For me this was the worst episode yet.

XP Pro and Ultimate allow for the use of XP in a Virtual machine, which MIGHT suit your needs. That would be my first avenue to explore.

The main MP3 players for Ununtu are Rhythmbox, Amarok and Banshee, with Banshee due to become the default with the next release.

It gives you access to the phone's filesystem, which is the geeky reason.

I pirate, generally for niche items you can't readily get.

You don't need to provide a real address when creating an Apple account, just something random but real-ish that won't trigger their safeguard analytics.

The key word here is diameter. Broadcasting for 100 years will see the signal reach 100 light years in any one direction, or radius, but diameter refers to twice the raidus, or 100 light years in both directions, hence the 200 light year bubble

My two cents...... its way too easy to give focus to the sidebar accidentally while reading an article and jump to another article while trying to scroll down the main pane.

There's an "Edit Comment" at the end of your comment. Not sure about deleting though

Totally with you on that one.

I thought he was on a Hyperion destroyer while liberating earth, something to do with not wanting to make it look like an alien invasion.

I'm going to take a guess and say you are thinking of Lexx, a seriously weird show that always made my brain hurt whenever I tired to watch it.

@snark_attack: Create a disposable and anonymous email address.

Just roll with the changes guys. There's nothing any of the io9 staff can do about it. Bitching and moaning won't change anything.

Anyone else thinking "fortress for the zombie apocalypse"??

@franco1975 [Troll ]: Some, like my laptop block do get damn hot, but I'd imagine they are just as likely to start a fire in that thing as sitting on a carpet

" developed a service that will let users upload their music collections to Google's servers and then synchronize them with any mobile device"

@simonbarsinister: Absolutely correct, some serious shift key laziness in my part there...

If you are a Windows Notepad user creating a text file that starts with only ".Log" on the first line will automatically insert the current timestamp whenever you open the file, making for an easy record of how old your entries are.

All I see when I look at that is Adam West sitting on the Bat-Cycle