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Bonus round: Some editor got duped into posting a slashvertisement for an eBay auction. The netbook in question has been available from Amazon since August 2010. (Not the exact model number, but besides running Windows CE 6.0 instead of Windows Embedded Compact 7, the specs are the same.)

http://www.amazon.com/SYNET7WID-7-Inch-Wireless-Mobile/dp/B003ZYUCDS

And anyone know which charity the lawyers are donating their fee to?

lol

Reminds me of a similar question about Wall Street brokerage.

I know the "cloud is bad" and all, but have you ever looked into Amazon Web Services' Free Tier?

You can run a low-volume server with whatever OS you want (though your choices may be limited in the free tier) for free.

And when your site grows, you can scale up easily.

Lets face it, it's just too expensive to keep puny humans alive in orbit, the advent of highly advanced space faring robotics will see the end of long endurance human spaceflight.

20 years ago, I was all rah-rah for human spaceflight. Then I started reading more speculations of technological singularities and the integration of man and machine. I now see two futures as much more likely than manned spaceflight with life support systems as traditionally conceived.

If wacky AI prophets like Kurzweil are right, the human race that expands to the stars and robotic unmanned exploration might be one and the same. If humans transcend biology, there is no longer a need for packing oxygen, radiation shielding and water into a spacecraft.

Another possibility, proposed by Vernor Vinge in Marooned in Realtime is that an intelligent race like ours might simply move into a virtual reality, populating and exploring that inner world of infinite possibilities instead of the cold, hard reality of outer space. Yeah, yeah, there's the possibilities of a catastrophic asteroid strike etc., but the human face is not especially adept at planning for the very longterm future, and simply moving towards the core of the planet might prove an attractive solution for the shorter term.

Incidentally, the AC who also responded to you is a well-known troll (easily distinguished by his use of the term "space nutter"). While I agree with him that manned space exploration is not a likely future, his purpose here is more to mock and tear down than to contribute to meaningful discussion. Avoid his trap.

Shouldn't have pointed to the cheapest one then. The next one up seems OK:

http://www.amazon.com/Silverhill-Tools-Pentalobe-Screwdriver-generation/product-reviews/B004IU9EDM/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

I guess I'm lucky in that i've only had to work with 15" and 17" macbook pros.

I currently have a 750GB HD and 60GB SSD in my middle-aged Macbook Pro, which is doing fantastic, but with the recently low price of the 512GB Crucial M4 [1] which is now $.80/GB, I can ditch the spinning rust, archive some media to my large-ish NAS (this is not that painful even with large files using a dual-band N router), and be completely silent.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W2JL3Y/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d2_g147_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1ZFFKPT8NRYNA8KW97AW&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938811&pf_rd_i=507846

Florida has been a hotbed of counterfeit and stolen prescription drugs. I doubt this is a simple case of someone helping the uninsured buy legit drugs from Canada -- maybe it would be in another state, but not Florida. For more information I recommend reading this book: http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Doses-Counterfeiters-Contaminating-Americas/dp/0151010501.

As another data point -- I bought my first MP3 player in 2000 or 2001 -- a Creative MG II ... without a doubt, it had one the most unintuitive UIs ever created. It had built in memory of 64mb -- about enough for one album at good quality, and two or three at lousy quality. It did have a memory card slot so you could triple the capacity with 128mb card but back then, those cards were pricey.

Anyway, it might be fair to say that even as recently as 2000, the consumer tech for the players we enjoy today just wasn't there yet. Having a portable MP3 player back then was functionally equivalent to have a a mix tape or two.

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

sure, I can recommend some stuff

(here is a video you can watch, a little example of what you can learn through online videos, it comes from this site, there is a good radio show that discusses economic situation daily here).

