You're right -- there is a small blinky light. I corrected the article.

I haven't tried it on a Mac, but according to the site, it should work. Here are the system requirements:

* Internet Explorer 6.0 or above, Firefox 1.5 or above, or Safari 2.0 or above

* JavaScript and Cookies must also be enabled.

* Adobe Flash Player 8.0 or above

* Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Macintosh OS X, or Linux

It means that you can post episodes of the shows on your own site as, I've done here.

Thanks to those pointing out Boylan's use of the word "vice" instead of "versus." I had originally added a [sic] to those, thinking it a typo. But e-mails from readers suggest that "vice" is common military shorthand for for something like "as opposed to." I've removed the [sics] in both instances.

Good point, TheScuSpeaks, but the corollary to my argument is that there are many good used Macs available on the market.

Macs retain their value because they continue to function well years after they were built. Practically, this means that you can buy a used last-year's-model Mac for roughly 20 percent less than it sold new, and you can probably use it for most of your tasks. You can get last year's Windows machine for even less than that, of course, but again you run in to the same problem -- its resale value plummets faster than the Mac's. If you're buying last year's Mac now, you can sell it next year (when it'll be two years old) and get a bunch of what you paid back. You can't do that with the Windows machine.

Check out lowendmac.com.

What movie ratings piece are you referring to? I could be wrong, but I don't remember ever arguing such a thing.

I wrote a post on your idea: http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/11/13/rowling_wrong/index.html

Yes, anon, Salon Premium articles are indexed by Google (search for any Premium article. You'll find it.)

You said: "If some fanboys do this first, she has lost some of the value that she created."

You actually think so? You believe that the print version of the HPL will hurt sales of Rowling's book -- i.e., that there are people who'll choose the print HPL over her upcoming book (and will not buy just her book or both)? As I said, I'd be surprised if you offered up even one such customer. (And why wouldn't that customer find the Web HPL -- of which Rowling approves -- a substitute?)

Was not intentional. Thanks.

You can get it on eBay for as low as $350, sans shipping. http://tinyurl.com/2pdlm6

Serious question. If it's meant to replace a book, why do you care that it's ugly? Isn't there a cliche about judging a book... (I"' not saying it is ugly; I'm just wondering why this seems to be an important thing for you guys).

should be fixed soon

Far from deafening silence, you can actually find a link in my piece -- not to mention from the Amazon home page, as well as Amazon's Kindle product page -- to the Kindle book store. To see what's available for the Kindle, go here:

http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=133141011

The song was "whoomp," not "woot."

See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1uyTcn_gYo

I make no such guarantee, and return all the products I review.

Regarding the extra Salon.com accounts, What are you talking about?

Yes, it's a put on: I am not really on parole.

Snafu.

As I pointed out in the piece, I used Cook's Illustrated's brownie recipe. There's a link the subscription-only page in the story.

The numbers represent different things. For the GOP count, the numbers are votes. For the Dems, they represent "delegates," which are awarded to candidates according to voters in each location.

For free.

JT, here's another reason why I might have mentioned the iPhone: The paper I'm referring to is called "The iPhone Meets the Fourth Amendment." While the professor notes that his theory applies to all phones with similar capabilities -- as do I; note my phrase that way in the first sentence -- he focuses on the Apple device because it's the most popular.

The word iPhone appears in the paper about 108 times. If you'd like to read one of the instances, or all, you can click on the link I provided near the end of my article. You can do so from a Mac or a PC.

You're right. My book is not about the Internet alone (it's about cable news, talk radio, and how, generally, having more sources of information -- across the media -- doesn't guarantee better information). But this study shows that the phenomenon applies online -- a place that folks have long been arguing would expand our horizons -- just as well.

Good question, jfriesne, though note that that bubble-filling procedure did not apply statewide. Here in San Francisco, non-partisan voters who wanted to vote for Democrats got the same Democratic ballot as Dems did. No need to fill a bubble.

Paul couldn't have taken the independent votes, as independents are allowed only to vote for Democrats, not Republicans, in California.

1) I didn't say the Internet will never be useful. Where did you read that?

2) 2004 had "nascent internet technologies" -- really? (Answer, no.)

Hey, I don't agree that Randy will come around, that he's "not a thug." The point of this week's show was that he's changed.

Of course I remember what happened to Randy -- that's what's heartbreaking. You're right, he wasn't talking to Bunk in part to keep up appearances, but he was also not not talking because he knows no good will come of it. This is "The Wire" we're talking about: Randy's going to stay in the group home, Bunk won't be able to get him out, there's no light at the end of the tunnel.

Did I get something wrong? Which part of this piece should embarrass me?