"I'm hard pressed to see how irrigation might have been developed for warfare."

Have you heard the expression "An Army Travels On Its Stomach"? Whether or not irrigation was developed *for* warfare, it most certainly allowed for yet more advances in the art of war.

"Congratulations! By responding to this test email, you've received an IRS coupon for a FREE TAX AUDIT. Enjoy!"

That's one way to teach them. Granted, it's a bit Pavlovian, but ... if it works, it works.

... that's FRONKENSHTEEN to you, bub.

Ditto. If they had announced a Mac Mini refresh, I would have bought it as soon as it was available. Alas, they did not.

Of course, I'm also kind of holding out for the Mini to support dual-head (at different resolutions), but that'll probably never happen.

You can go to any marine store and get a cup holder with a gimbal hinge. Problem solved :)

Have you not been paying attention? Microsoft is FLINTHEART GLOMGOLD, not Scrooge McDuck.