skoochy

I don't know if it is "now taking over" but it has been established for some time that "USB key" is a USB flash drive. Usually a dongle is just called a dongle whether it is USB, parallel or serial, although some people will use "dongle" for a USB flash drive.

Enforcing order on English usually doesn't work once the public gets ahold of it (trolley, tram, streetcar, and light rail are similar victims).

@Fibrechannel

Apple USED to make a Bluetooth keyboard with numeric pad. Those went away before the wired keyboard without the numeric pad. The keyboards that Apple suppliers currently are available as choices when ordering online (wireless no numeric pad, wired with numeric pad).

Simple solution (for now)... don't use Google.

Were the people with "thicker" white iPhones comparing a brand new white iPhone vs. a black iPhone that had been compressed in someone's pocket for almost a year? Or a brand new iPhone? I suspect CR would use brand new phones for both when testing.

p.s. the CR "high quality digital calipers" weren't that high quality. Those are Harbor Freight quality ones.

Where's the huge "POWERED BY HONDA"

@Ducman

You don't know what "a la" means in this context. My statement didn't mean to USE the Northstar, but to have an engine that is technically complex and uses current technology, like the Northstar was when it debuted.

What GM needs is a clean-sheet design like that, using newer technology. Although the LS series are clean-sheet designs (meaning normal small block Chevy parts don't fit), it is still has the same design ideology.

"There is a reason that on engine swaps people buy LS3 and LS7 crate engines and not LC3s."

Yeah, and those don't have to do with the technology used in the base design of the engine, it has to do with how much power comes out the back for how little cost. At the time, 300hp out of 4.5L was pretty decent. The LT engine of the same vintage produced 300hp out of 5.7L, and the first LS engines were around 350hp out of 5.7L. A Mercedes M119 of the time (DOHC) also produced around 320hp out of 5.0L, so the Northstar was quite respectable.

But if you took your Powerbook on vacation, and something happened to your OS install, you could pop a disc in and fix it.

When my iPad took a dump, I had to wait until it was home to talk with daddy (my iMac) to fix it up. Never figured out what caused it, and my iPad wasn't jailbroken.

Not that I don't use my iPad and iPad 2 a lot. To me, it's the "able to run tools to fix itself" is an important measure of whether it is a "computer" or not, and by that metric, the iPad isn't a full-fledged computer.

For many people that might not be an issue, but as a developer, I usually solve my own computer problems.

Not trying to belittle your point, the iPad is still a huge leap in technology.

If your taps and gestures don't translate well through a zip top bag (I see what you did there), try the original... a genuine Ziploc (tm) bag. Even though it is thick, I've never had a missed tap. In the shower though sometimes water drops can set off a multitouch when I intended a single touch.

A high-end flagship model would be something great for Cadillac. Even if it is a loss-leader, if executed properly it would bring a lot of respect to the brand.

Also, I would love to see a higher-technology engine (a la Northstar) used as a basis for the V-models rather than a pushrod small block Chevy. Nothing wrong with those engines, but again, it's about trying to boost the Cadillac image.

p.s. I am not anti-Ford, it's just funny they did that.