Bike Fridays are great bikes, I'm sure (no personal experience, but I hear good things). But for commuting, I don't believe a Brompton can be beat. Mine fits nicely under my cube desk, and, covered, is little bigger than a piece of carry-on luggage. There are even smaller bikes, but I think the Brompton is the best compromise of big bike ride and small size convenience.
I'm glad I spend my $300 on a Nokia 8801 slider. I had a V3i and it was a total piece of crap, compared to the competition anyway. The user interface, camera, ringtones are junk. The 8801 feels nice in the hand. The moto, a toy. The whole thin thing is overrated. When it's too thin to use comfortably, forget it.
You want good, cheap, small, noise-reducing headphones? Creative EP-630. About $30.
I've owned Shure E3s and E5s. These are not as clearly detailed, but a WHOLE lot cheaper and sound good enough. And I actually like the fact that they're not totally noise blocking. Makes them more comfortable, easier to insert & remove, and safer to walk around in. Higher on the microphonics (cord noise from bumping into your body) though.
Godfather is right on. Star Trek teleportation transported matter? Says who? That was just our assumption. Teleportation through transfer of data with destruction of original matter followed by replication with new matter is teleportation. All we need is a suitable scanning & assembly capability.
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