I didn't think there was a whole lot of use for the device until I took a trip from Munich to Philly in one of US Airs brand new A330s and noticed something, every single seat had a USB power outlet and all over the US USB power outlets are increasing in number. Are there any netbooks that can run off of USB power? The fact that the iPad can, has (supposedly) a really good battery life, and the fact that you can use the thing while standing up has sold me on the device.

That being said, the first company that can come out with a netbook that can run off of USB power will have a winner.

Didn't we see an article recently of a CEO stating that netbooks were on the way out?

Seen him lately? He is a fat slob

...with a hot wife:

http://datingismiserable.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/jen_playboy.jpg NSFW.

I think one part of the test should include the probability that two independent parties doing the same work ending up with the exact same result should determine whether or not something should be a creative work.

Would two parties doing the exact same work come up with two [substantially] different models of the Washington monument? I doubt it.

If this test were applied, I think it becomes increasingly more obvious as to what is a creative work and what is not.

...was that fact? Just want to clarify before I download it.

It would be interesting if it could watch you draw, then imitate your style as it draws other subjects. It isn't fun to re-draw the same subject over and over just to see how you progress. Instead you could use it to take each of your drawings and show you, say, a lightbulb would look. Plus it would be fun for people like me who like to draw on occasion but quickly get lazy. That way I could just draw half of something and let the robot finish it. Heck, you could use it to do one of those photo-every-day things, but instead of a photo it's a self-portrait based on your current drawing ability.

Of course, if it became complex enough, it could analyze money and learn how to mimic that drawing style...

Remember when HP spun off Agilent? They basically sold their soul to in the name of becoming a cash generating machine. No one I know associates HP with innovation anymore. It will be sad if the same comes to pass with Motorola.

Admittedly I did not RTFA, but I'd assume that you can't just write, scribble, etc on these...

The majority of short life printouts that I use at work end up with notes, amendments and changes scribbled on them. It's a good system.

Unless I can do this on this new medium, I can't see it being useful in our offices.

And this makes no sense. It is also inconsistent with the use of the term "dwarf" in astronomy, where dwarf stars are still stars, and dwarf galaxies are still galaxies.

If Earth were in Pluto's orbit, it would not clear that orbit of other KBOs. And the requirement that an object "clear its orbit" to be a planet is arbitrary and does not have consensus among astronomers.

If this isn't being blown out of proportion much, then the worst potential consequence I've thought of so far is political dissidents having their network exposed.

Pine works great with IMAP: https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~csadmin/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_Pine_(Alpine)_for_IMAP_Gmail

Um... only F-16 in the current Air Force inventory is single engine... and it costs more to maintain than does F/A-18...

Yeah, yeah. What percentage of people in the sixties do you think called themselves hippies?

Being of that era, I have to call bullshit on a cheap meme. It's like blaming George Bush on the Greens on 20 years and about the same percentages.

The right to bear arms? Bring in the bears, I'll take five arms please!