"Your Honor, the defendant drove through all the same traffic lights they would if they were leaving the victim's house at the estimated time of the victim's death and heading towards their own house. There were only a few other cars on the road at the time, so they had a straight shot all the way home. We estimate that with no traffic and the defendant speeding, since there were no police watching, that they made the thirty minute drive in under fifteen minutes. This means that the alibi their neighbor gave was still correct, he was home at the time he said he was, which was approximately sixteen minutes after the murder. Obviously the defendant is guilty since they were the only one on the road at the time."

But it would be okay. The people that could acquire those things that enjoyed them a little too much would slowly become addicts after a year or two, and be dead from overdose in another. While the supply kept coming, they'd probably be alright unless their liver failed, but maybe they couldn't afford it for a week or two and bam, they inject their old level and kill over. Not that many new people would want to try it after a generation of it being easy to acquire.

Or I could spend a Saturday learning damn near everything there is to know about how to setup computers and their hardware for basic home use, build my own high quality computer out of parts I ordered and put together, and have no one to answer to but myself (and warranty holders) if something breaks. I'm at my own availability 24/7 and don't have to risk getting a "Well what did you think you could do with the low end model? Play flash games? No, you need a high end PC for that."

Note: I'm an experienced computer tech who does all this already, but if I were starting at the level of barely being able to use a mouse, I'd totally go this route.

The issue is that if you find a way to level the playing field, someone will learn to play the game better than everyone else and you're right back to where you started. Companies used to exploit workers because you had to work somewhere if you wanted to survive and there were few laws against it. They used to rule with iron fists, threatening to fire people at every turn, or straight up beating them or subjecting them to other inhumane treatment.

Then the law stepped in with a new civilized way of handling matters. Now you have to take your disputes to court, they said, where a judge can enact justice! Here are new laws to go by. As a result, companies still exploit workers and rule with iron fists backed up by massive legal departments and boatloads of money instead of a few strong guys that don't care to beat the shit out of you.

There's a little coffee shop near campus that has excellent coffee and wonderful food. I've eaten there twice since I started going to school years ago. Why? Because people will go in, order a cup of coffee that costs a dollar, then unpack all their stuff into seats by them, their laptop, a keyboard, a mouse, their books, their umbrella, the lunch they packed, and their mp3 player. Then they'll sit there for four hours while they do their homework, taking up enough space for FIVE people, on a single dollar. Then they'll pack up and leave. Won't even tip.

Regardless, outlets aren't the best way to do this. Maybe a good nonconfrontational way, but not the best. The best way is to have a sign posted, and proactively kick people out that don't limit themselves to an hour or so. Maybe make a 'ten bucks unlimited coffee all day' deal.

CompUSA: 40GB Western Digitial Hard Drive, 7200 RPM: $250.
Newegg: 40GB Western Digital Hard Drive, $65.

BestBuy: GeForce 250 Video Card: $199
Newegg: GeForce 250 Video Card: $80 with $20 rebate

Walmart: 1TB External USB Drive: $129.99
Newegg: 1TB External USB Drive: $129.99

Even fucking Walmart has a clue when it comes to computer parts, how come the other stores couldn't? I understand margins are low, but margins are even lower if not many people buy from there.

This might work for Blockbuster Video, but I would be PISSED if I spent hours of my life troubleshooting and trying to get some part to work for my PC and found out that it was returned defective, remarked, and put on the shelf. At that point I'd be asking for compensation for my time and effort, since they knowingly and willingly tried to put a defective product for sale. Or hey, we can go to small claims court for theft by deception..

Great for the MBA that has slightly better sales than they would have, bad for the company who is going to get sued one day for false advertising, which will become a class action because everyone is going to want a piece of the pie. In the end, the company will pay out a few hundred grand to lawyers and some coupons to people that were inconvenienced..because most people won't be able to prove how much they got overcharged.

Maybe this is the marketing engine revving up for someone's 'next generation' product. The base model will start off real cheap. Maybe $100 for a launch product. The launch day games will be playable. A few months later, hey, you require 2GB of RAM to play this and only have one. You zip to your local Walmart and find that the extra gigabyte of slow ConsoleRAM is another $100, when you paid that much for four gigabytes of fast PC RAM a year prior. I bet you want Wireless G or N for that too, don't you?

We let everyone access our console by making them cheap! It's totally up to you whether you want to pay the latest and greatest! If not, you can stick to the games that came out last year, but we might even release a patch that makes them require new hardware.

See, this was thought up by a marketing genius. Absolute genius, I tell you. Why don't most people buy consoles more often? A big initial investment for little initial return. You pay $299 for a console, a controller, and a game. A single game. In essence, that game cost you $299. Reduce that to less than the cost of two games alone, and you've got a whole open market. It would also bring PC-style bragging rights into the modern arena. My Console has twelve gigabytes of RAM and a $500 video card, obviously your Console with only four gigabytes and a $200 video card bogs down on Quake 1. It would also take pressure off developers when it comes to optimization. They don't have to sit there for months and take shit from the art department, telling them that they gotta squeeze forty hours of gameplay with huge textures and voice acting and multiplayer and a feature-length making of movie into a single sided DVD (gotta save pennies on the cost!) and make it use no more than a gigabyte of RAM.

It'll come down to if Apple did their due diligence in research beforehand. Considering Proview Electronics and Proview Technology are both owned by Proview International, I can see why Apple thought they were in the clear. Now, years after the iPad was announced and launched, they want their pay day. I think the courts will find that the company acted in bad faith and doesn't get a dime.