Arthur: Bloody peasants!

Miss Hathaway was all that. Of course, TBH paralleled TOS in many ways, with the characters mapping closely:

Jed Clampett - Kirk
Jethro - Generic red shirt
Granny - combination of McCoy and Scotty
Elly Mae Clampett - Nurse Chapel
Miss Hathaway - Spock
Mr. Drysdale - Kahn

If you can't see this connection, you are probably sober.

Norm Peterson: ...and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear.

There are valid questions to ask, but every time I see "congress demands answers" I imagine clowns piling out of a tiny car and want to root for the interrogated.

You need to wait for the polished consumer version: the Google Monocle, with Persian cat accessory.

I can has gagh?

On the internet, nobody knows you're a Ferringhi.

I always thought the Billy borg icon looked rather upbeat.

The $200+ cost mentioned is only for parts and assembly. You aren't allowing a penny for research, development, design, advertising, distribution, support, updates and services accompanying the device. Nobody is claiming this is "the best capitalism can do", but to continue talking about 3x markup as if there are no costs beyond BOM + assembly is not realistic.

Yes, it is amazing how people repeatedly fall for the same scam:

we will lower the tax rate, but increase appraisals (you pay more)
we will lower the price, but make it a subscription (you pay more)
we will [do seemingly helpful thing], but [do devious unhelpful thing] (you pay more, more, more)

There is no 200% profit for any smart phone maker, there is more to business than just the BOM and assembly costs (as pointed out in the post you are responding to). If you think Apple, Samsung and HTC smart phones (the ones mentioned in the post you are responding to) are all junk, then tell us which smart phone you think is superior.

10:30PM tonight: [knock knock] Are you Sarah Conner?

Everything you said is true, and potentially useful.

That does not change the fact that many people will read your post and imagine grumpy cat making a face. It means you have crossed the line into geezerhood. Welcome! Don't forget to pick up your complementary sock suspenders.

I love that movie. Gratuitous drinking, smoking and sex. Kind of like Mad Men but with homicidal super computers.

That picture shows how much Google employees enjoy intimate closeness. Your are two feet from your coworker with no divider so you can enjoy all the sounds, sights and smells that make every work day a party.