"If "2001" is Analog, "Tron: Legacy" is Thrilling Wonder Stories."

"Avoid Romans" LOL

@jeremy_mccurdy: Run it, fix your slow boot issues, then remove it. Problem solved.

I would have forwarded Payback's email to the seller, but then, I guess I am a better person than everyone else on the Internet.

@reycoasdwon: When you build your first coaster it's ok to be overcautious.

There is a great parenting book I read when my first son was born, which I recommend to everyone. It's called "WATCH YOUR FUCKING KID!!"

"It shoots through schools!"

This is fine, but please stop sending me files in the .NAMBLA format!

@triggerx: I agree. Maybe it's because I am getting prudish in my old age, and maybe it's because I have a 6 year old, and maybe it's because I work at a help desk and you REALLY need to watch your language there... but dang! Sometime's an expletive can be a useful tool to shock the reader, but a good writer knows…

Icing Dong?

That will certainly help justify buying an iPad for a lot of students, since many schools use Google apps already...

Some kind of gaming accessory? A hinge for the the attached keyboard? Credit card swiper?

@Sedako: That was kind of what I thought, but he is too small. Gah! I hope that's not supposed to be Unicron. I was kind of hoping for those floating 5 headed egg-shaped guys.

@fooogama: It's a figure of speech. Like calling Africa "The Dark Continent" before it was mapped by European explorers. "Dark" means unknown.

I really hope there isn't a lot of boring talking and exposition in this one. I want to see some action for a change.

I can't really criticize the government for wanting to keep secrets. I keep a stash of Halloween candy in my desk drawer and if THAT ever got out my wife would kill me!!

Guess where I am right now!

At first I was upset, but then I think the last time I did anything with Caps Lock on, it was on a mainframe connection.

It sounds like the hardware would be interchangeable. You just log on anywhere with your ID and there is your stuff. What a great... wait... so THAT is what "cloud-based" computing is!

@ajw827: They are actually pretty good. I know because I have a cub scout and we tried them at a campout.