I learned long ago that my parents, on one hand, WANT to learn to use technology, but on the other never will due to the fact that they just find it too difficult because they refuse to just "fiddle" with things, even though that's how I continue to tell them I've learned everything I know about graphic design,…

@timgray: This is where I am with the tablets. Frankly, I have an iPhone and I haven't run into any issues with storage space, and I throw most of my music library on the thing along with some movies most of the time. However, with a tablet, where I essentially want it to be a portable computer, I'm not okay with…

@Steven Algoet: That's exactly what I was thinking. Are these more/less expensive than the iPad, and if so by how much?

I love that everything but one comment, at the time I'm writing this, is pointing out the mis-use of the descriptor of "forward slash". That was the first thing I thought of, too.

"while saving some money on candles (and creating far less of a mess)"

My parents have been notorious for not knowing anything about my interests. One year as a child I got a video game for the Sega Game Gear system, a system I didn't own. We've solved this problem with an Amazon wishlist, which is slightly disappointing since it allows them to put forth no effort whatsoever when…

@digitalranger: Yes, the seller could've gotten the buyer's account frozen, etc. but the buyer could easily turn back around, claim they tried to buy, even give proof of that, and delay the whole process until the event the tickets were for was over, at which point they could argue they shouldn't be forced to pay now…

@MattyMattMatt: And also unlike the con, the bidder originally went to him, of her own volition, and offered to purchase the tickets. For moreso than others were offering. It was only after she had agreed on the price that he pretended to be another person offering her more money for the thing she had contractually…

@battra92: Personally I'd find it uncomfortable immediately. I've used similarly styled surfaces before (thankfully not for an extended period) and it drove me nuts. Kept scraping myself on the unfinished sides.

@grant.jewett: Just to clarify, do you live in a major city, or near one? I live between two major cities, smack in the middle, and will randomly drop a call for no apparent reason, only to have it claim I have full signal 3 seconds later when I haven't moved.

@TheButcherfly: CTRL+F works on brackets. You search for "[" and you'll find everything that needs fixing.

lol, yeah, we just recently got remotes with DirectTV that have the black non-slip backing. Very nice idea, and yet I still flip them over just the same. Honestly, from my brief experience so far, the non-slip backing doesn't actually work quite as well as the buttons. :D

@bitslammer: I'm absolutely sure that I don't. It looks like a piece of wood. On the wall. With a lamp dangling off it.

@Smurfette's dropkick: I already agreed with someone else on this issue, but I must do so again because you put it so eloquently.

@taodude: Yes, yes, yes, and, well, I don't mind the ribbons so much.

@Jacobm001: Aye. The ribbon menus are essentially the same information presented differently from the old drop-down menus. The primary difference is imagery. Imagery helps people understand things better.

@Talthybius: I don't think the decision requires inebriation, but the sheer stubbornness to bother to do it probably does.

@HektikLyfe: It's a variation of "This looks 'shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few 'shops in my time."

@the_amazing_doug: Honestly, this is the best idea in this entire thread. The only real downside I see at all is that a lot of the boxes come with packing material you'd want to keep inside of the box, but for the ones that don't that's an amazingly awesome idea.