While it may not apply to everyone, I go away camping quite a bit where there is no mobile reception, and I quite enjoy that fact. It's great to get away from a screen sometimes.

Nothing better than sitting round a fire reading up on your interests...

Sure you can say "bring your tablet with the magazines loaded", but that doesn't really get you away from a screen now does it?

Just my 2c

This link should help... www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tvy_Pbe5NA

Here's hoping. While it's a manageable thing I still wouldn't wish it upon anyone.

I have type 1 diabetes, so can relate.

This, however, is NOT a cure but a vaccine. Am guessing that this will be used to prevent the onset of T1D, rather than a magical cure (which would be freaking awesome by the way)!

I actually found the opposite with iGoogle, so guess its a matter of preference... I've been using a Netvibes page since the announcement that they were removing iGoogle, and while it "looks" nicer, I've found all the widgets lag (ie I get twitter "search" updates hours later). Although, like everything, the only people you really hear from when something closes down are the ones that are using it ... so this makes it appear like a lot.

... Except that Parent said "for the first two years"... which I took to mean the first two years Google was active... not the last 2 years that G+ has been active...

Perfect! While I always hate to see ads on things, is it REALLY that hard to scroll past an ad here and there? I mean nobody is forcing you to click on it... What I hate are the ad banners on phones that are designed for you to accidentally click on them... Like they put them right next to the controls, or a menu...

Hahaha yep. Sometimes easier said than done. I've kicked a smoking habit and that was easier than my tech habit. (:

This. I find I am increasingly spending more and more time in front of a PC/phone... I don't even 'find the time' to read a book any more because I seem to spend a greater amount of time on mindless websites (e.g. 9GAG / Facebook)... Need to find a way to break free!! :D

Agree the Otter Box won't save a direct screen hit, but mine saved my iPhone after a rather hard throw into the wall after a particularly irritating call from work one day when I was on holidays... The Otter Box was destroyed... The phone was fine. Can't comment on how well they are made for the HTC but appear pretty darn solid for the iPhone. Granted the best way to save your phone is probably to keep your temper :-)

Actually, I know someone who has done this with a traditional phone... they break better than a mobile -- i saw the mess. For a mobile, I find the Otter Box case has saved my phone a couple of times from that frustrated throw...

The only issue I have with the thickness of the phone is the fact that it is made thicker by the "Otter Box" (or similar) case that is almost mandatory for someone like me that drops their phone occasionally....Although I do agree that it does not make /that/ big a difference that it would sway me either way....

As if anyone would actually read up on something before commenting? /. is a great example of this... I read articles months ago with what Apple was actually complaining about (buttons, etc.)... pinch and zoom was never an issue. The media says and the sheep follow....

Surely the spelling mistake was intentional... to "find people who will almost certainly fall for the scam". Because we all know lawyers in the real world would be able to spell such a simple word. :)

He was the only one BCC'd by the example above, meaning that he can still see all the other recipients that weren't. Thus, a reply-all from him shows everyone else that he was BCC'd....