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Some people have had problems with some of the sellers on eBay but eBay itself does not conduct credit card fraud

Ebay owns paypal. Paypal is well known and documented for committing illegal acts with credit cards and funds. They've been to court multiple times for ripping people off in obvious ways.

2. Verizon is a CDMA clusterfuck. This phone is GSM... it just works... everywhere and with everyone.

Except on half the networks in the USA. So not everywhere and not everyone. Verizon is the biggest provider in the US, how does not working with the largest provider magically include EVERYONE? When did Sprint become GSM? They are apparently claiming Sprint support ...

http://www.ebay.com/gds/List-of-GSM-and-CDMA-Networks-and-Carriers-in-the-US/10000000009189079/g.html

First I've heard of Firefox being banned for not fixing bugs... do you ban Windows also?

Then you live in a very small and secluded box. Businesses don't NEED firefox. IE and Chrome can serve the purpose in many places, if not all. Firefox in and of itself is a minority alternative browser. Businesses on the other hand pretty much must run Windows to interact with other businesses who have apps that run on Windows. End result: Banning firefox, not really a problem, you just upset 3 people in a 2500 person company. Ban Windows ... and the company closes up shop and goes home because they have software that runs on Windows but not any of the minority operating systems.

I suggest you buy a cluepon or 3.

http://stores.ebay.com/ztemobileus
You can bid on it starting this Friday... no word on when it will actually ship but presumably "real soon now" since they are already selling it in a few countries.
I think I'll get one as a backup phone... for $80 I don't see a downside.
The specs are not state of the art but similar to iPhone 3GS (with a faster processor).

http://stores.ebay.com/ztemobileus

Personally, I will wait. The phone is only capable of 3G, and my network supports LTE. However, the price is right if that wasn't an issue.

Nokia N950s go for well over a grand

"So you use eBay as a promotional tool, but prefer for customers to perform checkout on your web site, and encourage repeat customers to use your web site."

Because doing so is somewhat contrary to eBay policy:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/rfe-spam-non-ebay-sale.html

Yes, crossbows do in fact come with 15 round capacity.

But one could argue that a smart gun shows greater personal responsibility, not the removal of it. By purchasing a smart gun, you as the gun owner are saying, "I recognize that there are circumstances possible that despite my precautions the gun in my house could end up in hands that it shouldn't be. I choose to have a smart gun so that in that unlikely event, the gun wont be discharged."

The argument that a smart gun is discarding responsibility could be applied to anything that potentially interferes with the firing of a gun. For example, a gun safe is a an attempt to remove the responsibility using technology. You could even say a trigger safety similarly allowed a gun owner to abandon personal responsibility as it also helps reduce the chance the gun will go off without the owner wanting it too.

The responsibility of the gun owner doesn't change, it is to make sure the gun isn't used in an unauthorized manner or by unauthorized people, and that the owner only uses in a manner allowed by the law. If a new technology comes along that helps him or her do that, how is that lessening his responsibility.

In hot water for all that monitoring of my veeblefetzers, potrzebies and axolotls.

It's a great day for antidisestablishmentarianism and neoanarchalsocialrepublicanists.

Okay, I was aware of "axolotl", but veeblefetzers and potrzebies surprised me. Wikipedia pages and all!

You can even ask google to convert "1 potrzebie" to metric.

+1 internets to you, sir!

(This is going into my WTF? that's real? list, alongside "Legends of Nascar" commemorative plates.)

Both Donald Knuth and I are massive fans of the old Mad Magazine. This seems to be a Potrzebie Friday, if ever there was one. I'm building an inventory system and test data are Veeblefetzers, Potrzebies and Axolotls. For further research I may have to fish out my copy of Gasoline Valley.

This is all rather off-topic, but the spirit of the OP was to obfuscate in event anyone is (ha!) monitoring us.

In hot water for all that monitoring of my veeblefetzers, potrzebies and axolotls.

It's a great day for antidisestablishmentarianism and neoanarchalsocialrepublicanists.

