That sort of proves my point. The design aesthetic was right, but it was probably too early. Just like the Newton was the first PDA and a great device (I still have a 2100), but failed because the market wasn't ready yet. Palm came out a few years later and scored a hit with an inferior device (which made you learn…

Yeah, that's a mean engine.

It would have been better if he'd just said "THIS. IS. APPLE!".

The Lisa was awesome due to the ease of access to the boards and expandability. Apple completely reversed itself with the original Macintosh design.

Right. Because I want to attract bears to my front pocket while hiking out after lunch. Good plan.

In the event that you need something done that's not covered by your insurance (or you don't have any), it's not unusual to be able to strike a deal with a dentist where you pay less than retail, and he still gets just as much as he would from an insurance company.

Sounds like you need to find out if a makerbot can do what you need done more cheaply than the $100k solution.

Right about now, frak soul brother. imo.

You can't cheat an honest man. If the guy who bought the equipment got it from some dude selling it out of the back of his van (or craigslist, the 21st Century "back of a van") for a screamin' deal, he damn sure knew they were stolen. Not saying that's the case, but if it is, he deserves to get screwed.

There is a distinct lack of wizard hats and pizza in this chat log. I am disappoint.

Fucking earthquake magnitudes, how do they work?

There's a great arrangement of this whole song, but I could only find the tag on YouTube.

Try reading something other than Marx. It's called supply and demand. The Touchpad, by virtue of being dead, is now a collector's item. While you can theoretically get it for $100, they're sold out everywhere. See, that's the "supply and demand" part.

It's the same value, due to TARP, QE1, and QE2.

Groovy.

It's about time that guy gets a payday.

Let's hope his statements don't come back to bite him in the ass, as was the case with Apple. He doesn't have a very good track record in analyzing the business prospects of competitors.

This.

You should lose your star just for working for them, let alone being an apologist for their clearly well deserved bad reputation.

Dang, I'm not even dressed yet and they're gone?