Crowd sourcing the government is now a Valid Solution. This is Slashdot.

The tax forms would fill ten 6" binders. I'm not extrapolating. Even if there were only five options to fund, this would be a bad idea. People would only give money to the things they want/think are best, which would never balance out. We don't have direct democracy for similar reasons. Also, people want to get involved with Democracy by applying ridiculously simple solutions that ignore the whole of the issue, and often create new problems.

I agree. My buddy has a laptop roughly the same size and specs as mine, but he has a 1920x1200 screen, while I have a 1366x768...He cringes when he looks at my screen.

My games run faster at max resolution though. /blindoptimism

I believe Utah is considered high dessert, and gets quite a bit of snow and cold weather...without *feet* of snow blocking off roads and icing everything up. The location near the center of the country geographically is probably important as well.

Why does the volatile nuclear situation in the Middle East and the retirement of an honored old carrier make me think of Battlestar Galactica?

I swear to God. This is the premise for a fiction/science fiction novel. If two of the 4 were developing romantic feelings for each other the UK could be sued for copyright infringement by several publishers. I dont...I dont think I'm OK with the world right now. I need a hug. Before that's banned too.

In actuality you need to put the server in a fridge AND detonate a nuke nearby to counteract some of the slashdotting effects.

I will be plugged into the Google at all times. I will fear no evil for Google will be with me, and will guide me to safety. The Google provides divine inspiration, and is the light of the world. The Google protects. You should be plugged in to the Google. Otherwise you are a lesser bing. All hail the Google.

One could send up a load of ultra thin, ultra high tensile strength sand bags pack them with broken up asteroids, then strap them in an arrangement around a vessel...

Of course, the higher mass means a higher fuel cost to maneuver, and fuel is heavy and expensive. However, since mass is the main issue, and configurations dont have to be hydro/aerodynamic, spaced armor will be a huge factor. A layer of sturdy ceramic and alloy plates surrounding the vessel meters away from the hull would prevent damage from certain weapons. Assuming direct energy weapons arent used.

A ship could also gain immediate dodge maneuverability with a heavy ballast weight it could quickly pull itself up to/away from along a thin cable or structure. Imagine the main control and fuel storage vessel suspended on cables between two dumb weights containing rocket engines. An incoming energy beam leaves seconds to dodge, and the vessel can yank itself along the cables to change it's immediate position. Or perhaps a third big dumb weight can be maneuvered to block the beam...

Thanks for a very informative post.

I do recall seeing screens here and there with high resolutions, though high DPI is harder to find. CPU power and GPU power levels have been progressing for quite some time, and it confuses me how much screen resolution seems to lag behind. Seems there was more in the background I wasn't really aware of. I'm still looking forward to higher DPI displays though. Even if tech can only support a 15.5" laptop with a resolution doubling my current 1366x768, it's still a huge improvement.

Well the main purely practical use I see on a tablet PC is crisp clear text for reading. One might also use a tablet like this with technical documents, diagrams, maps. It's also aesthetically pleasing to have everything displayed with seamless clarity.

But what I'm praising is the effort to make better screens in general. A move to high resolution screens on tablets means the infrastructure gets a boost for better screens in laptops and desktops and various other displays. Have you used a 16" laptop with 1080p? Even that is great, but also rare. I got my sister one for graduation, and there weren't many to choose from. I want to see the DPI of this tablet on a 22" monitor for my desktop, and I'd like a decent selection of laptops with high DPI screens.

Before the flames rise and Slashdot begins to slash the dots, I'd like to thank Apple for helping break the "HD = 1950x1080" fixation the market has. Hopefully monitor tech will get some advances soon.

Now someone needs to pilot a UAV into the home of the company's CEO to expose his life-prolonging Voodoo practices.