@Standish: NSFW

There already is a standard rating system: Whichever has the most number after $ is the best.

@madara: The newest and most expensive is the best, of course.

@Darkit: So you don't talk to your passengers? I do. I don't have to look at them, though.

I'd execute criminals all day for $230 a pop. Where do I sign up?

@MooCow: It's not really common to discriminate against barakumin (a word for the people in the death industry, though it more or less means "village people") any more, though there likely are some places where people still think in that old fashioned way. It's also illegal to discriminate against barakumin, though of…

Why not just have the phone read the text to you with text-to-speech, then allow you to respond by speaking using speech-to-text?

@Hellaphunt: Yea, there are a few floating around outside of the Asteroid Belt. So what? The vast majority are in the area of the Asteroid Belt.

That's why it's called the "Asteroid Belt", right?

I still use the earbuds from my Gameboy (the original one) from 20-some years ago.

@hawkeye18: Destructive technology is easier to make than creative technology.

@winshape: It's just a way to screw the consumer and justify high monthly fees. Especially young people, I think fewer and fewer people are really using the phone for actual talking these days.

I wish this had real settings for time-lapse photography. CHDK does the job, but a built-in solution would be (if it doesn't suck) appreciated, and we wouldn't have to wait for CHDK on new cameras. I'd certainly use time-lapse more than all the other odd-ball shooting modes.

Wait till later this year or early next year until Intel releases their 3rd gen SSDs. Also, beware of the no-name OEM SSD you might get along with your computer. It could be some low-speed piece of junk instead of one of the good ones (like Intel or OCZ).

Sounds like more fun than pinball or video slots.

You know what I want? I want an "unlimited data" (3-5gb, with SMS and tethering) + 30 or 60 mins of talk time a month for something like $30 a month. I don't need tons of minutes, but no one offers plans for people who don't want to chat on the phone.

@GitEmSteveDave: That made me snicker. =)

Beds are for pussies. Real men sleep on a pile of sharp boulders.

Sweet. So you could totally mess up the world's satellite imaging just by painting this giant lake bed black.

@jonnyversusrobots: They're called the Sony Reader Pocket, Touch, and Daily, respectively. PRS-600 and such are just the model number, but lots of people, including Gizmodo apparently, like to call Sony's readers by the model number instead of the actual names.