@gknauss I hear portapotties can be nice, and come in a wide variety of designer colors.

@albedoa @parislemon yeah it absolutely should

@jsjohnst @parislemon @irace yeah we need to define terms and conditions. Worst case, we each gave $25k to a charity. http://t.co/M6W5tX6k

@theevocater that does exist. Hard to get, but for example see the summary of reviews at Rotten tomatoes, which is surprisingly reliable.

@drylight @jsjohnst @irace @parislemon I do regularly, picture of me doing so was already published to Twitter and my blog.

@parislemon @jsjohnst @irace I'll take that long bet at $50k to the charity of our respective choices. Man up.

@bommy that's what's so fascinating about Surface: a "real" OS, you can actually get work done in it, too. Still v1 of course.

@jsjohnst @irace @parislemon first party keyboard. Task switching. Basically, if you're doing *work*, it's a better device.

@bommy no touch. No retina. Touch retina laptops, baby! http://t.co/BOpjOiyM

@indigofire @aalear I always upvote aalear!

@usethetools yeah I ordered it today. If you get only one thing from Surface, it is that first-party keyboard matters.

@indigofire @aalear because you are an expert programmer, that makes you an expert bicyclist/mathematician/dba/sysadmin/etc?

@parislemon @jsjohnst @irace mostly I can't abide the way the iPad makes me hate writing words and paragraphs. iPad 4 is crazy fast too.

@parislemon @jsjohnst @irace I use Nexus 7 (like) Nexus 10 (hate) Surface (love) Chromebook (hate) iPad (like) Touch laptop (like)

@parislemon @jsjohnst @irace keyboards are no more a crutch than the paragraph is "a crutch".

@jsjohnst @irace @parislemon yeah the guy who loves keyboards, but hates the Surface, which is all about keyboard. MAKES. TOTAL. SENSE.

@ileff I am not paid to promote anything. I say what I think.

@gknauss that's the funny thing about jokes.

@gknauss DIE FEEBLE

@curious_corn it's triple channel (same as old core i7 920 etc) so having 3 is enough.

@kevindente ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FEWWWTTTBAAWWWLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

@jerekapyaho I'm pretty sure if Jakob ever tried this: http://t.co/GHea8z6c or four-finger swipe, he'd have a heart attack.

@jerekapyaho "their second comment? 'Wow, it's heavy'" in general fullscreen apps are a good thing, but switching and panes matter.

@jerekapyaho that's kind of the problem, isn't it? iPad OS is just a launcher, it offers nothing except "click on this icon to launch"

@jwz you would, er... not... be shocked how many people post questions without actually doing any serious research.

@Ivoryblossum forum content discussing any topic: news, weather, tech, science, business, pop culture...

@johnolilly @datooab sounds like someone WANTS A PHABLETTTT

@jongalloway you mean without paying for the proper license to the audiobook? Shame on you. Shame on you on behalf of the shareholders.

@jongalloway no SVG? NO SALE

@jongalloway UNFOLLOWED

@mhinze you say that like it's a bad thing

@jwz I asked on your behalf here, this is the best shot: http://t.co/lboHJ3Jq

@drylight or I could just use explorer, no app needed. Also, file copies at 30mb/sec, not 2/mb sec on WiFi...

@drylight so I type in the IP address in Safari or something? Where's the "browse network" icon?

@Ivoryblossum I want general discussion content that is CC licensed

@drylight how do I "browse the network" on my iPad?

@mathowie will it blend?

@Ivoryblossum @dorianpeters general discussion: anything goes! Haven't gotten any solid recommendations from Twitter yet, surprisingly...

@drylight Exercise: take a 2GB mp4 video file and get it on your Android or iPad to view. Trivial on Surface: plug in USB drive.

@drylight the key words in the review are "iPad lover". This is also a guy who uses a keyboard exclusively with his. Typed on a Surface.

@scottvivian 7" smartphones. :)

@jessewilliamson http://t.co/8vXgQXJz

@nabeel so true! http://t.co/WMnwRuY6

@migueldeicaza that is three minutes I could be playing Call of Duty Black Ops Hyper Turbo 6.

@jasonclevine I sell the ones that fall away, though. Chromebook already gone, was major disappoint. Nexus 10 not looking good either.

@jamierytlewski I like the RT a lot, but the pro is also HD, x86, and will be much faster. Tradeoff is $999 vs $599 and size/weight

@ironicsans SHORYUKEN!

@lukew @scunliffe lol awesome

@scunliffe @lukew I just ignore it on the desktop. It comes up when I press windows key to search, but 99% of the time I am on the desktop.

