of course this comes out, I just got my rhino sheild for my nexus 7, and already want to trade it off for one of these.

HDMI, micro SD, rear cam ...yes please, and I don't even have to give up the NFC.

left field suggestion...buy em a chromebook. I have been eyeballing the samsung $250 chromebook for my brother and my for parents since they basically only use the internet. (Hell a tablet would actually work just as well) And also for myself but as a webdev I can get by with any old text editor.

No OS issues,…

even faster than a shoe knot? Cord locks, you can get 4 in the camping section at walmart for 50cents. Then you just cord lock your laces and boom, super quick and cheap.

On some level I agree with you, but I see things a bit differently with photoshop.

Photoshop is one of the most heavily pirated apps there is.
Why? It is super expensive, so kids and students just bootleg it.

correct you cannot buy the NATO armor-piercing 57 ammo as a civilian, but you cannot buy AP ammo in ANY caliber legally as a civilian.

That is not to say that there is not ammo that CAN pierce armor legally available...it is just built and marketed in a way that it does not fall foul the AP ammo laws.

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well I just bought a fancy new electric door lock, and the wife was concerned about the value (I got a zwave / PIN code deadbolt super cheap for $80 vs $220 retail).

I told her it wasn't about saving time digging out my keys, it was the convenience of opening the door with 1 finger, which is important when ,as a man,…

It is a shame that houses now are built to a cookie cutter design with little forethought into clever tricks like your farmhouse.

I read an article ages ago that talked about this, the gist was, Amazon KNOWS it will soon have to deal with state taxes, it is an issue of when, not if.

not entirely true (though I may have misunderstood you) but power companies CAN raise prices once certain "efficiency standards" have been implemented. That is why the power co's give out light bulbs and such.

Basically they are allowed to change rates to keep their profit the same regardless of how much power they…

I had a friend who was in a similar situation, his boss stopped paying, he kept working.

wave was amazing, sure some of its features have made there way into drive, but it was such a nice platform with all kinds of bells and whistles.

I hope sourcing "theonion" was a joke (can't cut the cord)

I have a Spec Ops T.H.E. wallet, the wallet is physically huge (luckily I am a big guy), but holds a ton and is practically bomb proof. It is belt mountable, has lanyard holes, and will hold airline tickets and other oversized items.

good to know I am not the only one who is super lazy

I think that while many of the Win8 updates are "learnable" it isn't like we are born with the knowledge about the "charms" bar, or corner hovering or whatever else.

google reader...but I work at a newspaper, so I overhear all the local stuff negating my need for a newspaper or local newscast

God I have bought so much stuff that had so much promise, or were potential projects.

If you install NAVI-X on it, it will be your favorite thing ever.

While far from perfect, I find my revue very good for my purpose which is Netflix for the baby and wifee, and I use VIMU (formerly GTVBOX) for accessing SMB shares on my network, costs a few bucks. Also Navix on google tv is so-so. Great when it works, but kinda flakey which sucks cuz it isn't a free app.

and yes, I will complain about this until Google does something...DO YOU HEAR THAT SERGEY!!!