RATM nonstop all day today.

I listened to the whole record today in between spins of Rage Against The Machine. We all have different ways of coping, I suppose.

Agreed on all points! I replayed the game after reading this article a few weeks ago, and Quiet's (despite the terrible character design) is one of the most emotional character arcs in the series. Even got me the 2nd time.

…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of the Dead Grandparents

The thing is, ethernet is still readily available on their other products that are designed to be plugged in and left at a desk. Ditching it for the portable products but making it capable via adapter was the right way to go.

Exactly. Removing it from an iMac (which they still have not done with Ethernet, BTW) would be egregious. I also suspect that for internal reasons they very well may keep it around indefinitely on the iMac. Always gonna need a hardwired connection for secure internal work.

USB-B is a weird one. I've seen it used to refer to everything from those printer ports to micro-USB. USB is kinda confusing for such a ubiquitous standard, is what I'm driving at. There are so, so many permutations of it.

Exactly. How is this a headline in 2016 when last year they released a computer that had nothing but a single USB-C port? They already did this a year ago. And many Windows manufacturers have followed in their footsteps. Tons of ultrabooks out there now with USB-C, a few that only feature USB-C.

Go to magicleap.com and you can! Read the Wired write up. This isn't bullshit. They are building whole new kinds of entertainment around this tech, teaming up with the likes of Peter Jackson, and thinking of endless ways that it could improve our lives. I am also of the "I'll believe it when I see it" mindset, but…

I think that honestly has more to do with the shitty power port that most Windows laptops insist on using. USB-C has the potential to be just as good of a connector. I'd imagine on Windows laptops it will be much more reliable than the current standard, which has always sucked. The magnetic connection has become less…

I'll miss MagSafe, but I can live with it in trade for the versatility of USB-C, and the trade off of being able to charge from either side is nice.

The iPad Pro, while not my primary device, is something I've absolutely fallen in love with. I'm not a pro artist, but I love to doodle, and was going through pens and pads like a madman for stuff I just ended up trashing at the end of the day. I've probably justified the cost of the damn thing in 8 months just by not…

Your average user ends up needing some sort of support over the lifetime of their purchase, and Apple is one of the few tech companies that actually have competent people on the phone waiting to fix your problems. Good luck getting someone from Dell on the phone that speaks English and won't just refer you to some…

Floppies were not fading. CD burners will still super expensive add ons for most computers, and the floppy was absolutely the primary method of data storage/transfer from one computer to another. There was an absolute uproar when they killed it.

I'd like to point out that proprietary connectors are not something they've done "recently". Their devices have had proprietary connectors since they first started making iPods with 30 pin connectors, and that has carried over to the iPhone and iPad.

No, it's more exactly like when they ditched the floppy in favor of USB, creating a whole ecosystem of USB-A accessories and devices. Watch as Windows OEMs also move to USB-C (lots of them already are) and USB-C devices proliferate.

I think your second point is more the issue. Ditching the headphone jack is one thing, but the public would be crying for bloodshed if they switched chargers again within 5 years. The 30 pin backlash was real. People are fine now, but they really just got Lightning to the point where 30 pin was when they ditched it.

Take a look at what the folks over at Magic Leap are working on. I'd say we're about 5 to maybe 10 years tops away from being able to conjure any size screen we like out of thin air. Phones, tablets, and even TVs are on the way out once this technology becomes both affordable and readily available. There's a reason…

Hey! If you had to choose between having mad cow disease, and being the top scientist in your field, whaddya think you'd choose?!

It was a free download, but not from the Adult Swim site, IIRC. You just had to go to the RTJ website and give your email. I remember wanting desperately to just pay them for a physical copy, a wish I was granted about a year later when they toured and had it on vinyl at the shows.