Speaking of pocket sand... Does anybody else think that Sam's problem might be that he took all of these photos with the phone sitting in sand? Why is the phone sitting in sand?

Um... if your existing car stereo is compatible with USB, then it would work with an iPhone 5? I mean... right?

I'm sorry, you're seriously changing platforms because of a different cable? Can you help me make sense of that?

No, it's not. You are presented with a contract. You know that it's a contract, and you are allowed to read it, understand it, and then choose to agree and sign it. And if you feel that you've made a mistake, you have 14 days to change your mind. Scribbling something where your signature is supposed to go isn't in…

I really can't tell if you're being serious. I certainly understand the premise behind a contract, and I also understand that writing little notes on a signature pad does nothing.

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I'm sure that there is still a need for disc media, I'm simply saying that the need is diminishing greatly.

I don't mean to seem rude, but you're either a liar or a fool.

Many cell phones for sale may support NFC, but I'm talking about phones that are owned by people (you know, the ones who should be using NFC?). How many iPhones, low end/midrange Android phones and dumb phones are out there? I'd be surprised if more than 20% of the phones in use actually support NFC, and of those,…

I got it at Amoeba in Berkeley about 10 years ago. It's a keeper!

Yeah, I have the whole CD. An hour of guys calling and not giving up. Sad and wonderful.

A 400-700% increase over the past few years?? Sure, because a few years ago nobody at all was using it! That's not an achievement.

You must be a blast at parties.

Forgive my ignorance, but exactly what information on my computer can someone access simply by being on the same network?

This reminds me of "Kathy McGinty". Not sure what the whole story was, but "Kathy" would meet guys in AOL chatrooms and eventually give them "her" number. The problem was that "Kathy" was just some guy with a badly recorded soundboard of a woman saying various things. Guys would call and put up with just about…

Your reply doesn't make sense to me. What are you saying?

Why would you sling 8gb DVDs when you can sling 16gb usb drives or SD cards?

Yeah, I guess? I've had a cell phone contract since 1998, and the terms of my contract have never been changed in a way that affected me. I doubt that this is a common scenario.

You are confused. It's not an irrelevant metric because the competition has surpassed Apple, it's irrelevant because it offers no additional benefit to consumers. If "Display A" has twice the pixel density of "Display B", but nobody can actually see the difference, then it is irrelevant. All specs are meaningless. …

Cute. But I would question how many "pro" users use discs. And how many "pro" users aren't aware that no optical drive is included.