Lemons are sour. Grapefruit is sour + bitter.

Yes! That's the best part of the post! Whatchu got winter? Nothing? Yeah, that's what I thought.

@John Frum: What's compelling me to be negative? I like buttons. I don't think touch screens are functional in a remote. (And I consider myself a remote aficionado.) For the record, I did not bash this particular remote. It's a prototype. There is not enough information to bash it. I noted two functions I consider…

What's truly terrifying: The only reason we're even aware of this level of ignorance is because we understand this particular subject matter. Think about all the things state and federal legislatures are crafting bills about every friggin day, in every area you can imagine. How much of that legislation is equally…

Do you have to "wake up" your touchscreen to pause or mute? Then it fails. Can you pause, mute, back up 10 seconds, skip ahead 30 seconds, strictly by touch—i.e., without having to look away from the TV so you can look at the touchscreen? Then it fails. Sometimes buttons serve a purpose.

Apparently I have become a complete coffee snob. (not sure when it happened exactly.) but at this point, I just couldn't make a cup with coffee ground earlier than a minute or so before I'm brewing it. Nope, can't do it.

No way that came from a focus group. That was a top-down strategy decision. And it makes sense in many ways for the long term future of the business, but it was implemented so haphazardly, it just reeked of hubris.

I can buy criticizing the communication plan with the price increases. But the rest, I have to wonder how much is really the fault of a poor marketing strategy, and how much is simply the result of the people at the top making crazy-ass, poorly thought-out decisions by the seat of their pants. The Qwikster thing, and…

You are not alone. Gizmodo has spent the last two years telling people that Sense was a major improvement over bare-bones Android.

Hmmm... Disappointing. Longtime Android user, and I was thinking about finally moving to an iPhone next summer when my contract runs out. There are other reasons (I'm more comfortable that Apple will stand behind its products if, for example, a software update bricks my phone.) But for me, the biggest question mark…

Just the tidal forces from nearing the sun as it progresses in its orbit could tear a comet apart. All of the smaller fragments would then continue their orbit around the sun, unless and until they pass near another body massive enough to change that orbit. There doesn't need to be an actual collision with anything.

Wow... I know gizmodo loves Apple, fine, I get it, I expect it. But what is this supposed to be exactly? Your pitch to get hired by Apple marketing? Your first draft of the brochure? Jesus... At some point don't you want to try to maintain at least some shred of credibility as an independent source of information…

Yeah, but Android keeps confusing me with all those crazy features no one needs, like a web browser with "find on page" capabilities. Stop making my head hurt with your useless features Google! If Steve Jobs thinks I don't need it, then I don't need it!

I'm self-employed (typically working in pajamas) and I do still bill some clients hourly as well. But even then, you're still largely in control, right? You bill for the appropriate amount of time it takes to complete the project, and how and when you work those hours is up to you. It's not like you have to account…

Yup. If employers are paying their employees for hours, instead of accomplishments, it's their own damn fault. Give employees assigned responsibilities, expect them to complete those responsibilities on time, and let them figure out the best way to do it. Otherwise just get a time-clock already.

Agreed! I'm not seeing it (and FTR, I am a die-hard Harmony Remote fan, on my third one).

As a sometimes-A/V snob, I am sad along with you that most of the country still doesn't have the data rates to reliably stream high-quality HD video. But I have to disagree that that's the problem here. For most of Netflix' customer base, the streaming quality they can achieve is perfectly acceptable.

Honestly, I think the opposite is almost as likely. What does Netflix' streaming catalog, as a standalone service, offer over Hulu Plus, YouTube, and a half dozen other online video providers you can choose? Pretend the last few years didn't exist, and Netflix came to you today, cold, offering access to their current…