on another note: There are still holographic disks which did that trick a few years back, and in two or three years microSD will have reached capacities of 64 or 128 gigs, with SD reaching 256 or 512, so, what would you rather have, a little card with higher r/w speeds that fits in your pocket and has a little memory slot in your smartphone, or a drive that bloats up your computer like swallowing a pig bloats an anaconda?

Love and peace to everybody, and to me double:-D

On another note: I was in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, during hurricane Paulina 1998, and the entire hotel Fiesta Mexicana slided down a hill slope. Some fiesta that was...

BTW: are you sad, or do you just generally hate being sad? (I mean, who, besides a few emo kids, likes being sad?)

I had one IBM crash on me about 6 or 7 years ago, but they sent me a replacement within a few days, although the original had long been past its warranty date. Since then I have mostly consciously tried to get Hitachi/IBM, with no more crashes. My sole Seagate, if I remember correctly, crashed badly and quickly, my WD 160 gig managed somewhat to slow my Powerbook down big time, and all other HDs I have owned were oK (two Toshy, one Fuji, I guess, and shitloads of Travelstars - did I mention I like travelstars?;-).

I wonder, what the still pixelage is of those? No mention in the text.

But, as for boners: as far as I am concerned, maybe you have to try a little harder, so far it has not worked for me. But maybe that is owed to the fact, that I am actually getting out of the house a bit and do some sports... Matter of fact, I might go for a run just now, it's nice and sunny outside birds are chirping; when I sit straight properly (instead of slunked in my chair), I can see the ocean...
Those things tend to take care of some of the pressures built up;-)

As to the gadget-side of things: barbecueing things with a defibrillator is a long-time paramedic favourite, but I'm not doing that kind of volunteer work at the moment, so it would be kind of hard to come by one of those gadgets to set up a working project. Plus the 5 thumbs on every one of my hands don't help much either;-)

On another note: I haven't read all the comments, but the article does not mention that, in the visible end of one of the handlebars, you have a lock integrated, so the entire thing is also supposed to be a safety device, implying that a potential thief would not be able to ride the bike back home without handlebars. Which would be pretty pointless against pushing the bike or wholesale thieves who just turn up with a van and throw every bike, that's not up on a tree by the count of three, into the back.

On another note (literally). The song is, musically, lyrically and in arrangement pretty meh (nice to listen to at first, but that's about it) but, dude, there are some performers in it. The Bruce is really great and it's always nice to see, and listen to, Cindy Lauper again - what a voice. But even Mr. Jackson and his meandering-in-space voice I am starting to like. Probably means, I am getting old;-)

More Flash would also have been appreciated, as would have been a better camera.

But, on the other hand, it is quite a sound evolution. A lot of things that have been subpar on the first version have been improved, notably what makes a phone a phone, in the first place, which is reception. I have not owned an iPhone so far, but will get one in July, when my finances are right. If his Steveness thinks he does not have to cram in a storage slot, well, f... him for that, but shoving flaky performers out is also an intelligent move.

But, nevertheless, making the thing any thinner really does not rock my boat any more (well, it never did, actually, but it seems it's also been a personal goal for The Steve... - well, I'd wish for him, at least, that it was his free decision to become that gaunt). With the next iteration I'd like to have:

-card slot
-5MP camera w/autofocus and maybe a flash
-video recording
-32-64 flash memory (or maybe -there's still hope- implemented as CF)
-just maybe: an AM/FM radio
-handwriting recognition (well, it's 3rd party already, so don't sweat that, Apple)
-BUILT-IN USB!!- jeez, guys, USB can do data and charge, so what the bloody hell are you still thinking putting in proprietary connectors in your phones, and then offering conncetor-USB adapters, that's really stewpitt

and no more excuses. You are having a really nice phone right now, a good software platform, stop being so tight-assed and high-nosed on features!