Okay, I was aware of "axolotl", but veeblefetzers and potrzebies surprised me. Wikipedia pages and all!

You can even ask google to convert "1 potrzebie" to metric.

+1 internets to you, sir!

(This is going into my WTF? that's real? list, alongside "Legends of Nascar" commemorative plates.)

It's already a risk. And it's cheap.

Plug a GSM modem into an RS-232 ODB2 interface.

Programming it is really hard, and stuff: ATS0=1&W

Power is even harder: Ignition-switched power is supplied by the ODB port.

Using it is perhaps the most difficult part: Call the modem, it answers and connects, and...done.

Yeah, sure: I can do all kinds of obvious and nefarious things to a car if I have physical access to it.

But this way, I can have the car work perfectly normally for a week or a month or whatever.

And then, long after they forget about having their window smashed and the change holder looted in the middle of the night, I can have it misbehave at exactly the moment that it is perhaps most dangerous.

Just sayin'.

It's already a risk. And it's cheap.

Plug a GSM modem into an RS-232 ODB2 interface.

Programming it is really hard, and stuff: ATS0=1&W

Power is even harder: Ignition-switched power is supplied by the ODB port.

Using it is perhaps the most difficult part: Call the modem, it answers and connects, and...done.

Yeah, sure: I can do all kinds of obvious and nefarious things to a car if I have physical access to it.

But this way, I can have the car work perfectly normally for a week or a month or whatever.

And then, long after they forget about having their window smashed and the change holder looted in the middle of the night, I can have it misbehave at exactly the moment that it is perhaps most dangerous.

Just sayin'.

I probably should have posted the link, my bad. http://www.ebay.com/bhp/helicopter-live-video

DDR2 laptop memory is mental everywhere. Everything else is somewhat reasonable on ebay. Brand new is still in crazy-ville but what kind of idiot would buy DDR1 from systemax or crucial at this point? Hey look, 20 sticks of 512MB DDR2 for $40
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-20-Tested-Samsung-DDR2-512MB-PC2-5300-667MHz-Desktop-Memory-/330957821186?pt=US_Memory_RAM_&hash=item4d0e9f9502
and 100 sticks of 512MB DDR1 for $150
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-100-512MB-DDR-NON-ECC-MAJOR-OEM-2100-2700-3200-/360697684461?pt=US_Memory_RAM_&hash=item53fb41e1ed
I pay $0 because I recycle computers at my shop and pull decent sized ram sticks. I also just picked up 24x 1GB DDR2 for a by-the-pound price at my scrap dealer. It's all aluminum cooled, good brand stuff.

DDR2 laptop memory is mental everywhere. Everything else is somewhat reasonable on ebay. Brand new is still in crazy-ville but what kind of idiot would buy DDR1 from systemax or crucial at this point? Hey look, 20 sticks of 512MB DDR2 for $40
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-20-Tested-Samsung-DDR2-512MB-PC2-5300-667MHz-Desktop-Memory-/330957821186?pt=US_Memory_RAM_&hash=item4d0e9f9502
and 100 sticks of 512MB DDR1 for $150
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-100-512MB-DDR-NON-ECC-MAJOR-OEM-2100-2700-3200-/360697684461?pt=US_Memory_RAM_&hash=item53fb41e1ed
I pay $0 because I recycle computers at my shop and pull decent sized ram sticks. I also just picked up 24x 1GB DDR2 for a by-the-pound price at my scrap dealer. It's all aluminum cooled, good brand stuff.

Show me a laptop built in the past 10 years which does not have a mic.

Does this count?

http://compare.ebay.com/like/271234045822?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

All shake flashlights are pretty horrible compared to old Russian squeezelights.

Just like with shakelights, quality varies, and some have batteries in them that will not last. But you can continuously use a good squeezelight for a half hour or more (depending on your hand strength - I can use mine for hours because I type a lot) and the light beam will stay focused right where you want it the whole time - which is impossible with any shakelight.

Also, since shakelights have powerful neodymium magnets in them and the housings are plastic, they screw up magnetic media (like credit cards) that get too close. The dynamos in the old no-battery Russian squeezelights never do that.