As to books, yeah, I have a list, here is some of the newer stuff:

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes

The Real Crash

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

A Return to Common Sense

A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market

GREENSPAN'S BUBBLES: THE AGE OF IGNORANCE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

The Revolution: A Manifesto

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics

Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures , Revised and Updated

At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market

Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, Expanded and Updated Edition

Investme

Seriously? $1.37 is expensive?

http://www.amazon.com/Pentalobe-Screwdriver-Size-Repair-iPhone/dp/B004KDEWTS/ref=pd_cp_hi_3

The best way to rob a bank is to own one. And it's only gotten better for the robber barons over the past 30 years.

This is how I do it on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I have a universal charger that handles phone and camera batteries.

I specifically refused iphone and some motorola model of android phone last time around due to non-replaceable battery. I have a little mobile power station too, but it's way less convenient vs. just having an extra battery.

Also the battery does pop out pretty much every single time I drop it and same on my wife's Samsung Fascinate, it may be a Samsung thing. I had no problem with my Moto Droid 2's battery.

Really? Because when I Google aspertime free gum I find a lot of matches:

Such as Glee Gum (either sugar or Xylitol), and Pur Gum (uses Xylitol)

It just takes a bit of looking around. You can buy Glee Gum online on their site ( http://www.gleegum.com/order_now.htm ), And Pur gum can be found on Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/Pur-Gum-Peppermint-gum/dp/B005G238YM/ref=sr_1_6?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1339626146&sr=1-6&keywords=pur+gum )

Here's the type I'm talking about. They have smaller and slicker models, including some that are in-ear sized. The goal of a "hunter's aid" is to block overly loud noises and boost sounds in the range of human speech - which is exactly what 90% of age-related hearing loss needs. Here's one that fits in your ear and costs $75! You could visit a store and try half a dozen different models and very likely find one that will do the job she needs done. There is a small possibility that she really needs the customization that a licensed audiologist only can provide, and really needs a $4000 pair. But it's worth visiting the sporting goods store first and making sure.

Correcting myself. They're JVC HA-RX900 headphones. I had the Koss's in college.

I leave them at the office since that's where I like to be 'isolated' the most. Very high reviews and there are some DIY sites on how to add extra noise protection and improve sound quality.

To stay on-topic, my father was a sound engineer for most of working years, and he insists that these Sony headphones and their studio monitor series are the best ever made. (disclaimer: linked using my associates tag). They are $75, if you want to stick hard on the $50 limit, these or these are very highly rated as well.

Your father was absolutely correct. The Sony MDR-V6 is the best pair of headphones ever made. They have a frequency range that would make even a top-of-the-line current-day Grado cry.

To stay on-topic, my father was a sound engineer for most of working years, and he insists that these Sony headphones and their studio monitor series are the best ever made. (disclaimer: linked using my associates tag). They are $75, if you want to stick hard on the $50 limit, these or these are very highly rated as well.

Your father was absolutely correct. The Sony MDR-V6 is the best pair of headphones ever made. They have a frequency range that would make even a top-of-the-line current-day Grado cry.

To stay on-topic, my father was a sound engineer for most of working years, and he insists that these Sony headphones and their studio monitor series are the best ever made. (disclaimer: linked using my associates tag). They are $75, if you want to stick hard on the $50 limit, these or these are very highly rated as well.

Your father was absolutely correct. The Sony MDR-V6 is the best pair of headphones ever made. They have a frequency range that would make even a top-of-the-line current-day Grado cry.

These headphones can be had for 30 bucks and are incredibly good sounding.

They're also big and bulky, but hey, that's the way they should be.

I have been using these for over 10 years:

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDR7506-Professional-Diaphragm-Headphone/dp/B000AJIF4E

These have fantastic fidelity, are lightweight and all around groovy.

Every other headphone I've used under $100 has some level of fail (yes, I am looking at you apple
earbuds) that makes me feel like I have just burned money.

I have a set of Sennheiser PC350 Gaming headphones. They're not cheap, but when I was wearing them 20 or 30 hours a week, it was worth every cent. The sound quality is excellent, and they're supremely comfortable.

