but that is exactly what you are supposed to be thinking about. There are so many patent lawsuits flying around right now regarding design. Design is a huge part of the Apple/Samsung slap fight in particular. You do not believe design should be part of patent law. I bet a lot of people agree. This is part of what…

I'm a stick blender guy myself. You can puree the shit out of some butternut squash with very little mess and cleanup, and you get to feel like you're the star of a slasher film.

Amazon's consumer friendly and convenience friendly measures have shown that giving a legitimate legal customer freedom leads to increased sales and customer loyalty. Michael Eisner once famously said that 10% of the people will never pay and you can't create policy around them. If publishers are going to try to…

Buy once, read anywhere. There should be no limit if you are using it legally. I have based on circumstance read one book on an iPad, Android phone, Kindle hardware and a browser.

The 7.1 wouldn't work with this, but you can use this as a sound card for gaming. Right now most if not every single game is compatible with sound cards using the standard USB Audio codec, which this does.

There shouldn't be. If it is USB then it should theoretically be plug and play. I have speakers that have their own internal DAC and plug in via USB. I also have a a DAW for recording.

If you're not talking about a hardcore recording setup you can get something with decent pre-amps and 24/192 playback capability.

you can't spread out in space, son.

free roam! Giant city hub! hostile and non-hostile NPCs EVERYWHERE. The more I'm delving into side quests the more I'm not sure I love this aspect of the game. It is overwhelming and it seems like finding sidequests is key to leveling up to a powerful enough batman to survive the main story.

significantly better is weirdly subjective. In a technical sense, probably. From a gameplay sense almost certainly. But there are two big things that may make you feel differently:

Disregarding the fact that I agree with the interviewer that Reed Hastings fucked up, this was a really uncomfortable interview to read. This wasn't "tough journalism" as they weren't getting to the core of any issue. It sounded like a frustrated customer getting a chance to give Mr. Hastings shit. Asking what he…

not really. Android has had some amazing voice control since Froyo. The update in Ice Cream Sandwich makes it way faster, more accurate and usable. But they're not going with the voice assistant route in the same way.

it was reported I think earlier this week that a GSM version of the phone went through the FCC, with frequencies for both At&t and T-Mo. So even if they announce a timed exclusive with Verizon, this should be hitting other carriers at some point.

I was...I was hoping for something closer to a flamethrower.

The upside is that if they are delaying the announcement for three weeks (speculation is that 10/27 will be the new date in London) then it is three less weeks of waiting for the actual hardware to be in your hand after the announcement. God help me I'm pricing out Verizon plans if the rumors of this being a Big Red…

It may not impact pricing but if a major cable company let you use your game console as a cable box this is what could happen:

I was on the Amazon Fire pre-order page and the resolution is 1024x600, not 1024x768

What's dumb is relying on the thickness of sauce to stay on the chicken. Now, like Tostito's scoops, you are liberated from worrying about sauce thickness in order to have a well slathered nugget.

OH YEAH! KFC bowl made out of fried chicken housing mashed potatoes corn and gravy.

for comparison, especially if you are nostalgic for the original. Lucasarts did it very well with the Monkey Island reissues. It's kind of fun to remember how much of your imagination you really had to use back then when gaming.