@glennS Seriously, what would make you think of "poop-box"? What the heck does that even mean? Did you have some childhood trauma pooping in a box? ;-)

Did you think the C-200 was a "poopcorn hour"? Although come to think of it, corn is one of those things that passes through....nevermind.

Anyway, I think that pop-box is a pretty good name, and if I hadn't just bought a C-200 I might consider getting one of these.

@UnsilentMajority Imagine the fun if the Sync system gave you access to the cruise control system and steering!

But yeah, I would hate to have to buy a Ford just to make apps for Sync. A simulator seems like a necessity, and Beta testers would be very valuable.

The packing pieces which many call "peanuts" are also called "popcorn" by some folks.

Maybe that's why they added the bag of popcorn? If that's why, then it's not very funny.

I wouldn't be bragging about my "6.5 second" ability if I was Microsoft!

The train likely tops out around 300mph. It does not average 300mph on the trip.

Also, if you take a look at the map, there are some rather bendy sections where the train is likely going to move a LOT slower. Not to mention the fact that trains usually move much slower in populated areas (e.g., the Anaheim end of this train).

Plus you can add a few minutes on each end for initial acceleration and deceleration.

Plus, the linked older article says the trip will be "well under two hours", not two whole hours.

Mac users moreso than PC users. Especially those doing digital music production. There are lots of Firewire interfaces for transferring digital audio cleanly out of your computer and running it through high quality Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs).

Also, it is used a lot in digital video transfer, but again, much more commonly on Macs than PCs.

Hi kakapo,

Sounds like interesting work. When I saw your comment it immediately reminded me of that article I read recently.

I agree, it depends on how high you mean when you say "high heat". I know personally I feel the same as you about heat, which is why I was surprised by the Google findings.

Whenever my old Acer Ferrari laptop got too hot I started to freak out. It was right over top of the hard drive area. I went through 3 hard drives in 2 years with that thing. For me there seemed to be a direct correlation between the heat and failures.

Hi Mr. B,

I'm not really a Firewire guy so I don't know much about it.

So you can daisy chain Firewire 800 devices, but not Firewire 400 devices?

Google says you are wrong. High heat is not responsible for increased hard drive failure.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129420/article.html

If you can only connect one computer at a time, then why does it need two Firewire 800 ports?