If you use headphones like this with a Mac, you will need an external audio adapter. Good ones are inexpensive... but so are bad ones, so shop carefully.

I have a set of Sennheiser PC350 Gaming headphones. They're not cheap, but when I was wearing them 20 or 30 hours a week, it was worth every cent. The sound quality is excellent, and they're supremely comfortable.

If you use headphones like this with a Mac, you will need an external audio adapter. Good ones are inexpensive... but so are bad ones, so shop carefully.

I understand that Sony as a corporation is not the best, but they don't operate child / forced labor camps or anything like that (to the best of my knowledge) and abide with the law. My position (which I'm sure many disagree with) is that if people want to be conciseness about something they should invest their time on a decent political campaign rather than trying to figure out what fortune 500 company isn't evil... because they all are in one way or another. Just get the best product at the best price so long as nothing egregious is going on with the seller, and invest time in breaking the stranglehold lobby groups have on our political system.

To stay on-topic, my father was a sound engineer for most of working years, and he insists that these Sony headphones and their studio monitor series are the best ever made. (disclaimer: linked using my associates tag). They are $75, if you want to stick hard on the $50 limit, these or these are very highly rated as well.

I understand that Sony as a corporation is not the best, but they don't operate child / forced labor camps or anything like that (to the best of my knowledge) and abide with the law. My position (which I'm sure many disagree with) is that if people want to be conciseness about something they should invest their time on a decent political campaign rather than trying to figure out what fortune 500 company isn't evil... because they all are in one way or another. Just get the best product at the best price so long as nothing egregious is going on with the seller, and invest time in breaking the stranglehold lobby groups have on our political system.

To stay on-topic, my father was a sound engineer for most of working years, and he insists that these Sony headphones and their studio monitor series are the best ever made. (disclaimer: linked using my associates tag). They are $75, if you want to stick hard on the $50 limit, these or these are very highly rated as well.

I understand that Sony as a corporation is not the best, but they don't operate child / forced labor camps or anything like that (to the best of my knowledge) and abide with the law. My position (which I'm sure many disagree with) is that if people want to be conciseness about something they should invest their time on a decent political campaign rather than trying to figure out what fortune 500 company isn't evil... because they all are in one way or another. Just get the best product at the best price so long as nothing egregious is going on with the seller, and invest time in breaking the stranglehold lobby groups have on our political system.

To stay on-topic, my father was a sound engineer for most of working years, and he insists that these Sony headphones and their studio monitor series are the best ever made. (disclaimer: linked using my associates tag). They are $75, if you want to stick hard on the $50 limit, these or these are very highly rated as well.

I really like the Koss Plug series (e.g. http://www.amazon.com/Koss-Plug-In-Ear-Headphones-Black/dp/B00001P4XA). I'm not sure they meet your stringent audio requirements, but I think they sound fine, they're cheap, they fit in your ear comfortably, and they provide a good amount of sound isolation--enough that I feel I can safely listen when riding the train.

Their biggest issue is that because they're really *in* your ear, you can hear when the cord bangs against things. I don't mind, but you may. But for $12, you can pick up a pair and decide what you think.

AKG Acoustics K-240 Semi Open Studio Headphones

Can't beat them at $80.00 USD. Very detailed sound.

Those Koss are actually quite different: diaphragm size. The Philips ones - okay, looking for a model number finally - model SHS3200 have a much smaller earbud-class diaphragm. I might find a larger "earhook" style like yours comfortable, but I'm very wary they'd hurt as much as regular cans.

http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-202-Professional-Headphones/dp/B003LPTAYI/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1339557323&sr=1-2

These are the ones I bought a while back because I heard good things about the company itself (and my hearing is so shot, I don't think a pair of $500 headphones will do me much good.) Someone also gave me some Skullcandy G.I. over the ear headphones (they look horrid, but they are comfortable and sound great, with the "one cord", it doesn't tangle quite as much...) I did notice the mix of the latest Candlemass CD sounded a bit better to me on the Skullcandy phones, but that's personal preference (and you can gather from my taste in music why my hearing's shot to hell.)