My squeezelight is at least 15 years old, and probably older, and sees regular use. I did have trouble finding a replacement for the primitive CCCP lightbulb it uses, but when I found some on eBay I bought 30 of them for a couple bucks so no worries now. The bearings in this thing are made of oiled wool, it's incredibly robust and repairable.

The only downside is dynamos are noisy, so when you're camping with the family everybody complains if you get up in the night to water the shrubbery.

Years ago, I tried wearing a wristwatch, but I found it gets in the way. It makes typing uncomfortable for me

Agreed, wrist watches are uncomfortable. For everyday carry, I have a clip watch clipped to a beltloop. It's far easier to check the time there than to dig my phone out of a pocket, plus I have also clipped a keychain-style LED flashlight to it. It's occasionally useful just to have a light-duty carabiner at hand. And I'll take it running or biking, when I usually leave my bulkier cell phone home.

For fancy dress, have some real style and get a pocket watch.

And after market Apple power adapters are expensive?

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/macbook-power-cord

Ignore the above, I wasn't aware that eBay Bucks is a reward program.

I use this 720p Dash Cam id $70. I prefer dedicated hardware because there isn't much of a secondary market for them like there is for [stolen] cellphones. I've used other, cheaper versions of "high def" cams and they aren't or they frequently require resetting. This one only needed 1 reset in weeks of 24/7 use.

I actually use this same camera. I am happy with it. The quality is good enough..

I use this 720p Dash Cam id $70. I prefer dedicated hardware because there isn't much of a secondary market for them like there is for [stolen] cellphones. I've used other, cheaper versions of "high def" cams and they aren't or they frequently require resetting. This one only needed 1 reset in weeks of 24/7 use.

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/obsidian-knife

Let them take the innocuous knife them blow it up.

Slit their throats the traditional way with nano-molecular cutting technology.

Snipe the rest.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Box-Robotics-914-PC-BOT-Development-Platform-He-Robot-Heathkit-HERO-2-/190849690042?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c6f8729ba

Here you go

It's even better than what you asked for -- It's factory sealed!

Hmm, I looked again and eBay UK and IE are as I said, but eBay.com only allows sellers to accept checks and postal orders in certain circumstances (link, appears to be mostly heavy items, appliances, vehicles and 'adult items').

Which is a bit rubbish, I think.

And sending in Rainbow to round up infringers is surely excessive.

Yes, but using Mems microphones like those
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Wholesale-20pcs-Mic-Speaker-For-Nokia-N8-N9-5230-5800-E63-E71-E52-E5-C5-X7-/271133891559?pt=US_Cell_Phone_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3f20d6dbe7

20 for $12.

I dont know the math behind you algorithm, but it might be even possible to directly use PDM stream (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse-density_modulation) from those microphones without converting it to PCM first. At 3MHz per micropfone you can cram 32 mics into 12MB/s stream in a small USB dongle that costs ~$40 to make (as low as $30 in bulk if you mfg in China).

Tablet is an ideal UI for something like this. If you could modify your code to visualize source of sound like in this /. article it would sell like hotcakes on kickstarter at $200.

So you'd be cool with Photoshop CS2. Looks like a used copy of CS2 will run you $150-$300 depending on your OS.

Why on earth do they choose 2 colours that are hard to tell apart in that graph ?

here you go

Yeah who would have thought of putting wheels on it? http://www.ebay.com/itm/330661959444?hlp=false&var=

look at these

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Google-Android-4-0-MID-10-inch-Netbook-with-Webcam-1GB-Ram-4GB-Memory-/350753904645?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item51aa8fd805

(N.B. if you add a link you will get more clicks on your product; since for once the spam is on topic I added one for you - ed. )

There's always been a bunch of these interesting cheap things on ebay (and on some of the Chinese sites or other auction sites). Some of them even seem to come from top rated sellers who seem to sell quite a few of them (not this example.. but who knows). I wonder if the reason they don't get through to shops in the West is simply Microsoft? Has anyone tried them? (Search Ebay for "Android Netbook" - you will find plenty).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Spiral-Push-Hand-Drill-With-20-Bits-and-Swivel-Head-Pin-Vise-Beading-Tools-/400353302571?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d36ea982b

Happy? Should I hold your hand next time too?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Spiral-Push-Hand-Drill-With-20-Bits-and-Swivel-Head-Pin-Vise-Beading-Tools-/400353302571?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d36ea982b

Happy? Should I hold your hand next time too?

