Sales arena?

I'm not sure what you're getting at, but if you want to use a song in a public performance you have to get permission and/or pay royalties. If Gingrich's team had done that, this would not be an issue. If Gingrich's campaign got permission from the publisher, then the artist has no say in it, really.

I do find it ironic that, although copyright law is of concern to the technology community, and slashdotters in particular, how this makes a "news for nerds" story for anyone that isn't pushing a political bias trying to make Gingrich look bad (or worse).

It's not a good point, it's a terrible point. When 75% of all illegal immigrants come from south of our border, it doesn't take a genius to figure why people from south of our border bear the brunt of complaints. And you DO hear, if you pay attention, complaints about illegal Asian immigrants, too, who make up 50% of the rest.

Wanting to stop ILLEGAL immigration is NOT RACIST.

Yes and yes. Sorry, but the TSA has yet (as far as I'm aware) to stop a motivated terrorist from getting through. If they have, they don't advertise it. All the attempts seem to have been stopped by ordinary people.

The whole process seems 1984-ish, and now we can stop blaming Bush and blame politicians who largely happily accept the overbearing regulations and the immense cost. Of course, there's a candidate who'd work to put an end to it, but he's just some crazy guy, apparently.

When I wore glasses (had lasik) and I did research in 3D (like 20 years ago) I actually had a pair of flip ups that attached to my regular glasses.

Not that I'd recommend that for anybody that didn't want to look like a complete dork, but it was convenient for me at the time.

You're in luck... Peter Jackson is pushing 48fps over 24 in the cinemas, stating enough digital projectors are capable. He's shooting the Hobbit at 48fps, and shooting it in 3D from the get-go. I'm more interested in the content of the movie, but I'm expecting it'll be one of the best, if not THE best, attempts at 3D so far (Jackson Explains "Hobbit" 48FPS Shooting).

He's trying to encourage future film productions to step up to 48, too.

Agree... there's no "loss of culture," there's just the gradual, inevitable change in culture that has always happened. At one point in history, of course, there wasn't even a Canadian culture at all.

The way I see it, he's been just as bad in half the time, further convincing me that "R" and "D" are, as a previous poster stated, two arms of the same destructive beast.

Cheap computers are a good thing for the poor people. computers might suck, but at least it will allow some people to get online.

It's not a good thing if they suck to the point that they're barely usable, if usable at all.

Before we bought our first HD TV, we would see such great prices on Vizio, but the name was too unknown for me. Consumer Reports gave them decent reviews, but those reviews didn't account for problems/defects.

After Christmas last year, I saw what seemed like a parking lot full of people pushing carts with Vizio boxes back towards the store. No, not really a parking lot full, but there were at least 5 people... not over some period of time, but at the same time we were going into the store.

Woot.com also seems to have refurb Vizio TVs all the time. It'll be a long time before I by Vizio.

Obviously we can't all afford the greatest products, but sometimes a little more can go a long way.

Rival countries spying on each other's technology...

From the summary: "Still, the U.S. is hugely suspicious of China's space endeavors"

They may actually want to spy on us! Shame on them!

It's true iPads with open source texts would (or potentially could) be cheaper, but why not go even cheaper still? I say the minimum device that meets requirements should be used. If it's just for text books, they could get $50 e-readers with e-ink displays. If you want more (color or other functionality), I can't imagine you'd need more than a Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet... there should be enough there for any school to be happy with, I think.

I do worry, though, because no matter what you pick, they are going to be obvious targets of theft. Even if you live in a nice area. But let's face it, there are a lot of very poor areas where I can envision young kids getting beat up and mugged for their tablets. I don't know what the best solution is... perhaps some really locked down tablet that would be useless for anything but school.