Well, it may be all you want or need for your taste, but it is hardly getting the most out of your equipment.

I agree. I don't know why some of the older classics don't come with a "buy the hardback, get the ebook free," type of promotion. For some of the older books that were my favorites, I'd gladly spend more for that.

True, but the U2 is quite slow which is one of the issues they wanted to address with the development of the SR-71.

You still have to feed the humans flying the drones.

But, remember, the plane is starting with a 80,000 ft head start. I think it can outrun it with that.

In the book that chronicles the development of the SR-71 and the Stealth Fighter F-117, there are many stories about the SR-71 doing exactly that.

All that is true, and you are probably right about why they will not pull the Blackbird out of retirement.

I actually agree with you here. But perhaps for a slightly different reason.

I think China has more than that, but a lot of it is in our own domestic bonds that we sell here and abroad.

Uh, because of their crushing debt, I think that even I am worth more than Greece (at least the NET worth).

Agree completely. I have this one as well and the only thing I can add to your comment is:

Well, the point he is making is that Apple usually invests heavily with the companies that assemble their products and often pay for the factories and other facilities so they can get priority service for their needs.

I would argue that referring to congressmen as cats is a much greater insult to the cats.

I think you make some good points. It may actually work better if Apple were to go directly to the schools (universities) to get this started.

From what I've been able to read on the subject (and there's not much out there to read), for the most part the digital textbooks will be initially cheaper than the paper based books, but you will not be able to sell them at all. It will basically work like a library book and you will tell them up front how long you…

This really isn't that surprising.

I did see a Thunderbolt peripheral in all the CES coverage. It was an external GPU that ran through the Thunderbolt port to handle heavy loads for gaming on laptops.

Maybe we are reaching that interglacial maximum due to our coming close to being in alignment with the galactic plane as the Mayan calendar shows and foretells our doom.

Exactly! Let me use it for the one, truly useful purpose.

I doubt I will fit in this car. I am 6' 2" but an unusually large proportion of that height is in the legs.