This is an interesting way to make what is essentially a computer woman, while avoiding the uncanny valley. Just composite a bunch of lovely ladies, and voila, sexy computer woman.

@acrididae: I completely agree.

That Android Guys blog includes some really interesting information about calling plans. I just wish I understood who the plan was through and how much it was for.

@ericesque: I have a similar system. Except I use the tens digit as X minus one, and the ones digit as the remainder of adding up to nine.

@the_amazing_doug: Actually, even on your exceptions, the numbers should still add up to nine, if you keep adding the digits. For example, 9x11=99 9+9=18 1+8=9.

Ribbit can connect a call with Google Talk? And Google Voice cannot? That, right there, is pretty weird. I haven't used Ribbit, but big ups on that one. #ribbit

@astrosmash: Answer: Both? They're both based on pretty much the same code. #xbmc

@ssj4Gogeta: This is partially incorrect. This system can't handle bluray because Linux can't handle the encryption on bluray discs.

@CaffeineCarlton: An excellent point. #feature

@salviati: Yes. #feature

@CYG: XBMC works with any computer that runs Linux, Windows, or Apple OS and has a video card that supports OpenGL 1.4. This Acer just happens to be cheap and has an Nvidia Ion card built in, which allows for GPU decoding of HD content. #feature

@Adam Koch: When allocating only 256mb to the gpu, XBMC is not guaranteed to run all 1080p content. If the bitrate gets too high (e.g. the infamous killa sample), there can be problems. It's really much better to upgrade to 2 gigs of ram, so you can allocate the full 512mb of ram. #feature

@icecreamman: The mkv container has slightly better audio support than mp4 and can handle streams better than avi's. I think I've also heard tell that subtitle support is better, but don't quote me on that. I don't know why anyone would care though. It isn't the container's fault if a program is gimped not to…

@Jb Bentz: Boxee is based on XBMC and the two share a great deal of code. The big difference between the two is Boxee has support for a great deal of online media and social networking, while XBMC has support for all those pretty skins you see online. #feature