Doing it right now. I think I'm the only one here who didn't know this, but this is cool. The majority of my time on this laptop is at my apartment during the week or house on weekends plugged in, and this should cut down the the number of cycles dramatically.

That's how I'm planning on trying it. Power off > remove battery > start and power off again when I want to put the battery back in or unplug anything.

"If your laptop doesn't have a maintenance tool like this, though, you can also remove the battery from the laptop when it's plugged in."

"So, this morning at the office (read: the coffee slanger around the corner)"

I would suspect the number of Christians who look to the Lord of the Rings books as spiritual inspiration is similar to their opposite- the Christians who view all high fantasy as evil. Big group of Christians in the middle who don't care or just appreciate the stories.

It and 30 Rock are both my all-time favorite show ever, depending on which one I'm watching at the time. It's basically the whole point of my Netflix subscription.

Wasn't it George who escaped the hospital?

Oh.... Didn't think of that.

Anyone else think it's weird he suddenly needed medical attention after being denied asylum? I don't know why he'd be buying time now since it seems certain he's going back to Belize. Maybe he should attempt an escape from the hospital. George Bluth did it and they're basically the same person.

"Optimized" is subjective. Some people demand 60 fps and will go down to medium to accomplish that. Others are fine with 30fps and would prefer high at 30 fps to medium at 60. Some people are more willing to knock back the resolution so that they can keep textures up and maintain a good fps.

"I don't believe these were ranked."

I would say that the iPad Mini is important for all the wrong reasons.

I just got a Nexus 4 and am using T-Mobile for the first time (coming from Verizon) and just pulled down 17+ in Atlanta, Though up was only 1.7. The signal seems to penetrate buildings better as well.

I would be game if I could set a goal fps for different games. Try to maintain 40 fps in game X, 60 in game Y, etc.

You played Fallout 3 on PC and you didn't experience any bugs? Because, if you played it on Windows 7 with a multi-core processor, you almost certainly had to go into the code like I did just to get it to run.

I don't think there's a single pure android phone out there besides the Nexus line right now. The last I can remember is the original Droid. That phone sold a ton, btw so I don't think consumers are actively choosing skins so much as the Nexus line isn't highlighted in carrier stores.

Where did this "Eric Schmidt is cray cray" come from? It's funny, but he's always seemed to be thoughtfully boring, which is what I expect from his book.

The best thing that happened this year. Funny backwards and forwards.

That's great. Good for you to have that kind of relationship with your mom.

Currently 61.1% of Android users are still using 2.x. It's going to be interesting to see how many of those people stay with Android when they upgrade.