http://www.amazon.com/Skullcandy-G-I-Micd-11-Headphones/dp/B0044U5FHK/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1339557489&sr=1-7&keywords=skullcandy+g.i.+over+ear+headphones

I didn't pay for these, so I figure they're great because well, they were free. :) But they sound pretty good. Both headsets are comfortable for long listening sessions. I'd give the edge to the Sennheiser ones.

http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-202-Professional-Headphones/dp/B003LPTAYI/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1339557323&sr=1-2

These are the ones I bought a while back because I heard good things about the company itself (and my hearing is so shot, I don't think a pair of $500 headphones will do me much good.) Someone also gave me some Skullcandy G.I. over the ear headphones (they look horrid, but they are comfortable and sound great, with the "one cord", it doesn't tangle quite as much...) I did notice the mix of the latest Candlemass CD sounded a bit better to me on the Skullcandy phones, but that's personal preference (and you can gather from my taste in music why my hearing's shot to hell.)

http://www.amazon.com/Skullcandy-G-I-Micd-11-Headphones/dp/B0044U5FHK/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1339557489&sr=1-7&keywords=skullcandy+g.i.+over+ear+headphones

I didn't pay for these, so I figure they're great because well, they were free. :) But they sound pretty good. Both headsets are comfortable for long listening sessions. I'd give the edge to the Sennheiser ones.

http://www.amazon.com/3M-Peltor-Optime-H10A-Earmuff/dp/B00009LI4K/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339556671&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=sound+muffle+head+phones
It cancel all the sounds, it makes you feel GOOOD. It lets you work without any distraction....Simply the best.
LOL, if have not yet catch my joke, let me give you one free advice. Only "idiots" would wear such a nasty brain killing machine as a Head-phones, it is not only the sound (do you really know what sound is???), but also the specific and nasty field spread out of this head phones is good enough to fry anything and everything in a mother of just two three years constant use. Or five years accidentally use. Take my advice, by a decent HiFi system, and live happy.

Part of the method used to protest bad corporate behaviour is to boycott them. The other part is to spread the word. Only being boycotted by the people you've screwed over probably wouldn't even do much damage to Sony, (although it would be much more than most)

To stay on-topic, my favourites headphones are these JVCs at about $50, They have a cheaper pair for about half the price (HX-33s?) that are almost as good. They isolate noise enough tthat I wear them while woodworking or mowing the lawn. Great sound, and I can wear them comfortably all day. You can actually get them on sale for about half the price listed on occasion. They seem quite sturdy, but I'm not that rough on headphones despite wearing them so much.

I second JVC when it comes to earbuds. Personally these are the best earbuds I've ever owned with regards to sound quality _and_ durability. I also have a really old pair of $5 JVC Gumy's that still work fine.

Stay away from Sony and Skullcandy. Some of them sound decent, but they break very easily and quickly. Less than 6 months, tops.

From an audiophile with stupidly expensive headphones, DACs, and amps to power them, and no $50 cables:

The Superlux HD668b have the most impressive bang for your buck I've ever seen. At $50 ($30-40 if you look around), they easily match other cans $200-300 in quality. They are super analytical monitors—you won't get that V-shaped response that most people find pleasing. If it happens you like that type of response (many people requesting a flat response don't actually realize how accustomed they've become to non-flat), they'll still keep up with an EQ-ed source like a champ.

Ive been using some of these since the late 90s.. They are great.. sort of a combination of 'good' earbuds that will never fall out and over the ear headphones..

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Lightweight-MDR-W08L-In-The-Ear-Headphones/dp/B00005N6KG

$8.13 on amazon.com

http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&partNumber=MDRW08L

Sony calls them "Vertical In-The-Ear Headphones"

worth a try