Have you actually looked into the ExpressCard-to-PCIe adapters? They are exorbitantly priced for something which is doing almost nothing, with the cheapest at $100.

Yup. I've looked.
They probably cost a fraction of that if you can source them from asia.
ebay is your friend (Note: that last one taps into mini-PCIe instead of express card).

Once you factor in the price of the card you're throwing in, a sufficent powersupply to power it (a modern GFX card can eat up to hundreds of W), and a nice pimped enclosure, it's not that expensive.

ExpressCard doesn't provide PCIe x16, so there is no point whatsoever installing a mid-to-high range graphics card.

Points for using a mid-to-high range:
- the whole discussion is about driving multiple hires monitors. You need connectors for that. mid-to-high range GFX card have plenty of connecting options. entry-level card might have 2 hdmi connectors, if you're lucky.
- if gaming is desirable, you'll need a card with enough pixelrate to keep painting said multiple monitors at a decent frame rate.
- as explain by other: PCIe 16x only really matter at loading time, and more memory is always desirable.
- for desktop use, only, PCIe 1x is enough. And (provided that it has enough connection options) a mid-range card is enough too.

What you want is a PCIe x1 graphics card; some few PCIe x16 cards can be hacked into one much more cheaply than just going out and buying one, but it's nontrivial.

Non trivial as in:
- sticking it inside a connector which is already mechanically compatible with PCIe 16x (although only electrically connected to PCIe 1x) ?
- stickinig it inside a connector which is mechiannically PCIe 1x, but has a hole on the side so you can stick wider cad (although only the first PCIe 1x part of the card will be both mechanically and electrically connected) ?

PCIe technology was designed on purpose to be trivial to setup. The only drawback is that the card will only work at PCIe 1x speeds. But as said before: for desktop use, it's sufficient.
(unless you want to run CUDA/OpenCL on it).

The ExpressCard to PCIe x16 sidecars are more expensive than just buying a new laptop with a real GPU, so that's utterly uninteresting.

Please, please. Show me a laptop which:
- costs around 100$
- has a bat-shit crazy powerful GPU that can drive 3x 24"/300DPI screens
- has the necessary connector for the monitors (3x HDMI or 3x Display Port ++)
- has a replacable/upgradable GPU
- is relatively thin

Have you actually looked into the ExpressCard-to-PCIe adapters? They are exorbitantly priced for something which is doing almost nothing, with the cheapest at $100.

Yup. I've looked.
They probably cost a fraction of that if you can source them from asia.
ebay is your friend (Note: that last one taps into mini-PCIe instead of express card).

Once you factor in the price of the card you're throwing in, a sufficent powersupply to power it (a modern GFX card can eat up to hundreds of W), and a nice pimped enclosure, it's not that expensive.

ExpressCard doesn't provide PCIe x16, so there is no point whatsoever installing a mid-to-high range graphics card.

Points for using a mid-to-high range:
- the whole discussion is about driving multiple hires monitors. You need connectors for that. mid-to-high range GFX card have plenty of connecting options. entry-level card might have 2 hdmi connectors, if you're lucky.
- if gaming is desirable, you'll need a card with enough pixelrate to keep painting said multiple monitors at a decent frame rate.
- as explain by other: PCIe 16x only really matter at loading time, and more memory is always desirable.
- for desktop use, only, PCIe 1x is enough. And (provided that it has enough connection options) a mid-range card is enough too.

What you want is a PCIe x1 graphics card; some few PCIe x16 cards can be hacked into one much more cheaply than just going out and buying one, but it's nontrivial.

