Lol, That's my hometown!

The point is to learn. To train crews and develop routines that can be used on future, more bad ass carriers. Remember, this is their first one but certainly not their last. The US carriers were not Nimitz class size and efficiency when they first saw the light of day.

Pfft. UNC Greensboro is more fun ;) (and I meant to go to the outer banks the last weekend during finals but somehow people were busy with studying :P)

@kake81: I suppose it depends on the config available to your region/retailer. There are versions available with usb 3.0 as well, but mine shipped with Win 7 Home Premium x32 and only USB 2.0 ports.

I've had this baby for 3 weeks now, and yes, it is def more powerful than your average netbook. Only thing my unit is missing is more RAM (only 2gb) and USB 3.0. and a 64bit OS. Other than those minor caveats, I'm very happy with the 1215n :)

@FlyingAvocado: Exactly my concern. Eventually someone will go down there and not know this and they will end up dead or severely injured. I remember my scuba instructor telling me about stupid people buying tiny emergency ascent bottles and using them for free diving, then not knowing to exhale on their way up as…

@SagarikaLumos: [jalopnik.com] It's certainly not impossible.

My friend in Qatar said this is parked on Salwa Road. Unfortunately she refused to steal it for me. apparently it was too dirty :(

I watched Avatar with the Dolby tech, and my problem wasn't as much with the tech itself (some flickering but not that bad) but more with the implementation of 3D in theaters. First, it's rather annoying to look at 3D objects closer to you and not being able to refocus on them, but that's just a minor annoyance that…