It's also got front and rear facing cameras. Ever since I installed a terminal, ssh and a code editor, I haven't felt the need for rooting the device, even though it's possible.

I would mod this up, instead I'll post a comment highly recommending it. I own one and use it as a target for game development. It's also got GPS. I hook up a small USB keyboard for those times when I need to do a lot of typing. It will accept a Bluetooth keyboard, but you can't use those on an airplane.

Of course, the Iconia wasn't even announced until after the article was published.

After using the G-Tablet for a few months, I gave it up in favor of the Acer Iconia. The Iconia runs Android 3.0, has GPS, supports a Bluetooth keyboard and has good viewing angles which G-Tablet had problems with.

Certainly not as small as an iPad but it's been a pleasure to use. I mainly use it for testing Flash games. I looked at a more than a few of the devices in the article and none of them could compare to the G-Tablet or Iconia.

I think you need to call them to get the DVD only option.

Also went to Blockbuster. We only use Blu-Ray and DVDs (no games or streaming). Netflix took so long to send us new releases (spent 2-3 weeks in the "Long Wait" queue) that my wife would usually rent from BB. We have a BB store within 10 minutes and now that they've gone to unlimited envelope exchanges in store, we are MUCH happier than we ever were with Netflix. Plus, BB gets new releases a week or two before Netflix.

The Thing came from a round saucer. The detachable section from ST:TNG was also round.

I hope Picard is inside, but we'd better prepare for the former.

Not as long as you would think. When players do something like this, they use a special program to wheel the numbers to get a good distribution and increase their odds of getting multiple winning tickets. After they select the numbers, they will sort the winning numbers and print them on the play slips. As long as they purchase the tickets in the correct order, the program will tell them which tickets are winners. Stacking the tickets in bunches (100, 200, 500, 1000) make searching easier, too. If the winning numbers are higher, the winning tickets will clump together.

Modems, uggh!

To me, punch cards, TI 99 4/A, BASIC, brick cell phones, 80386, Yggdrasil, WindowsXP, etc. are all the same, clutter. If I kept every nostalgic item I've ever used, I'd be swamped with a bunch of crap. When I want to revisit old times, I pull up an emulator and am reminded of how much I like things better now.

Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate the simplicity and outright genius required to make those old memory starved devices do as much as they did, but I like the newer stuff.