No need to legislate this. Most people I know go out of their way to avoid buying products that don't charge with a USB connector if they can avoid it - at least computer-related products.

Me, the last device I bought with a special charger was a Casio Exilim camera that has unique enough features that I had no other choice. But I hate that charger each time I have to carry it with me on business trips when I already carry a USB charger that takes care of all my other devices.

Someone please tell me this is an Onion story.

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communicate in real-time faster than anybody else: it's called high-frequency trading.

That means there will come a day when it's every person, and then two years later...
Whoa! Duuuude! That's like totally Trippy!

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So they're going to prosecute themselves?

Well, they can always cheat to go faster...

Just you hope Oracle maintains the batteries properly, especially since an emergency save-to-disk is going to take more than a few minutes...

There's no change in what Canonical collects. It's still the exact same spyware as before. Canonical merely says now that they'll try not to hand out your IP address to other people when they hand out your local searches.

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9 to 10 per week? Beer guts are usually associated with people who drink 9-10 beers a day or more. I got mine years ago when I generally drank a 12 pack a day.

Wow, I don't know if I could survive that for more than 3 days. The most I ever drank on a regular basis was maybe 3 large strong beers and a quarter bottle of scotch a day, and I couldn't stand that for too long without gaining a ton of weight very quickly.

What gives you the idea that I'm not already older? :)

Hint: I was in my late 20s when I registered on /. You have my UID number, work it out.

This. my BMI is 21, I exercise a lot, my belly is flat as a pancake, yet I drink at least 9 or 10 brown Belgian trappist beers per week (and those are loaded with alcohol at over 10 percent). I've been doing it for years too.

Oh goodie! Another ID number to protect my privacy!
Can get AdID #1?
I want to be the first and most anonymous.

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You can add to that: objects which cost $22 to print.

The choice is:
(A) Keep printer materials on hand and use $22 worth of material to self-print the object now, or
(B) Waste $10 of my my time and $1 of gas heading to home depot to pay $9.99 for it.

It doesn't matter if it costs more to print something than it costs in a store. They're a lot of value in not having to run out to buy something.

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Of course not.
Most people here look at a CNC mill and think 'can i lathe a girlfriend with this?'

P.S.
Don't skimp on the sanding step. Splinters can be a real bitch.

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The printers may not be very good yet, but surely thay can print a 3.5 inch plastic disk-thingie.

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