Comment: Sweet! (Score 5, Funny) 100
To whom shall I write the check as I securely invest my life savings?
Comment: Too bad for Amazon (Score 1) 407
The online retailers should have invested in BB, fired all the saleskids, and supported keeping the stores around as showrooms. I would think that returns (costs!) will go up for the online shops when people are eventually forced to order blindly.
Comment: Re:Follow-on question... (Score 1) 65
Thanks, I hadn't seen that one before.
Comment: Re:Follow-on question... (Score 2) 65
Yeah, how about a robust, resilient, and cheap USB i/o box, please.
Comment: Not everywhere (Score 4, Informative) 618
It's effing cold in Seattle. Snowing every other day it seems. I want to be warm and dry.
Comment: Re:Two wrongs don't make a right (Score 1) 142
Relatively speaking, of course.
Comment: Re:Two wrongs don't make a right (Score 1) 142
Go to a Microsoft store, if you can find one. All the machines they sell are crapware free, and they have a wide selection of popular hardware. Check it out online if you have to, but I highly recommend it.
Comment: Re:Actually Takei just called Scotty, who said.. (Score 1) 86
I thought it said "Porn'Far" and I was OK with that.
Comment: How does going outside help? (Score 1) 149
If you live in Seattle, it doesn't matter how old you are.