What impressed me was that they bothered to move things around in the background. I probably wouldn't have thought to do that.

The directional spotlights and thermal imaging is incase you can't see the fire in the dark. Oh, wait...

I thought Google wasn't supposed to be evil...

The up-sides to Flash are:

1. Most video sites on the Internet use Flash. So, supporting that gets you most of the video on the Internet.
2. Adobe gets to deal with the codecs. Sure, H.264 would be rad, but what about DivX, Xvid, etc, etc that people will want? If a TV maker say, "we support Flash," Adobe is the one that has to answer the codec question. It's a lot less work for the TV makers because they are probably just giving units to Adobe to support. TV makers won't actually doing any development work.

That said, I'd rather see a bunch of supported codecs with the number of codecs supported being a point differentiation. That would give more potential flexibility to the user, especially if it did Flash and a bunch of other things.

A white cross in the ground can represent "dead person here" (just like a red cross is often used to represent medical services) but a cross in a religious sense is a terribly Christian notion. To the best of my knowledge, of the current widely adopted religions, Christianity is the only one that had it's primary deity crucified, and the only one that uses a cross as an iconographic representation. To put "I Believe" next to a cross (esp floating in front of a stained glass window) is a Christian statement. Similarly, the Star of David could represent a star in the sky, but would certainly connote Judaism if it were put next to the words "I Believe." It's all about context.

And every geek worth their salt hates Monster Cables.

I was expecting and searching for a link, too. I really wanted to see it on "a fascinating exposé", but there is a direct link (now, at least) on the "Source" link in the footer of the post.

That's the kind of severance package I'd want. We'll give you X for you to leave now. If you leave now and can't find a job before a certain date, we'll give you 3X.

That's my only gripe about the new crop of electric bikes. All the ones I actually like (styling wise) are about as expensive (if not more expensive) than the Chevy Volt will be. I would love to have that bike, but I can get a top-of-the-line gas-powered sports bike AND a pretty nice car for the same price. I could live with a ~$5 grand premium over a comparable gas-powered bike, but not a ~$30K premium.

I see cars like this (not this well done, of course) in Birmingham, AL pretty frequently. It kinda scares me that this car being in SEMA will expand / give credence to the scene (whatever scene it is). It seems putting 30s with a lift kit on your old hooptie is the first step to local stardom. After that, you get a bad paint job and some WTF decals. It's so bizarre.