Yeah, I can imagine the original pitch meeting went something like this:

**Spoiler Alert!**

Having also seen the preview, I can say Movie Message Received: Women seeking to break down the gender barriers are supposed to act like men who just happen to have lady parts. Wait to push the envelop.

Someone sneaking in to an event to capture it on video would seem to be a prime suspect for having caused the malfunction that they just happened to film.

You actually save even more: The AT&T, Verizon, etc costs listed here don't include taxes & fees, while Virgin Mobile's price does: Last I had an iPhone under AT&T in NJ (fees vary by state) it ran me about an extra $12 a month just for taxes & fees, or nearly another $300 for the life of a 2Yr plan.

$300K may be the marginal cost that Google has incurred above and beyond their normal cost of having a legal team, a cost that, albeit much higher, they incur with or without any particular legal action in progress.

So... they save money on fuel but still pass an added fee on to passengers for the iPad?

To all those commenting on "how crazy" I am to characterize MacBook HD swaps as potentially difficult: apparently the later '08 Macbooks were much easier than the early '08 version. I'm guessing the one I had to do this with was an early '08 version. It was a pain, much more difficult than any non-Apple laptop HD…

MacBook HDs are not easy to access. It takes roughly 1/2 hour of careful unscrewing and some disconnecting of very delicate ribbon cables, even with a video tutorial. It's a tedious and laborious process, and since the author didn't know it was the HD prior to having Apple diagnose it as such, I don't blame him for…

I've been a Giz reader since shortly after its launch almost a decade ago. It's never just been a site where the newest gadgets are showcased. Coverage of tech & internet culture has always been a part of it.

When I was a young kid in grammar school, I used to do this when I was bored. Now, finally, I understand why it works. Thanks Giz!

Try this something like this instead:

I think you're taking the wrong message from this article

Sure— Google, Facebook, Groupon, Twitter... plenty have turned down big offers and gone on to achieve massive success.

Why was so much contaminated equipment sitting around?

Just one more reason why umbrellas are the goatee-sporting evil twins in the raincoat vs. umbrella dichotomy.

I distinctly remember a TV episode from some decades ago wherein you utilized shark repellent rather than lethal force.

That's pretty irresponsible. Who's going to protect Gotham? And really, if such a device is actually possible to build, won't it come from your own company's R&D labs? And finally, I've followed your adventures for some time, and I can't think of many instances where a light saber would have helped significantly more…

It would also create a virtual monopoly in the industry for "post-apocalyptic movie settings".

Perhaps you're accidentally locked up without food & water and forgotten about for 5 days by the DEA: [www.tampabay.com]