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Just when I thought the idea of Twitter couldn't get any stupider.
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Two words: Stock Options
I know everyone else already made the same points, but to have digital distribution fully replace physical games we need:

1. MUCH faster internet so games don't take hours to download.
2. No per-month caps, so gamers don't have to worry about hitting their limits.
3. No DRM, or much less. I can bring my Wii games to a friend's house to play or loan a friend a game if his copy broke. Can't do that with Steam games.
4. Hard drive sizes will need to keep going up (they are, so this point is somewhat taken care of.)

And even then I would still prefer physical disks, for displaying purposes and the satisfaction of actually holding my game.
But the cell phone companies would probably charge for it.
An idea I just had: wouldn't it be awesome if you could get digital copies of books when you bought them? Kind of like you can get digital copies of some movies when you get them on DVD/Blu-ray? I think that would be really cool and encourage the sale of more regular and electronic books. Just my opinion/idea.
Microsoft should hire you two (ZeroCorpse and Mark Anderson) for their next commercial.
So wait. The iPhone has a camera that can't take video. The iPod touch has no camera. The iPod nano has a camera with photos and video. How on earth does that make sense?
His comparison is wrong, but Macs (macbooks at least) are overpriced. Observe:
Macbook Pro specs
2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
MacBook Pro 15-inch Glossy Widescreen Display
Backlit Keyboard (English) / User's Guide
Price:$2,349.00

Dell Studio 15 Specs:
Processors
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9600 (2.8GHz/1066Mhz FSB/6MB cache)
Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
Office Productivity Software
No Microsoft Office

Hardware Support Services
Classic Protection: 1yr Ltd Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
LCD Panel
15.6” High Definition+ (900p) Bright LED Display with TrueLife™ and Camera
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz
Hard Drive
Speed: 500GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) with Free Fall Sensor
Video Card
512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
Combo or DVD+RW Drive
8X Slot Load Super Multi (DL DVD+/-R Drive + RAM support) edit
Wireless Networking Cards
Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini-Card
Mobile Broadband
None edit
Bluetooth Option
Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Internal (2.1)
Battery
56 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
Sound
High Definition Audio 2.0
Keyboard
Back-lit Keyboard
Price (with savings of $275 for some reason): $1,149

The Dell is the better value.
Thank you AP European History!
From what I remember about communism, in the Russian form at least, it works like this.
1 People are naturally good.
2 Capitalist society makes them bad.
3 People need to be cut off from capitalism.
4 They need a strong government to make these choices for them because they won't do it themselves.
5 After a while, people will have become 'better' and wont need this government anymore.
6 The government fades away, and people live in a happy communist world with no governments or countries, where everybody is happy to do the job they are good at and get paid the same as everyone else.
The end.
If I were a bad demoman, I wouldn't be sittin' here disusing it wit' cha now would I?
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I love my little computing companion but I often find myself missing a full sized keyboard. I have been looking at several of these portable and flexible keyboards, but I can't seem to make up my mind about which I should buy. I don't want the keyboard to be overly expensive, but I want it to be good quality. Also, how difficult is it to type on these keyboards? Thanks!"
 

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