@scunliffe @lukew I own 'em all. Nexus 10, Nexus 7, iPad, iPhone, Surface, Chromebook.. do you?

@infogulch ah yes you are right of course!

@waltritscher that + stupid giant touchpads are not fixable IMO. Screen needs to be the fat side, period.

@mrdenny slower than Comcast, but major and prolonged slowdowns in use. Also I was told $35/month for Net only by sales guy, actually $63.

@daveheal probably depends on area, but Comcast has been a rock for me in 5 years of use. And consistently fast.

@bbum not clueless, ensuring he gets credit for sale no matter what.

@bbum sales guy specifically told me to only cancel tv after 45 days. I even told my wife that.

@bbum was planning to keep it as backup Internet but not for $150 plus $63 per month. Sales person lied.

@bbum the sales guy said cancel tv after 45 days. Phone rep said $150 charge to do that. Also Internet $63 month, sales guy said $35.

@JayHanlon sure it can count.

@cpdog nice!

@Greenspeak also available in Rock Band 3, TRAITOR http://t.co/5dgTVdjt

@CBuster10 no worries. It is a difficult situation to work through. I'm sorry that @textfiles was trolling you. He should know better.

@CBuster10 I'm sorry that happened to your dad. I truly am. But being rude doesn't help anyone or anything. See http://t.co/4A5hbpn4

@CBuster10 here's what is happening: @textfiles is trolling you and retweeting your responses. You have no right to be rude, nor does he.

@CBuster10 @textfiles I'm going to call both of your parents. You idiots are wasting my time with your nonsense. Behave like adults.

@timbray yes but that takes EFFORT

@BrianHauerTSO @cbsmith402 on my 4.0 Ghz i2600k, it's 82ms IE10 and 109ms Chrome. Anyways, I view 1 sec sunspider as the new "normal".

@WilburSullivan in a non-Apple world it is possible to be fan of hardware and software independently and depending on circumstances.

@DrPizza same results Anandtech got. I installed the 4.2 update too. So bizarre. Chromebook A15 delivered ~650ms.

@auxonic it does feel out of place in Windows 8, now that I have it installed. But for free price is right.

@troygilbert odd, it runs all my favorite websites great.

@nashpd type "james watson" into http://t.co/9Zdi3qWz, press ENTER key.

@wingedpig OH GOD CANNIBALISM IS THE ONLY ANSWER

@Aszurom https://t.co/iWfcJBDx

@Federico_II the dumb storage config is not too difficult to fix, at least.

@roadler caucasian please. Surface touch cover or death. :)

@Aszurom I need you to email me some kind of plan first.

@Aszurom email me details

@anildash @photomatt is it really fair to call those with less than average tech ability "people"? PLUMB OR BE PLUMBED!

@aalear @jzy lack of effort is not any kind of excuse, slackers!

@Supermathie that is... disturbing

@kevinmontrose UNIX sez, kiss my ASCII

@protocollie I did not endorse this kind of horseshit web page though! >:(

@noahr @fmanjoo just awful answers. Let's try it on a real Q&A site and see what happens: http://t.co/FFV09fel

@joshmillard I often walk or drive by cubicle farms and get a little wistful. When I didn't have to worry "what the hell do I do now?"

@fmanjoo if there's flash elements on the particular pages. You know, ads, animations, video, etc. Just something in latest Chromes.

@jhigh2000 I love it. It is a bit slower than the Nexus 7 on the same hardware, but it's also a "real" OS that multitasks in the background

@fmanjoo flash sandboxing seems much more severe to me in newer Chromes. Like isolation of a patient with Ebola.

@baconmeteor the A is for Asshole

@kevinmontrose protip: lack of iteration kills EVERYTHING dead.

@kevinmontrose I never liked the Kindle Fire that much. Total failure to iterate and improve after launch was just icing on the cake.

@michaelpryor congrats! Run, do not walk, to the Amazons and buy a copy of How to Talk to Children. p.s. good luck you're gonna need it

@directhex use hands-free support of something like Siri. It does actually work for this (but almost nothing else..)

@donw researching that as I just added 5 Ghz band recently .. some do but most are 2.4Ghz -- see descriptions here http://t.co/zt5sgJjD

@H2CO3_iOS lol thats.. disturbing

@TacoBell I was already on fifthmeal, dog.

@Greenspeak @betsyphd and I always pretended to be Doakes. "I'm watchin you, Dextuh!" we were not sad to see him get blown up.

@nabeel @cdixon he isn't boring, that's for sure!

@mathowie could be worse. could be raining. http://t.co/xG5VGG9o

@bckeane "you can cancel TV after 45 days no problem!" $150 charge to remove TV. "it'll be about $35/month for just Internet!" try $63.