Agree 100%. Not only is it the best animated feature of the year (Toy Story 3 was good but not great), but probably one of the best animated features ever. It does a better job of character development than most movies and the main character is easy to relate to, especially for those of us that are categorized as nerds (social outcast, smart, good with gadgets, likes the hot chick, etc). My almost 3 year old son loves it and I don't mind watching it with him dozens of times.

As for the other movies, I have yet to see most of them, but will eventually. I did see The Social Network in the theaters and thought it was good considering the topic, but not on the same level as previous winners. It's worth watching, but I don't think it's worthy of winning.

Not entirely true about why we started, but it's a good reason for continuing. I started TheTVDB because there was a need for an open API for TV data and since there was a somewhat horrible site handling part of it and another separate site handling the images. My goal was to combine both and make it completely open. Still, like I said, IMDB's restrictions are still reason to continue what we've been doing. /TheTVDB founder

This is exactly correct. My wife has an iPad since her computer died a week before they were released. Her old computer was by the couch and she mainly did email and Facebook while watching TV. For the price we were looking at a netbook or low end laptop, since there really wasn't a need for a full desktop system out there. The only game she plays is Bejeweled and we have my computer for more advanced tasks.

The iPad works perfectly for her. She's no longer stuck at the couch when she wants to be online and has more to do while exercising as well. She's got a decent sized screen to work with. Our toddler can actually play games on it (touchscreen instead of mouse works perfectly). Certain games and tasks are completely natural on it. I don't play RTS games, but I'd be willing to bet it's incredible for them.

I'm not an Apple zealot by any means. Hell, my AppleTV (purchased because my modded Xbox died) is running XBMC. The iPad is not for everyone and won't replace a primary computer, but it does definitely work great for some users.

They're correct about the whole guns don't kill people thing. This is Slashdot, so I'll make a technology analogy, even though people here tend to be far more political than technical. We like getting on Microsoft's case when they fix a bug, pointing out that there are far more existing bugs that they didn't fix. Hackers (or crackers, if you must) will exploit any available means to gain access to a system, so patching one hole in a system with many doesn't do a whole lot.

The same thing happens with gun law restrictions. Do you really think that if this guy wouldn't have been able to buy ammo on Ebay that he wouldn't have gone on a shooting rampage? He would have just found a different way of doing it, whether it be with a hunting shotgun, a sword, or a fertilizer bomb. Keep in mind that while I'm in favor of concealed carry, it doesn't mean I think that people should be able to access semiautomatic firearms without a significant (1 month?) waiting period.

I know that comparing the shooting to a system being hacked isn't all that accurate, but I'm trying to make a generalized point. There are many things out there that have both good and bad aspects, but that doesn't mean that we should focus only on the bad and ignore the good. Doing so is shortsighted and kneejerk, similar to all the save-the-children and ban toothpaste from airplanes crap. Be consistent in your criticism of this stuff.

I have done tech/engineering support for Cisco (formerly Latitude) MeetingPlace systems for the last 5 years with a full-service reseller (I'm not with Cisco, hopefully this doesn't come off as a sales pitch.) It's a great but fairly expensive solution, and definitely not fool-proof (nor executive-proof.)

A Cisco 8106 (the small MeetingPlace server option) + at least one Cisco MCS gateway (required with all MeetingPlace purchases - required network-based backups from MeetingPlace) is quite a bit to bite off. The MCS can be $10K+ by itself. This doesn't even include licensing for a Web gateway (the computer based presentation / annotating), or any type of video conferencing integration.

So it might not be the way to go, especially if it's not going to be a heavily utilized solution.

As other posters have mentioned as well, it might be worth it to consult with someone who designs meeting rooms full-time rather than piece together a few things yourself. Getting the technology put in place is one thing, but getting a functional and elegant meeting room set up is an entirely different proposal.