This is also spot on for typical Democrat and Republican smear campaigns.

Agreed, we should stop fighting wars and spend the money on basic science research. A strong science policy could result in a huge portfolio of intellectual property the US government could license globally, not to mention grabbing the best and brightest from around the world with a massive increase in H1B visas. I…

As opposed to the iPhone, whose glass shatters when you drop it? My chintzy HTC Trophy has fallen at least 25 times, with no cover. Every time I turn around, a friend has a shattered iPhone screen, even with the dumb covers you have to buy.

It is in Europe, and if I'm not mistaken Apple ships iPods and iPhones with 30-pin to micro-USB adapters for charging. That's how they basically flout the law.

We should be blanketing the solar system with unmanned probes, telescopes, and rovers. We should have a national effort akin to the Apollo program to find new energy sources. We should be educating our children to be global leaders in the physical sciences to prepare them for these tasks. Instead we use our resources…

No, because I use the shit out of my phone and battery life is precious. I've also gone through 4 phones in the time I've had my Zune HD, and changing music services would be a pain (going from iTunes to Zune to google...).

If you use chrome, there is a plugin to force comments to the old style called kotaku fix.

The interesting thing is that the teutonic system is actually more market friendly than the US system - Germans routinely change insurance providers looking to save costs, and often the private plans are cheaper than the "government" minimum plans. But tell a left wingnut you want to privatise Medicare, and you'll…

I'd say we should immediately increase basic research in the physical sciences by a factor of 10, and increase education funding by 2x. Pay for it by reducing defense, Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. The fact that we shovel money at baby boomers and adults who can/should take care of themselves, and rob the…

I actually think the Germans and Swiss have it right. Universal coverage with 100% private payers, with a mandated basic level of insurance that's subsidized for the poor.

We should be making a more considerable effort to make birth control and abortions available to low income at-risk teens. Unwanted pregnancies, or even "wanted pregnancies" to teen mothers, seem to result in more crime and also a never ending cycle of poverty where these fatherless kids either produce more fatherless…

Off topic...thank God for the "Kotaku Fix" chrome add-in, so I can browse these comments without Kinja in the old-fashioned way. I tried to navigate around all the comments and it was just a mess without that plug-in.

Never gets old. I've seen a Greek version - Bugs cutting off Greece and it floats away. Probably made by a German.

I'd like to know what those nasty pools of bright colored liquid are on the peninsula - the San Francisco bay near the Dumbarton Bridge.

Apple is becoming the company for old people. This campaign features old dudes who can't figure out how to use their computer, and appeals to old people who are terrified by technology. From the day-planner user interface, increased emphasis on real-world UI metaphors, now this, I think it's indisputable that they are…

Dude, you're gettin' an Apple!

No built in flash? Seems like everybody will need to buy that $150 speed light which makes this thing almost $1k.

The "Mac just works" thing is a myth. I switched to Mac and sometimes my MBA won't even find my apple Bluetooth mouse, printers are often a pain, and stuff crashes more often than on my windows 7 machine. I'm considering boot camping win7 just to make life easier since I love the hardware so much.

I had the same reaction. One of those people famous for being weird or famous?

Apple packaging is nice, but too much. Amazon is king of minimalist packaging, I prefer that to all else.