I'm surprised by the total lack of maturity and respect by the slashdot community. I truly expected more. Every day i read insightful comments and articles on some really cool topics that make me think. well, this one did too. I just think that all the stupid blow job comments and the ones about sex were totally lame and seemed straight out of middle school. and no, i dont think it was a "joke" because it wasnt. so anyway, just wanted to share a piece of my mind. I wish geeks (i use that word loosely) wouldnt live up to their lame stereotypes and get some social sense. grow up please. Anyway, I also have some gifts to recommend If i was to buy a gift I would invest in a good book. Fiction or Non-Fiction. Some I enjoy a lot are: Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter (amazing mind opener, nobel prize winner) Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (writing a thesis on him currently, this book has so much within it anyone can love it) (Also His Master's Voice by Lem is great) Under more conventional science fiction I enjoy books by Vernor Vinge, Connie Willis, Philip K. Dick etc. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and The Man in the High Castle are both endlessly enjoyable. Hope this helps. : ) good luck