Agreed. I ask this because of its impact on battery performance. When the iPad came out (hell even today) one of its biggest critizisms was its lack of flash. MSFT fanboys made it out that this was indispensible, and that the iPad was practically a brick without it. But Apple knew battery life is more important than a…

I think you place too much emphasis on marketing as the cause for Apple's success. Yes, marketing is a big part of that success and Apple is unparalleled in the realm of marketing. But Apple holds one thing above all else, and this is something that Microsoft has yet to grasp; the user experience. This experience does…

I think the most imporant question that everybody wants to know but no one is asking is...

I get what you're saying, and perhaps in a few years when larger SSDs are more affordable this approach will work for me. But as it is I have 100's of GBs of data stored on my PC (mostly music, videos, and photos). I may be atypical, but I like to have my entire music collection with me wherever I am (most…

Unless I sign up for the new FIOS service, I can't imagine downloading my music and video on the fly every time I want to access it. Also, see my comment above about storing personal content in the cloud.

So all my music, video, photos, and documents will live on my tablet? My new 32 GB tablet? That won't even hold my music...

Any tablet needs a PC to sync with (at least today). I don't see this changing with the Surface.

Sorry, "clear" would be a number...not a vague description. My mortgage broker said my house would get a value "comparable to similarly spec’d homes" in my neighborhood. The appraiser had different ideas entirely.

For those interested...here is video of Tank Man that provides more perspective (pardon the cheesy 80's soundtrack). You can see what he did and why the tanks didn't just go around him. It's commonly believed that he died that day, but you can clearly see people coming to his aid and pulling him away at the end. What…

Of course your efforts are appreciated, but I think this is a better resolution:

...or ghosts could just be creepers living for free in your attic.

Calcin Klein...no. But I'm pretty sure those hypercolor shirts from the late 80's will leave an imprint in the fabric of time/space forever.

I completely agree...but I think the answer would be "energy". Of course, there's a big difference between firing synapses and an "ethereal energy mist"...but I think the basic idea of ghosts is trying to explain something without an ounce of scientific logic.

DNA FM/AM ghost tuner? The best part about the paranormal is that its just that easy to make up stuff to fit the need.

I think the real question is whether it will still be foggy under these conditions.

Seriously? Nothing on the iMac? Seems like a no-brainer. From MacRumors:

Well, I work in finance, so really all I need from my computer is the Office suite and a snappy internet. I only push my AIO "rig" when I do some gaming, but like I said I've had no trouble playing Skyrim and Mass Effect 3 on high settings. The 512mb graphics card is the only bottleneck, if you want to call it…

...or a strong solar flare....

Bottom line: IF humans are capable of impacting our climate by accident, we most certainly will be capable of impacting our climate on purpose. This is why I'm far more concerned over the next ice age than I am of man-made climate change.

I don't understand the whole albedo effect (which I will forever in my mind read as the "earth's libido" effect). Isn't (one of) the main drivers of global warming the greenhouse effect? Doesn't this entail heat being trapped by our atmosphere? Once light (heat) has hit the ground - whether it hits snow or trees -…