I got a shower from Pebbles one time. It cost $200. Pebbles was a stripper.

You've got to know when to hold'em. Know when to fold'em.

of boobs.

so people can play with my WiiWii.

And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here!

I have reviewed the other comments and agree that 30% is not much help and that it may encourage risky behavior from those who believe it to be a magic bullet.

Given all of that, I am still hopeful. We had a disease that until now we had made no significant inroads on controlling. Now we have something. We have a beta version or an alpha. Maybe some smart guy will come up with a beta 2 that covers 40%. Then 50%. Maybe in my kids lifetime this horrible disease will be gone... ...and I can start screwing total strangers with impunity again!

I can still teach my users to power cycle their own damned computers.

I thought exactly the same thing. We have no idea if life requires carbon or even matter (ala "They're Made Out Of Meat" http://baetzler.de/humor/meat_beings.html).

To communicate via writing, you must spell. Just not correctly. Perhaps "Today is spelling correctly optional day." would be more accurate.

In the future, I will never appreciate a piece of fiction unless it is 100% scientifically accurate.

Kitty Porn?

...about something I will never use.

Runner... run
Swimmer... swim
Twitters... twit?

Must be a slow news day. Tomorrow on slashdot: your favorite color!

f) and donuts.

When I am at a trade show and a vendor gives me anything less than 1 GB, I pitch it. 100% of the time. I consider it an insult to my intelligence and a total waste of time and space. I generally think poorer of the vendor.

=2 GB goes in a special drawer that I clean out once a month (read "pitch it")

=4 GB I usually give these to my non-techie friends who need to back up something.

=8 GB I give these to my friends that I want to impress. I gave a 8 GB USB drive to my martial arts instructor when he needed to back up some old photos. My black belt test is coming soon and a little favor goes a long way.

8+ GB... these are mine.

Moral of the story: Giving out 256MB flash drive with a quote is as effective as hand writing it on a sheet of toilet paper. If the quote is damn good, I might keep it long enough to buy it and pitch it but you missed an opportunity to give me something with your companies name on that I will keep.