Nice article (liked). I still remember when I got a Core Duo laptop in June 2006, only to see Core 2 Duo laptops months later. But i really needed it because I was moving to my own house, so well, not so bad.

bigPixel has a point, that dotcoms don't have any hard assets behind them, so when it comes to stock, they are bubbles, the "get insanely rich or lose your shirt" kind of bubble (for investors).

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Or be a computer geek and watching any movie involving computers. Where do I start? GUIs that just can't exist in real life, command line interfaces with huge letters, everything is connected to the internet AND is easily hackable (even things that shouldn't be online, like infrastructure stuff*), everything fits in a…

To the Delorean's defense, the not chocked by smog reduction equipment Euro version did the 0-60 in 8 secs, which was respectable back then.

The 1980 Corvette 305 "California" [www.time.com]

Ok, slow down cowboy. Not every exotic bursts into flames. But anyway, "the 99%" don't care if a Corvette is more reliable than a self-incinerating Lambo. They care about the Aveo being less reliable than anything from Europe, Japan and Hyundai (according to the statistics), because the Aveo is basically a Daewoo with…

-Lack of ash tray. My sister's Fiat Grande Punto doesn't have an ash tray (but it does have a cigarette lighter, wtf), and my sister smokes a pack a day. For that reason, she has to keep the driver window half-open when she is smoking (even when it is raining outside), and just ashes the cigarette on the road. And…

Lol, are you sure the car isn't running Microsoft Windows?

Just to be fair to the article writer, the factory that produces the Prius's battery is a heavy polluter (and I say "polluter" with the worst meaning, the water pollluting type). Just because it just doesn't show up in Toyota's footprint, it doesn't mean it's not true. In our world, it's not about being green, it's…

A car is something that really makes your life better. If you were forced to take the bus during your first year at university, you probably know. A phone is a luxury toy. Simple.

To be fair, the "Transformer" in Asus's hybrid tablets was certainly a tongue-in-cheek reference to the transformers, but tongue-in-cheek references are not enough to warrant trademark infringement.

As I was saying to a friend the week before, if the MPAA and the RIAA were any smarter, they would do nothing about "piracy" on the internet, and act as if it's not a big deal after all. That way, small indie music and film companies (which are increasing in number thanks to iTunes and the like) that don't have access…

But not premium channels (Cable TV, satelite). Most set top boxes for these will embed a macrovision pulse if you are watching a premium channel. If you can't get a CableCARD, an anti-Macrovision filter for your standalone DVD recorder (or a TV tuner for your PC) are the best ways to record premium channels.

For anyone interested, the real Amiga OS 4.1 still exists [amigaos.net]

Nah... they should have gone all the way in and make the recorded side have a blue, green or purple color, instead of the usual silver or gold.

[geek warning] Macrovision is a special pulse that is put in a video signal (like the one coming from the back of your DVD player) that a)confuses videocassete recorders and prevents them from recording properly and b)tells most DVD recorders and PVRs to halt recording. It's used to prevent recording of DVDs and…

"I think it's pretty shitty that we're all combining brainpower to expertly get an illegal substance past law enforcement."