But . . . but . . .aren't you forgetting that this is exactly what lawyers do. They legal system is designed around delay and extending time because lawyers get paid by the hour -- okay, not the contingency stuff, you're right. But in general, we lawyers are incentivized to take longer.

Free as in beer

I am looking for predictions on what diesel prices will be doing relative to gasoline in the future. What are the forces that dictate the price differential?

No, seriously. Check out Al Jazeera's (US site anyway). If I want opinion pieces I can check out the various big networks' sites, but if I just want to know what is going on I go to wikipedia if I want chronology but Al Jazeera if I want just an unspun overview. (Caveat: I've lived oversees so I may care more about international news than most Americans.)

The angle that interests is closed-versus open nature of the market place.

For a PC, no one's reviewing the game, right? Microsoft or Dell or whoever makes a product and then EA or Ambrosia or whoever make some software. The ESRB provides a service to retailers (perhaps arguably to parents) who need to know the content but don't want to be responsible for previewing each title before it can show up on the shelf.

On the iPhone (and, I thought on the PSP Go) there is no independent channel. Everything has to pass by the equivalent of the "Microsoft or Dell or whoever" on the way to the consumer, cutting out the Gamespots or whoever.

If Apple stopped reviewing titles then there would be a need for a gatekeeper, perhaps. But for now I think a developer has to attach an age rating and then Apple's reviews evaluate whether that is accurate.

I laugh that Apple store still has the 2nd Gen for sale. Case is necessary for me.

display port is exactly what I thought of. Duplexed data streams. Apple seems to be interested in getting the most out of the pipes.

well, thanks, in advance

The concept via get two things right IMO, the unibody aluminum vs the ipod resin and the SL instead of iPhone OS.

My vote, like others is for the 'chins' on on the portrait like the iPhone instead of on a long edge. I think typing while holding the devise is going to happen in portrait, not landscape.

Bravo. I can't say I'm saving for it, but I am clearing space on credit card. That's my generations version of saving.

thanks in advance