I collect and restore antique mechanical clocks for a hobby. Currently, I have about 11 clocks running in the household, and bulk changing them twice a year is a pain, particularly the fall back part. Most mechanical clocks don't turn back gracefully, you have to go clockwise 11 hours to reset them. Also, being a cranky retiree, I look forward to yelling "Get Off My Lawn!" at neighborhood kids even later in the extended daylight. Being a Florida resident, I welcome my time defining overlords.

On the 24th floor of a Waikiki Beach condo balcony having coffee when the alert came on my cell. First reaction...WTF?? Second reaction... went straight to the roof. If it's gonna go down, I want to see it (if only for a few milliseconds).

Before any number of potential calamities affect the increasingly vulnerable oil chain. Adversaries realize that this is our Achilles heel and that any disruption will cause an immense impact on the world economy. I just hope we have effective plans in place to counteract any actions taken, as well as proactively identifying, nullifying and persecuting any organizations or states that choose to pursue any actions along these lines.

This is an excellent example of the type of device that the US needs to assure minimal casualties, both hostile and friendly. Proper usage would allow safe ingress/ egress from a target site for both strike aircraft and assault teams. The days of non-electronic warfare are over, and the new battlefield is the transistor junctions. Combined with surgical strike weaponry and proper intelligence, "collateral damage" can be kept to a minimum. For those that think this is a bad thing, study war through the ages and see what collateral damage really amounted to in past wars.

After reading this, maybe they should have called it the "MePad".

got rid of the crappy 1.8 hd, SSD now. Pens are pricy, tho

There aren't enough bars to solve this issue.

Go disposable as others have said men in space are political not science. Man rated hardware just costs too much. Not that I don't love the right stuff. Large dangerous machines that go fast are needed.

F1 is exactly what we need to be launching now. SRBs also can lift some weight, relative cheap also. The basics still apply. You have to get it up there before you can do anything else.

Ya gotta have the throw weight to do anything in space. Orbital braking and fuel depots are cool but mass into orbit rules. We need to develop a really big booster so all the boys can orbit their toys. I did not see this addressed in any of the cited articles. I want a big booster first. Then we can play with the finesse stuff.

did not deserve flamebait. on topic and erudite.

no diss on the russians, they are superb in making things work. I did aerospace and I know we have brilliant resources. It's so sad that we are no longer a viable space player. Men and machines made us, I cry when I go to Dayton and touch Apollo.

I agree...
In my job as a construction superintendant, many times in the field I have to pull up a 3D archectural rendering of some minor construction detail or finish illustration.
The ability to set the machine up in seconds and display the detail in question can be a real labor, money and timesaver.
The large screen allows quite a few people to see everything easily at once and the large storage capacity lets' one store a lot of CAD files.
I currently use a large screen Acer laptop in this capacity, and I would seriously consider this one as a replacement.
BTW, 17 lbs is NOTHING compared to some of the equipment I have to lug around, and yes I always have AC power available to juice up.

Oh, and for the anti-SUV/ big truck crowd, some people NEED their cargo capacity. I do agree that anyone who does not and drives one is a POSER.