Freaking uploader fail.

@simracer: Athenas are really nice. They were made by the same folks who make Energy speakers. Canadians make nice loudspeakers in general (I own Paradigms).

@2nd White Line: Oh my, why is his communicator on the wrong side?

@Sir Hotbod Handsomeface: Hey, I've concealed a gun by clenching it between my cheeks before.

Obviously he had been shopping in the China Bazaar in Gatlinburg, TN.

@Wolfstone: That's my point - a technology like this without content to feed it is by definition rushed to market.

@Wolfstone: He's arguing that an HDTV's price should only be based on the bill of materials cost to produce the set. He ignorantly ignores the huge costs of facility maintenance, building factories, paying employees, providing tech support, doing warranty service, etc, pretending instead that companies make absurd…

Great article, thanks.

@Mr.Affrox: Haha, yes. I made the comment, then got starred in another thread. I saw my comment and promoted it, just to see if I could, and to see if anybody would notice.

@MGO_Count: Again, you don't know what you're talking about. Stop embarrassing yourself.

@wagedomain:

@KryptonZero: You have proof of this? Apparently I was left out of the spiff programs when I worked there, and the two close friends I have who currently work there are liars.

@MGO_Count: You don't have a clue what you're talking about.

@sweetgreggo: Seconded!

When manufacturers introduce new technologies, they often forget to plan how to cost-effectively, impressively, demonstrate the technology to consumers in retail stores.

@Donnie_Iris: It just makes you John Walker Lindh.

@Ozzie, The Last Hairbender: I know, right?!

The biggest problem is the assumption that you can get rid of a pilot's salary.

@comrade_leviathan: Yeah, and he barely pulled it off with four pilots onboard.

@KenEvil: I can never decide if those bumper stickers are sacrilegious, ironic, cute, or all of the above.