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@TheTrollPatrol: I like what I see of the Tab so far. I'm impressed by Samsung's hardware design capability, and the Tab is by far the nicest looking 7" tablet I've seen. So far, it's the only device that suggests to me that this form factor is really viable, and that a non-Apple tablet has a shot of being a really…

The main stats that interest me are the size/weight and battery life, since the power needs of these devices determine their weight. The CPU power utilization is also dependent on the CPU clock speed.

TMZ has a copy of the "demands and sayings of Lee" from the hostage-taker's website. This is my favorite line:

@RicketyCricket: Other than what others have mentioned, the iPhone 4 is designed around that antenna, which the Touch doesn't need.

@jmeltzer: Apple is clearly competing against Hulu/NBC for its own model with CBS and Fox going along. Apple rightly realized that they can't possibly compete with Netflix, so they went to the TV and first-run movie market instead. Hulu has also fallen behind on their Hulu-Plus development, so they're vulnerable.

I agree. Apple TV with Netflix support brings customers to the device. But Netflix often lacks first run movies during the latency period and lacks current TV shows. So Apple has worked out content deals that offset what Netflix currently offers, isn't trying to directly compete with Netflix (which certainly…

As long as flash memory is relatively expensive - which is true now in part because of the huge demand - there will be an iPod Classic. Apple can't be in the business of selling music without having an affordable high capacity player with physical controls that can be easily used while driving a car.

I think the stance of this post is a little off. I happen to think that the Touch is a terrible iPod. But its primary target demographic is the non-smartphone owner: kids, older people, and, to a lesser extent, people who a only want a feature phone. Most commonly, I see the Touch in the hands of kids, especially…

@bawheid: That will be Devil 2. Five people, trapped on an escalator in the Mall of America...one of them is the Devil...but not the same person as last time!!!

@TendoMentis: I saw this trailer at a showing of Inception during opening weekend, and when Shamalayan's name came up in the trailer, the whole theater burst out in chuckles and then subsequently laughter, which hit a high point when the title of the movie came onscreen. It was a completely spontaneous occurrence,…

@Toastie: Oh, I see what you mean. That didn't bother me either. I kind of think that what's interesting about this sort of reaction to the film such as your friend's is that it's a way of participating in the questions set up by the film itself, such as whether one is dreaming or not. I also think your point is…

@atfyfe: I think that the question of whether one is in the real world or in a dream is built in to the film entirely, just as it is built in to dreams. The entire premise of the film is built around that ambiguity: 1) that a person who knows he is dreaming can affect the dream; 2) that a person who doesn't know he…

@ginnymcqueen: I think that some people are relatively obsessed with this film because, unlike most science fiction films, a lot of what is happening is not explained ad nauseam by characters in the film. Nolan expects you to catch up with what is happening in the film, and that is possible because a lot of what…

@atfyfe: I think Inception, like most movies, has purely symbolic elements that help drive the narrative. Mal (which is the Latin root for "bad" or "evil") is a character who was described by Cobb as someone who 1) lost herself in the Limbo dream world and believed it was real; 2) had to be convinced by Cobb's…

@Toastie: I think there's no doubt that the viewer participates in the suspension of disbelief - for instance, by going to a fictional movie in the first place. Maybe your friend is saying that he is willing to go so far in the suspension of disbelief, and that if the movie fails to keep him in that state, it's the…

The release of genetically-modified organisms into the environment (which goes along with a variety of technologies associated with genetic material). Info-tech is important for human beings now, but bio-tech will cut a broad swath as it develops over the next 50 years.

@qballdz: I'm guessing that the chair doesn't move much more than an inch a second. Not that a helmet wouldn't be a good idea though.

I thought it was some other factor, but I can't say with certainty what it was. Sure, releasing the pilot on DVD was a risky move, but if the pilot itself didn't interest people in the subsequent series, then it wouldn't have mattered how much time elapsed between the release of the pilot and the start of the series.…

Ray Kurzweil is a futurological mystic. I have no idea why people listen to him.