Fair comment :-)

I'll return my copy Physics for Pedants tomorrow.

A spelling mistake in a reply to a spelling mistake is probably exotic enough to power a small unicycle. -> They lose their quantum spin

Yes, every 4 or 5 years we get a choice between 3 self-serving millionaires who all went to the same school. We should have picked the OTHER faceless clone. Thanks so much for pointing that out, It's lucky that America invented Democracy to help us out.

If Zynga loses for stealing ideas then Gameloft are in deep sh..

......and trolling anonymously is healthy and constructive? It could be that we're both losers....but I'm the loser who doesn't see an Ipad as elitist. Some people (such as I) have fine motor skill issues and find Keyboard/mouse hard to use.

If you're purely on an anti-Apple troll however, I have an Android tablet too......but as much as I want it to be as good as an Ipad, it just isn't. Not for partisan reasons, it just isn't :-)

Engraving is free........much like being a penis

It's funny you should say that. This is from the receipt for the Ipad I ordered in March.....

Personalised iPad with Wi-Fi 64GB - Black (3rd generation) ..
Engraving

Jeebus salvabit nos
Splodge 2012

I would imagine that operations are instant. Unfortunately all the data gets sent to an identical 'you' in a parallel universe.......

There'll be no science until America has shot at every desert in the world. They're sneaky, encroaching everywhere. Surely this is more important than the expansion (and possibly salvation) of mankind?

Croesus was the rich one. :-)

What kind of nerd would buy that anyway? There's no special pocket for my inhaler!

Actually, if you read Asimov in chronological order, the computer 'evolves' throughout the books. It progresses from an entity akin to a mainframe, through to an 'Internet-type' structure and beyond. It posseses the sum of human knowledge and records of every action-reaction ever noted. So, Uncertainty Principle notwithstanding, it had a good basis for reasoned conjecture.

When It was at school I was thrown out of my Commerce class for being a smart-ass, asking 'the wrong questions'. I was relegated to the library for 2 hours a week for the rest of the year. That's where I discovered Asimov et al. Reading those caused me to look things up, to question the science behind them. The more I knew, the more I wanted to know. 30 years later I still want to know......that's why I'm here. To me there are no 'wrong questions'.

My kids use technology but they have no idea how or why it works, just as long as it does. That's sad. They can name 150+ Pokemon but have little clue what binary is, or why it matters.

We've come closer to Asimov's vision within my lifetime

If you're interested - The question that really infuriated my Commerce teacher was 'Why don't we just treat every business, regardless of size as an individual and then have a blanket flat-rate income tax?'. I still have no idea why that annoyed him. Thinking outside the box wasn't really encouraged at my stuffy Grammar school.

The Typhoon doesn't come with garlic bread

Destroying this botnet could have detrimental effects on men with tiny penises worldwide!

Apparently the tree has been involved with Tweets for thousands of years.......