There are certainly those people who are only ever capable of seeing two sides to any difference of opinion.

In other words, it's possible to point out a politician's hypocrisy on this issue, and simultaneously condemn China's crackdown on free speech. But you do you, man.

They aren't even second.

I want to record a Duke game, I pull up my Google Fiber TV app, and type in Duke, and tap on Duke University from the options. It tells me there's two games coming up - football and soccer. I select Football, and it informs me they are playing Georgia Tech (not as some human written summary mind you, but because it knows who is playing). I can hit record here. I can also tap a button and get a list of other upcoming college football games, or get the option to record all upcoming Georgia Tech games. When it recognizes you are setting it to record a live event, it asks if you want to extend the recording time for a certain period beyond the scheduled end, because they do sometimes run long.

Also fun - you can type in a movie name and set it to record, even if it's nowhere on the schedule. It will just keep it in memory and record it whenever it does eventually come on. You can do this with actors and directors too, and it will just watch for whatever they are in that comes up. I think maybe TiVO does this too? But, I've never had it, so...

And one thing that Google Fiber is doing that both TiVO and Apple aren't, is providing the connection to the content.

I love how you went for the Monty Python Four Yorkshiremen sketch, and the replies went full on Conspiracy Theory and Rant About The Establishment.

In high school, for a science project, I put together a simple timing device, that involved two photovoltaic eyes from Radio Shack, a cheap electronic stopwatch, a breadboard, a bunch of red and black wires, and a couple large lantern batteries for power. Most of the components were just held to the batteries with duct tape. And yes, it looked a lot like a cartoon bomb. I joked how it looked like a cartoon bomb, and so did my parents. My teachers joked about it looking like a cartoon bomb. Somehow, I managed to not get arrested, or have to talk with any police officer that day.

It sure is nice being white some days (ok, just about every day). I suppose it being the early 90s didn't hurt either.

Hell, the school had an engineering teacher. Maybe if you really think you have something slightly suspicious, you give him a call, let him have a look at it. Maybe point out the complete lack of high explosives in it.

My belief is that it's not that you are using your cell phone, but how. I'm OK with people using it during whatever social event as long as it is in a constructive manner. Say, to pull up movie times while discussing after dinner plans, coordinating with other people to meet up, settle an argument with some facts, etc.

The phone makes it easier for someone to be non-social if they want to be, but it doesn't automatically turn social people non-social.

Great, April 1st is here again... the day a bunch of idiots come out of the woodwork to complain about some people having a little bit of fun for one out of 365 (and 1/4) days.

Although maybe not the sole reason, I'm guessing it is a major contributing factor.

For those who are reading this and don't already know, TWC, until recently, was the major cable provider for the Kansas City metro - Comcast had some of the more distant Missouri suburbs, and TWC only had the ever-changing entity that is Surewest/Everest/Consolidated as a minor competitor in a part of the metro. This year has marked a big uptick in the Google Fiber rollout, especially through south KC, and parts of Johnson County.

Of course, Google isn't saying what their subscription numbers are like. I've seen poll-based estimates that they are now providing service for 1/2 to 4/5 of the homes in areas they service.

Maybe more places will adopt Fritz's cutting edge restaurant automation technology. I know my daughter would love it.

... said the Sacred Chao

I'll be happy when I can use it to detonate those remote mines that I set.

Deputy Who

So, did Peter Capaldi get a demotion?

He uses a tablet he made using responsibly harvested bamboo, free trade copper wire and artisan hand-blown glass. He sells them on Etsy, too.

No, I'm pretty sure my kid is somehow actively draining energy from me.

I can't remember where, but I've seen this in use this past week. When I saw it, first thing I thought was that this was one of those annoying ads disguised as a game that are out there. Still, once recognized for what it was, it was simple, much less a pain in the a$$ than the text based CAPCHAs.

Sooo... your evaluation of S/O/L (heh, cute) Office is based upon how they convert to and from proprietary formats created and designed by other developers? Out of curiosity, any complaints involving files created in their native formats, used exclusively with their respective suites?

I've tried to support a mixed Open Office/MS Office shop, and yeah, it was a pain. But, if something was going to stay entirely within one sphere or the other, no problems.