I, for one, cannot wait for the clearance fire sale as MS dumps and runs from the tablet market. I love my $150 32GB HP Touchpad!

Student loans and medical bills make that figure not much of an exaggeration for many. Though I agree, certainly not all.

If you're not running the "Linux for human beings" distro, then I would operate under the assumption that you know what you're doing enough to adapt the instructions to your distro of choice.

Considering the amazing quality of some of the fan films I've seen on youtube, I'm amazed at how awful this was given the $60k budget.

I too, found this out from wikipedia. I had always identified as right-handed (since that's the hand I hold a pen and mouse with), but I have a task-specific affinity with each hand. It explains how I could be "right-handed" while my mother is left-handed and my father is ambidextrous.

...is it powered by the tears of employees?

I love Tesla, and I think they've got the right idea with the design top-down approach. But I don't know if I'd buy one even if I could afford them. They may have near-zero routine maintenance costs compared to an ICE car (gas or diesel) but how much does a replacement for that battery pack run when it comes due? And how often? I have yet to find solid numbers for maximum lifespan in miles, or replacement cost. Neither are things Tesla Motors wants to share, and I don't blame them.

For the record, I own a $3600 Mercedes (a diesel W123). Unlike Tesla's cars, there is a thriving used market for those.

Agreed! That's an important distinction... after the contract is up, the carrier has no legal right to dictate what I do or do not with my device (within the limits of it not causing havoc with the carrier's network) so why are we bending over backwards to give it to them?!

This is what I'm saying. Yes, our minimum wage is too low. But let's make at something reasonable and livable, especially if most employers are going to abuse it and only pay $0.25 above it at best, anyway.

Agreed, and in most other countries in the world with a similar concept, is in the $12-$16 range. I believe Canada's is $11.50, but I'm not positive.

The return of the iPod Nano!

They do if they're there long enough, that's the problem with unions. They don't reward performance, they reward tenure. I've had the displeasure of dealing with some truly hopeless postal employees in the past.

$25/hr is a shitload of money. While our minimum wage is certainly out of step with CoL, you aren't seriously suggesting that ALL labor is worth that much money? A change that drastic would have adverse economic effects.

They used to have a spotless record with me until about four years ago. They've since lost rent checks twice, and a government document with a $1250 check was lost/stolen as well. However, they don't break things into little bits like UPS seems to like doing. I still prefer sending important things by FedEx. They have never lost/broken anything, and I shipped a 50lb laser printer 1200 miles with them for $14. Fully insured, at that.

I'm a person who's done identical work for less pay, and not felt shortchanged because there's nothing about the work itself that warrants paying that kind of money. It's not hazardous, dangerous, or likely to cripple you.

And the federal minimum wage is still $7.75/hr, last I checked. Why are we paying them so much more than the private sector? They already get cushy benefits!