When I first looked at the headline, I thought it said "Pirates have a hidden ability to repair their own damaged spines."

I was kind of underwhelmed by the iPad when it first came out, but every time one of these knock-offs is unveiled, the iPad looks better and better.

Have we forgotten the classic that is "The Genesis Tub"?

@ophmarketing: But it's much easier to refute another perspective if you can blithely discount it.

@frugala: No. I just happen have a conscience.

@sigurrosuntitled: Because people aren't "getting along just fine now." They're being denied health care because of pre-existing conditions. They're being driven into bankruptcy for the "sin" of falling ill. And yes, people ARE dying due to denial of services—because of profit-driven decisions made insurance company…

@sigurrosuntitled:

@Lex Steers: Yeah, my heart bleeds for the insurance companies. Poor babies.

@verziehenone: This is what needs to happen with eBooks. I'll buy the hard copy for $20-whatever, but then give me the electronic version for when I'm out and about.

@sigurrosuntitled:

@teh1andonlym0: That's fine if you have access to the internet. What if you're one of the tens of millions of Americans who don't?

@Prey521: Yeah! You tell 'em! We Americans demand the right to once again be denied health care coverage if we have pre-existing conditions. And please—drop our health care once we get sick. Also, we want to be sent into bankruptcy due to coverage caps once a for-profit insurance company decides that we're too sick to…

@NightyFury: Just a hunch, but I'm guessing it's the guy who doesn't want a minimum wage or Department of Education.

@TwistedChimp: 'Doctor Who' itself is another.

I regularly use three of the programs—iMovie, iDVD, and GarageBand—so the whopping $4 savings really wouldn't sway me, but I can see the advantage if you only like one or two programs.

@RadderthanRad:

@brianbeatdown: I use that one for water. On more than one occasion, I've put a few ice cubes in it and filled it with water at the beginning of the day, forgotten it in my car all day, and found ice cubes in it still in it at night. It's amazing.

Clearly, none of you have seen a plane land at Chicago's Midway Airport.

@A Ferret is on his best behaviour:

People sit in rolling office chairs on the Metropolis subway? That's got to be hell when it goes around curves.