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Without reading the article, I am guessing that the choice isn't between a $2K credit card and a $400K home loan. Instead, paying off the last $3K on a car loan makes more sense sometimes then paying off that $3K credit card, because you have freed up $300 per month (your car payment) instead of $75 per month (your…

Just today I used an Ubuntu 9 Live CD to delete a file or two and edit the Hosts file on a Windows XP machine that was otherwise locked down tight by one of the fake antivirus packages that one of my users had stumbled upon.

Add me to the list who feels that introductory philosophy class was the most important.

@Guizzy: I'm not saying that reading in the dark is a prevalent (or even rational) consumer demand. I am just saying that is what I want.

@Thomas Wrobel: There is a certainly a discussion to be had about the reasoning behind leaving out a camera or and USB slot or an SD card reader.

@Buster Friendly: You're right, I have no idea how e-ink works, but if it doesn't do what I want it to do, then it doesn't matter.

@Fergie24: You're right, I can't read a real book in the dark; I would just really like to. It would probably be more accurate to say that the backlight isn't so much a deal-breaker as it is the thing that would have pushed me over the edge to buying buying a Kindle.

@techfox: Your point about the Kindle is spot-on.

@jstapels: I really like your analogy! That's a good one.

@Buster Friendly: I completely agree that Apple is crippling their product in a way that's detrimental to SOME consumers. Every company does it to some extent. That is how you differentiate your products.

@jkrell: Yes, and all of those horse savvy folks are boycotting cars while us less horse savvy masses are stuck paying for gasoline and repairs.

@Buster Friendly: But Apple isn't doing this. They aren't taking my Windows 7 laptop and telling me that I can't run Linux on a virtual PC or replace the DVD drive with a BluRay player.

Here's my first take on this article:

@palantyri: On the way.

I have 3 invites left.

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A couple of articles state that Morro is named after Morro de São Paul, a beach in Brazil. I would think that either Fort San Felipe del Morro - a fortress in Puerto Rico - or Morro Castle - a fortress in Cuba - was more likely the inspiration. In any case, the commercial name is going to be Microsoft Security…