This, and its usage, was pretty much covered in the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory.

I think that the major benefit is that you don't have to worry about experiencing snowfall in July (unless you live really far North.)

The egg came first. It is the only natural answer because there had to be an egg before there could be a chicken. Now usually the smartasses at this points out that the egg couldn't be there because it must have been laid by a chicken. To that the answer is that it was of course laid by another hen (different, not by much, but yet different) this process continues today even as we try to breed new stocks based on different properties in hens and cocks, creating new breeds.

I think that the biggest mistake in the test was that they wrote zeros to the drive first, which means that the blocks got allocated (dirty) and had to be read/rewritten with new data when the next phase of the test started. So, basically both tests are the same and it's no wonder they got about the same test results.

There are two things that strikes me when looking at the graph. The increase in laptop sales (ignoring the smaller ones) is ingsignificant, the other thing is that it's in percentage, which clearly doesn't say anything about the change in PC sales, since netbooks and smaller laptops are newer technology and I have a feeling that people have more money to buy computers these days. I could be wrong, but it would be interesting to see the graph taking into account the actual sales in number of units, and the actual sales in terms of cost.

So, basically it's a wake on lan, but that which works everytime some moron is doing a portscan or ssh-breakin attempt on your system? Why would such a system even have a off mode?

Nice going Blizzard, and I'll buy your game as soon as it is available on Steam. I don't want to install several software installer clients and I know and trust Steam, even though it's not optimal (the I-wanna-see-your-passport-before-I-tell-you-the-price is utterly rubbish for instance.) Still, I like your attitude.

can it also be used to centrifuge Uranium?

Same here. I was considering buying the game, but my internet connection isn't really that stable and the way they are treating their customers are really appaling. I say boycott!

So, what kind of performance hit are we talking about here, that being that the PC in question is a gaming PC and needs every cycle I can squeeze out of it, should I even bother? I rarely surf on that specific PC and I don't read mail on it either (Have a real OS for those things.)