@LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman: Ya, but the radio overplay of "somewhere only we know" could screw up your plan...

@tramusen: I believe the Acers use Atoms, easy mix up.

Boo HP, but you can't blame them.

@tramusen: "a lot of the older HP WHS boxes are only 32bit Atom processors"

@Khoi Pham | ph15h: Easy, just change the offender's account to non-admin.

This will be rooted, there will be custom roms.

You realize you can get the physical box set for $130, and they're trying to sell you bits for $150?

@unknownsock: The drives use Sandforce 1200 controllers which support the "trim command" passed to it by the OS, as well as garbage collection done internally by the drive's firmware, independant of the OS.

For those wondering, these are not PCIe drives, they are SATA - a new connector called mSATA, but SATA nonetheless.

@unknownsock: I believe OSX doesn't have trim support. They've been relying on drives themselves doing their own "garbage collection", in the firmware, outside the OS.

@Matthew Weflen: I'm not sure the black level loss issue is present in the 2010 series Panny's, but I'll cede that issue to you. I've researched that issue very carefully and I'd still buy Panny over Samsung LCD (and I did).

@Lessthan_tom: "...almost any flat panel HDTV..."

@crizzyeyes: Vizio is excellent for the price. I know plenty of

@pete: I will temper my above statement with the following -

@Nawara_Ven: Yes, I do home theater consulting as a side-gig.

...And he's out a pricey television...

Used this for a while, thought I was supacool. Turned out it gummed up quickly, was a bitch to clean, and didn't last long.

Dear pornographers,

"which sure beats trawling RSS and eating endless bowls of cereal, doesn't it?"

@AreWeThereYeti: Do they ask religious affiliation when you sign up? I don't remember that when I was a kid.