Hey, mephron?

I think I've just found a Christmas present for your dad.

It features functions such as browser, e-mail, word processing and the ability to view images and multimedia files. It is a sealed device, operates without a fan and can only be upgraded by the service provider, reducing the risk of human error, AMD said.

(Because "Personal Internet Communicator" sounds so much nicer than "idiot box".)

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Looks like it's time to get out the masking tape and start dividing the country in half.

Oh, the irony

Today, when I walked outside to go to lunch, the first thing I saw was a U-Haul truck with side-art of "AMERICA: United We Stand".

But right behind it was a Mini! And it was silver, with a black roof and trim!
So I guess there's balance, or something.

And another thing

Why is it that, in science fiction, when someone regretfully considers doing away with an entire gender - for the good of the species and/or the world, of course - it’s always the males? Where are the stories that propose getting rid of women (and all the problems they cause) and carrying on the race of Man through wholly artificial means? And why do I suspect that such a story would be immediately branded as hate speech?

(I ran across yet another example of the former yesterday, and as a non-knuckle-dragging-wife-beating member of the male gender, it bothers me a little to think that there’s a segment of the population which considers me the cause of most of history’s ills and entirely dispensable.)