converted to Kindle format and sent directly to your Kindle (there's a small charge if you have these delivered over 3G, but it's free if you get them over Wi-Fi).

Seems like I just read an article on Gizmodo not a month ago about how iPhones will never have more than a 3.5" display.

Fixed. It's since been modded +5 Insightful. :)

Maybe there's hope yet.

Games have been in RedBox locations in some areas for a few months now. $2.00/night.

And yeah, Netflix and Redbox are both awesome. Between them and GameFly, the three of 'em pretty much ate Blockbuster alive.

Imperial measurements are more intuitive. I can visualize common measurements in inches, feet, and miles *FAR* more easily than centimeters, meters, and kilometers. Don't get me wrong, I can usually process metric measurements reasonably well, but it still takes me a few seconds to go from "42cm" to "about this long"; if I hear "about 16 inches", I don't even have to think about it, my brain just visualizes it with no noticeable effort.

Granted, that's probably because grew up using a lot of Imperial and almost no Metric, but it's still a valid point. Until the US gets a generation of people, a significant portion of which grow up using just as much Metric as Imperial, we're going to stick to what's easiest for us to use.

You should know better than to read /. with breakfast. :P

Another case of an incomplete summary. TOS, TNG, Voyager, and Enterprise will be added to Watch Instantly sometime in June. DS9 will be added sometime in October. They'll be available for at least two years, with the option to extend it at the end.

Thank you for reiterating what the last 2 other posters have said. You may now return to your normal duties at the Department of Redundancy Department. >:|

Let me guess... Windows 98?
That was a common bug back then. Probably something to do with all that 16-bit and 32-bit code [microsoft.com] just thrown on the pile there.
You were probably connecting way bellow even 56k, it's just that you couldn't really notice it.Also, it could simply be that her PC was reporting the port speed, not the actual speed it connected at.

XP, I believe.
 

Also, it could simply be that her PC was reporting the port speed, not the actual speed it connected at.
Even XP will gladly report to you the speed of your NIC or your hub/switch/router instead of your actual internet connection speed.

Admittedly, this is the most likely scenario. It *did* seem to be a bit speedier than usual, though.

*shrug* Eh, I dunno.