But it's open.

It ain't "more or less natural" ... it's a plant from this planet earth. Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Rosales Family: Cannabaceae Genus: Cannabis

Yeah, I agree with this general pattern. Most people don't care and just need to be able to shop the web, use email, and store a bunch of photos they'll most likely lose when the hard drive crashes. Hopefully they've subscribed to a cloud backup, or invested in one of those inexpensive USB drives as a backup. I just wish Windows had something as nice as Time Machine on OSX. Seems all the folks I advise get stuck on backup software, wind up installing something when I'm not around that usually includes some spyware disguised as anti-virus and the entire machine slows to a crawl.

Yeah, I use my MessagePad 2000 all the fucking time too, but mostly my eMate stands in as the winner.

It's Uncle Fester who needs to go. Now!

I sit here wondering why I still need to see an update to the Flash plugin, much less an alternative way to play a flash file. No thanks.

I've already got my phone on vibrate for you baby!

Here's the deal -- it's interesting as a sample. You might extrapolate a lot from his data. For a better sample tools just aren't there, except are they? A smartphone knows everything about your habits. I have been tracking any walk, jog, cycle, hike, or paddle I take with an app on my smartphone for about two years. Guess what I found out? I don't care enough to do anything with the data. I'm fit, I'm healthy and happy, I'm not an obsessed athlete. I get the idea and the nerdgasm of data, but I it doesn't help me enjoy life more.

Splunge?

Microsoft has shown more than it has shipped, and that is bad.

You are right, I am caught in some amount of hyperbole! My point stands. With a cash on hand of some 97billion dollars, a Roku $50million dollar IPO is meaningless. Roku has no long term future, about as much as Groupon.

> Meanwhile, Roku is gearing up for a $50M IPO, so this cord-cutting story is far from over." Wow! You mean Roku might be worth a speculative 50m? Apple has nearly a trillion dollars IN THE BANK. Think on that a moment. This post is junk. AppleTV has made an incremental step forward, not bad for a hobby.

I pity the fool who modded you down.

A lot of people need peace when working. It's called environmental sensitivity or at least awareness.

Angry Birds?!

Try Battlefield 3 man...

Agreed. I didn't count the unattached garage and unfinished basement but it's space and it's used. And the yard just big enough to not be a hassle and can produce some food and lovely perennial gardens even in our Zone 5b area.
This house will be like a palace when our kids leave.

My neighbor grew up in his house, virtually identical to ours, with 5 other siblings!! He's 70.