I was hoping for just a faster and lighter version of the original nook. I liked the promise that the LCD screen held for it, it was just underpowered.

@Prismatist: I 'feel' the presence of nearby things in the dark. If I'm standing next to a wall it feels like a faint static-y pressure against my face. I've never tried making noises to enhance the effect, and if I'm moving at anything faster than a careful walk I won't notice something in time to avoid smacking…

$429. For a computer with netbook guts running a stripped-down OS. I'm not seeing the allure.

Cracking wifi encryption isn't just brute-forcing the key, which would take nearly forever. The attacker records the traffic they observe going over the air and uses known quantities about the packets to narrow down the possible key considerably. I don't know the practical nuts and bolts behind attacking WPA2, but…

@salt_bagel: I haven't watched the video, but it strikes me that telling someone that cops are coming is not necessarily a friendly warning. It can be a threat and an attempt to make someone stop what they're doing and go away.

I've actually read a compelling argument that you're wiser to not have a secure network for that very reason. Thing is, most wireless encryption isn't that hard to break, especially WEP. But not everybody knows the fact. So if the cops come and kick down your door, and you tell them you have an unsecure network and…

@quesoesbueno59: The right to privacy is in the third amendment. [en.wikipedia.org]

The video is a lie. CCP is notorious for making these sweeping, stupendous videos and then utterly failing to deliver on the gameplay implied in said videos. Don't be fooled.

I hope it includes instructions in several languages to not use the stove inside the tent. Carbon monoxide poisoning gets a few boy scouts every year when they put a stove or lantern inside their tent and run out of oxygen.

@Richard Servello: Catholic confessionals don't usually keep detailed notes on the confessions made within. E-meter sessions do. So if you happened to mention cheating on your spouse at one, you'd better stay on Scientology's good side if you don't want that coming to light down the road.

@Fuzzy Logic: If you want to see a plethora of very valid reasons to single out Scientology, read the New Yorker article that's linked to in a few of the comments.

@Apoc28: Christianity does not as a general rule bill people for the religious services they provide. Scientology does.

"The battery warning is something you'll become familiar with..."

You don't need addons to do that. Go to the Sharing section of the system preferences, and change the computer name to your message. Bam, done.

@LukeDukem: Go back and read the second law. Entropy increases in an isolated system. If you have a machine that takes power from an outside source (heat, vibration, radio waves in the air, whatever) then it is NOT defying the second law, because the system is not isolated. So as long as something in the…

A sixth grade teacher at an elementary school. Has anyone checked to make sure this isn't troll news?

@CivEng: We do have the right to travel as we see fit within the borders of our home without being irradiated/groped/tazed. That falls under the right of liberty, which is secured as an inalienable right of the citizens of the US by our Declaration of Independence.

@nacatak: Being unreasonably (and I consider nudity to be very unreasonable for boarding a plane) searched is very much a violation of the fourth amendment.

@yelraf: When the government was allowed to behave without any oversight, it has murdered the indians, sterilized black people, put citizens with Japanese ancestry in concentration camps, taken more of the indians' lands for good measure, and generally behaved monstrously. So if you have a better metaphor than a bag…

@Arggh! there goes a...snake a snake!: Given that our ever-compentent Homeland Security people are publicly mulling over putting the same "security" in other transit systems in the country, not flying is not going to be a solution for long if we don't put a stop to this idiocy now.