I wouldn't worry about USB disappearing. My company recently bought a brand new Dell. I couldn't believe that Dell was still shipping computers with a VGA port, first introduced 22 years ago! USB is 13 years old. 10 years from now, it will still be shipping on new Dells, and it won't be hard to find a 6 year old Dell in use by someone when the girl turns 17. OT: What makes me cringe even more: Most of our machines have DVI ports. Most of our displays also have DVI ports. So why are my coworkers using the VGA connectors on each?

They detected cocaine in 2 bills out of 16... I don't know that that's statistically significant. (But I'm no math guy...)

Apple is not a carrier. They make the phone. They run the App store.

Skype is not a carrier. They make the application.

AT&T *IS* a carrier. But, obstinately, they have no control over Skype or Apple. Apple could still say "Nah, we still want Apps over 10MB to be downloaded over WiFi, for the sake of our customers experience".

Protip: Dial *NEW# then hit send. It will tell you when you'll be eligible again.

For now... There's no telling what Apple will do (intentionally or not) to break that functionality in the future.

For me (and many others, I'm sure), that day is here. My Performa 400 had 4 megs of RAM. My Macbook Pro has 4 gigs of RAM...

We have number portability. What these folks above me are talking about is switching to the same provider and keeping your phone number. It might be possible in theory, but obviously the company is on to those tricks, and so the systems aren't set up to allow you to port a number from a current AT&T account to a new AT&T account and get the "new account" equipment discount.

I'm gonna say this once. THIS IS HOW IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN THE CELLPHONE INDUSTRY! IF YOU WANTED A NEW PHONE BEFORE YOUR CONTRACT WAS UP, YOU PAID FULL PRICE

Also, stupid slashdot, I was using so many caps because I am yelling. Yeesh.

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The rain in spain falls mainly on the plains. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

I'm an idiot, you mentioned your tickets. *flame suit on*

No wonder you had a huge premium... Under 25 single male. And I'd be willing to bet you have a few tickets?

I'm questioning this math here... 52 weeks * $100 * <1(tank/week) = <5200, not $7k...

Amen! My first machine was a Performa 400. While I'm sure there's plenty of people here with older macs than that, I think that puts me firmly in the "old skool" category.

Except, early exposure to alcohol results in a greater chance of becoming an alcoholic.

I have mod points, too bad there's no +1 (Paranoid) option...