Forgot your password?  Comment: Subsidized hardware (Score 2,
Insightful) 156  by Falkkin (#28362419) Attached to: Kindle
Pricing, Business Models and Source Code  "If I'm buying a
Kindle from Amazon that enables me to buy books from Amazon, I'm
broadcasting a desire to buy Kindle books. I would welcome some
subsidization of the hardware since I'm going to be buying
content anyway. No, I really think Amazon priced the Kindle the
way they did because they thought they could get away with doing
so..."  Why is it only in the tech-gadget industry that people
expect manufacturers to sell items for *less than cost*?
Comment: Re:Checked it? (Score 1) 544  by Falkkin (#27805139)
Attached to: Options For a Laptop With a Broken Screen?  "...
putting it in a separate tray for security."  No need to do
that. I just leave the laptop in my bag. Usually the screeners
don't notice/care; if they do notice, smile and apologetically
say "whoops, sorry, I forgot." They'll then take it out and run
it through separately. I've don