garretruh

Fired is more like it. Though I doubt Jeff Bezos is the kind of guy to do something like that.

Like the idea. One thing to consider: it's a little hard to discern the product/service. Take, for example, this one: http://cl.ly/image/0P0Y1q1r3p0N. Without mousing over the element, it's impossible to tell what the product/company/service is. (ICBW, but isn't that a Chrysler in the background?)

While I have enormous respect for Elon Musk, I would hope that Boeing engineers have just as thorough an understanding of the workings and safety implications of Lithium-ion batteries. Though Tesla's engineering is admittedly much more focused around battery technology, Boeing has decades of experience with aircraft electrical systems.

As for free Gmail storage, it is ~10.0926 GB as of 2:35 CST. At least according to the Gmail sign-in page.

What (in your opinion) might he eventually regret? Honestly curious.

I can only imagine malicious uses for this. "Sorry, you're no longer allowed to access Google, Facebook, Twitter, or Wikipedia." Not that that is entirely a bad thing.

It's called a feature. If you want your news quick and easy, read Google News headlines.

Yeah, seems kind of suspicious, especially given that it was posted from a guest account.

I think the point he/she is trying to make is that it only became as "real" as it is now after the coverage on news sites yesterday. Then everybody decided to jump on the anti-Microsoft sentiment and share their own supposedly funny #DroidRage's.

It doesn't. You're limited to 25,000 of your own (i.e. not purchased from iTunes) songs.

That's it. Discourage them right from the start. He (or she) is 14 for crying out loud.

Essentially, trying to mimic real world (as in the physical world) applications and appearances. See Calendar and Contacts on iOS for a perfect example of skeuomorphism to the extreme.

At least one (and almost certainly more) company pursuing this. The service WebAssign is used in almost every science class at my high school. 90% of homework is done (and graded) via the site. However, the lack of any "show-your-work" functionality sometimes limits teachers' ability to assist students.

Yes, and every time a statement's "fact-check" that comes back as false, they move a little closer to the edge.

I think the whole reasoning behind exposing his children to the command line first and working from there is to give them a better understanding of the fundamentals before moving on to higher level UI. A window manager is the next logical step (as that's where computing actually went next). I agree, introducing a touch screen at a later point in time makes sense, but I think a window manager is both more practical and fits in the progression he's trying to achieve.