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1. Comment - Lexar tries to make USB thumb drives fashionable

   (Jan 7, 2009 - 4:03 PM)

   SanDisk has had a retractable USB flash drive for years. I am sure others have as well.
   
   ...and how can you have an article about the "look" of a device and NOT include pictures? Does that make sense to anyone?

2. Comment - Mr. Obama? Don't forget the cyberwar threat

   (Dec 9, 2008 - 5:08 PM)

   The Geneva Conventions don't apply here. We're making up the rules as we go along because there _are_ no rules when it comes to fighting non-nationalized guerrilla combatants.
   
   We seem to be erring on the "Peace, Love, and Happiness" side of things. We all know how well that's worked for us in the past, but who needs history lessons in a tech forum, right?

3. Comment - On fifth thought, maybe Microsoft is interested in Yahoo's search

   (Dec 9, 2008 - 12:25 PM)

   You expect them to comment on the President Elect's "flip-flopping"? (Sorry, I mean, "reasoned reconciliations"; How rude of me...)
   
   That would be hateful _and_ prejudiced.

4. Comment - Leaks indicate Microsoft is un-rethinking the Win7 taskbar

   (Dec 9, 2008 - 9:46 AM)

   Microsoft is done in the OS Arena.
   
   This is the Year of the Linux desktop.
   
   Flying cars will be widely available in ten years.
   
   Ethanol is better for the environment than gas.
   
   These all have something in common: They are the completely fabricated dreams of those who either cannot accept or refuse to acknowledge _reality_.
   
   Microsoft won't disappear; Not in this decade.
   
   Linux as a desktop isn't going to happen. Ever. Sorry to burst your bubbles. It's a _great_ OS, but for servers and workstations, not "desktops".
   
   Flying cars? Right. The FAA can barely keep the comparatively limited number of planes in the air from slamming into each other, you think they'll allow a billion more up there? Even if the tech was cost-feasible?
   
   Ethanol... See how I ended with the joke? It costs more to produce than traditional gasoline, generates more pollutants during it's production than gasoline, and it is far less efficient converting it into energy than gasoline. But hey, it burns cleaner, so who cares right?
   
   Can we be done with these myths, please? It's much easier having a reasoned discussion with someone if they aren't living in fantasy-land...

5. Comment - Leaks indicate Microsoft is un-rethinking the Win7 taskbar

   (Dec 9, 2008 - 9:35 AM)

   So we think they've re-enable the text option for the taskbar and might possibly have built WARP into Windows 7.
   
   Of course, we're basing this all on screenshots that cannot be verified.
   
   Why don't we all just _wait_ a month when we'll get the Beta 1?