With Apple products there was a Halo effect- people who liked ipods and iphones. But Microsoft has been creating OS's for many years and is now seeing what we really think of their products. Why don't I consider getting an Windows phone? Ask me why I have numerous disks, files, folders and variables over the years that I've named MS_SUCKS or FIX_MS_CRAP, etc, etc. Think about the amount of time people spend trying to defend and repair their systems from viruses and malware that exists because of a flawed overall security strategy. Add to that their philosophy of designing to the least common denominator - I expect that a Windows phone will come with a Reana or CeLow ring tone, but without a free built in wifi extendor

I guess this explains who will employe all those layed off Nasa workers after the space shuttle was scrapped

Problem is that there isn't much money in it, so the private section won't do much. Bransen is at least trying, but unless we start seeing space tourists I think we've already reached our limit.

The Tea Party gave her some great support and attention initially. She squandered it by making numerous false assertions in the public eye.

I'm not sure that it was co-opted by the republicans as much as shunned by the Democrats. I kept waiting for a candidate to come out as a Tea Party Democrat (in a Red State). It would have taken some courage, but they would have automatically been given the power to define a portion of a large, growing movement. Instead, democrats realized that the media was on course to destroy the Tea Party and decided to step back and watch it occur. A similar case could be made about a Republican candidate who puts support behind OWS. In places where OWS was big it could have provided a challege to the 1 party system.

Are you being sarcastic?

Today I can go to the store and buy the Nvidia board that they mention. When can I buy a system with a Knight's Corner chip? What about a PCI-E board? The answer is never. It will only be sold to Intel's partners in labs and research environments for special projects. It means very little to most of us.

As an economic conservative, the problem that I have with net neutrality is that it puts in place artificial barriers that stifle innovation and prevent new products from appearing. For instance, what if a flower company is willing to subsidize internet access but all web searches related to flowers would forward to their site? I might or might not be willing tolerate that depending on how much they are paying. Also, I have to plead ignorance on this matter, but would this prevent me from offering a internet service that give priority to VOIP? If so, this bill could kill VOIP, which could be an intended consequence of some of its sponsors (are phone companies giving some cash to politicians here?) Third, is this going to create a bureaucracy that will continue to try to expand it's scope and power? The FCC has already been making me feel less comfortable lately, I can only image what an internet regulation board would do. Don't let the camel get its nose in the tent.

Recently, Al Gore admitted that he was wrong and that corn-ethanol is not a viable alternative. In fact, "It was the votes, not the science that led me to back corn ethanol" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40317079/ns/us_news-environment/

This "airwaves are common property" lie needs to stop. The roads are common property, but that doesn't give the government full control of newspapers which are delivered via those roads- and those roads are even paid for by the government. The "common property" argument was made when it was feared that we would quickly run out of available frequencies for radio and television stations, but if you just turn on your radio and move down the dial you'll find that there is plenty of room between stations. The "common property" argument is just being held in place to give the government censorship powers that they should not have.