Isn't this basically what Roland's SuperNatural has been doing for years? I don't get it...

There are ways around that. Hulu Desktop is free, Hulu Plus is not.

Hulu Desktop has a Linux version last time I checked.

I have mod points, but this is already going high enough, so I'm going to add my $0.02 to this. The company I work for has a great marketing department and they do a great job. That being said, they tell us every opportunity that they get that word of mouth is the best marketing that we have available.

We actually have people who check certain forums and do their best to make us aware of issues that crop up on these forums, and then we bend over backwards to make sure that the customer's issue gets resolved. Unless they're just bent out of shape because we couldn't do something that was basically impossible (although we're pretty good at that too...).

I don't know about "overheat during normal use", but the rest of this statement is pretty damned accurate. Your iPhones have more processing power than your car usually does to, that's not considered a big deal because the processing power in your car is task specific and designed to handle much higher and lower temperature swings.

I wholeheartedly disagree with you. In both my money handling positions, credit has been quickest. Now I'm working in phone based sales, and the only time cash is quicker for us is internationally (wire transfers) or when the person's address and phone numbers don't match up with their credit card information at all.

The only time I avidly use cash over credit is when I'm in a mom & pop shop where I know that they're going to end up making $0.02 off my charge or $0.50 off my cash.

Or, in typical /. paranoia, when I'm purchasing something that I think could be traced to me and make me look like I'm doing something illegal, dangerous, or down right wrong.

Yes, but that's based on 5 hours a day of usage. Imagine the discrepancy when you're talking about 24 hrs/day or in high priced electricity areas. Also, and I may be wrong on this so please correct me if so, as I recall the LEDs' backlights tend to last a significantly longer time than their plasma counterparts.

Furthermore, if you ever had any scientific credentials, I'd probably be asking for them given the fact that you're comparing two different sized units as though they were completely comparable. 47"42". The only variable that should be changing is the one you're trying to test, and obviously that's not the case here.

Yes, this process is fast, but it is no where near as fast as multitasking and having the purchaser already be done swiping their card and signing their name before the items are even 100% rung up.

Furthermore, in a drive through setting, CC is way quicker. The cashier doesn't have to even think for a second, they merely have to swipe the card. I don't know what sort of setup you're used to but when I was a cashier I never had an issue with hitting my metrics when someone was paying with credit, but I did with cash, and don't get me started on checks. How people can honestly believe that cash is faster (especially when, let's be honest, people screw things up with cash).

(usual /. disclaimers apply, IANAL, YMMV, etc) Ah, but that has never been illegal. Labelling it a cash rebate or a cash discount has been legit for a while now. Labelling a higher price for credit cards has not. Very fine line, but interesting one nonetheless.

Like maybe this story was on earlier today...

http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/01/16/0354218/employee-outsourced-programming-job-to-china-spent-days-websurfing

First of all, no edit forces you to know what the hell you're typing. Second, I wouldn't give AC's the power to edit even if there was an Edit button. Third and finally, I whole heartedly support that there is no edit because often enough, by the time someone edits, people are already posting a reply.

That's actually probably one of the best analogies for this purpose I've ever heard/read. Consider it stolen.

Oh I get it, but the beauty of what's being described (at least FTS) is a much more purely chaotic system where anything goes anywhere. Once you start adding this rule for this, that rule for that, it becomes closer to what stores like your Walmarts and Targets already have in place for their inventory systems. I've worked the backroom of a Target and that's essentially what their system is, only it's more of "This is in this aisle, that's in that aisle," so on and so forth, just chaotically arranged in there.

But when you start adding foodstuffs and chemicals, you'll run into complications and be forced to keep them separate by legal regulation. That's probably part of the reason Amazon's so slow/not getting into foodstuffs.