Don't get me wrong, cable companies are probably some of the scummiest organizations occupying the earth today. But before we go complaining about them, perhaps we should be looking at our governments that make these cable monopolies possible.

"except with better health care"

Maybe I'm just some sort of freak of nature. But I can guarantee you that between 8 and 9 AM I am most definitely not approaching my maximal level of alertness.

Across the Bay! Ouch. The morning commute just got way worse for 8 bay area-ins.

Serious bummer. Mexican coke tasted so much better thx to the cane sugar. Does Canadian coke still use the good stuff?

and I'd say it sounds like you've made up your mind :)

Interestingly enough, in the US most firearm deaths are also by criminals, against criminals, using illegally acquired firearms. Same thing in Mexico. And btw, anyone that wants to quote the 97% of of Mexican gun crime by US guns quote, that's actually traced guns. Which shockingly enough, you can successfully…

My understanding is that Woz left apple shortly before Jobs got fired, so the companies problems after Jobs and then turn around after Jobs returned had nothing to do with Woz. That said, I don't think there's any disputing that Jobs had the superior business and marketing mind. But don't think for a second that Woz…

Not a problem when your deployed. The Xoom, w/ a case on for protection, fit perfectly on the rails of the bunk above me. Made watching movies in bed a snap.

Actually, for special forces work this seems a bit off. Riot gear though, this would work well.

And in 10 times the current schedule plus 20 times the current budget we might actually get to see one of these take off.

I'm curious at what point do we hit diminishing returns on weight. I get that it's probably a bit different for me cause I'm a bigger guy. I've never had much of a fatigue problem with tablets. Even the old Xoom in portrait didn't bother me, but for a lot of iPad guys weight plus the added torque of a wide screen in…

I stand corrected :)

A "tech surge" huh. Mr. Obama, might I recommend some light reading.

34 and going

They've already sold out of the 16GB in black in the US.

My understanding is that it's the same camera as the 4, but w/ a better lens and some improvements to the camera app (which the 4 will be getting anyway). In theory the lens should help create better photo's, just not sure if that's a big enough selling point (particularly for me as the camera isn't that important…

How long was GMail in "beta" again?

Ya, but a government gets it's money buy pulling it from that same system, hence the problem with your simplified economic understanding. Hence government money is the equivalent of your "money which sits unspent". And the bigger said government is, the more of the waste you describe.

So you don't have a problem with big government, just the way big government does things.