Non trivial as in:
- sticking it inside a connector which is already mechanically compatible with PCIe 16x (although only electrically connected to PCIe 1x) ?
- stickinig it inside a connector which is mechiannically PCIe 1x, but has a hole on the side so you can stick wider cad (although only the first PCIe 1x part of the card will be both mechanically and electrically connected) ?

PCIe technology was designed on purpose to be trivial to setup. The only drawback is that the card will only work at PCIe 1x speeds. But as said before: for desktop use, it's sufficient.
(unless you want to run CUDA/OpenCL on it).

The ExpressCard to PCIe x16 sidecars are more expensive than just buying a new laptop with a real GPU, so that's utterly uninteresting.

Please, please. Show me a laptop which:
- costs around 100$
- has a bat-shit crazy powerful GPU that can drive 3x 24"/300DPI screens
- has the necessary connector for the monitors (3x HDMI or 3x Display Port ++)
- has a replacable/upgradable GPU
- is relatively thin

Have you actually looked into the ExpressCard-to-PCIe adapters? They are exorbitantly priced for something which is doing almost nothing, with the cheapest at $100.

Yup. I've looked.
They probably cost a fraction of that if you can source them from asia.
ebay is your friend (Note: that last one taps into mini-PCIe instead of express card).

Once you factor in the price of the card you're throwing in, a sufficent powersupply to power it (a modern GFX card can eat up to hundreds of W), and a nice pimped enclosure, it's not that expensive.

ExpressCard doesn't provide PCIe x16, so there is no point whatsoever installing a mid-to-high range graphics card.

Points for using a mid-to-high range:
- the whole discussion is about driving multiple hires monitors. You need connectors for that. mid-to-high range GFX card have plenty of connecting options. entry-level card might have 2 hdmi connectors, if you're lucky.
- if gaming is desirable, you'll need a card with enough pixelrate to keep painting said multiple monitors at a decent frame rate.
- as explain by other: PCIe 16x only really matter at loading time, and more memory is always desirable.
- for desktop use, only, PCIe 1x is enough. And (provided that it has enough connection options) a mid-range card is enough too.

What you want is a PCIe x1 graphics card; some few PCIe x16 cards can be hacked into one much more cheaply than just going out and buying one, but it's nontrivial.

Non trivial as in:
- sticking it inside a connector which is already mechanically compatible with PCIe 16x (although only electrically connected to PCIe 1x) ?
- stickinig it inside a connector which is mechiannically PCIe 1x, but has a hole on the side so you can stick wider cad (although only the first PCIe 1x part of the card will be both mechanically and electrically connected) ?

PCIe technology was designed on purpose to be trivial to setup. The only drawback is that the card will only work at PCIe 1x speeds. But as said before: for desktop use, it's sufficient.
(unless you want to run CUDA/OpenCL on it).

The ExpressCard to PCIe x16 sidecars are more expensive than just buying a new laptop with a real GPU, so that's utterly uninteresting.

Please, please. Show me a laptop which:
- costs around 100$
- has a bat-shit crazy powerful GPU that can drive 3x 24"/300DPI screens
- has the necessary connector for the monitors (3x HDMI or 3x Display Port ++)
- has a replacable/upgradable GPU
- is relatively thin

Have you actually looked into the ExpressCard-to-PCIe adapters? They are exorbitantly priced for something which is doing almost nothing, with the cheapest at $100.

Yup. I've looked.
They probably cost a fraction of that if you can source them from asia.
ebay is your friend (Note: that last one taps into mini-PCIe instead of express card).

Once you factor in the price of the card you're throwing in, a sufficent powersupply to power it (a modern GFX card can eat up to hundreds of W), and a nice pimped enclosure, it's not that expensive.

ExpressCard doesn't provide PCIe x16, so there is no point whatsoever installing a mid-to-high range graphics card.

Points for using a mid-to-high range:
- the whole discussion is about driving multiple hires monitors. You need connectors for that. mid-to-high range GFX card have plenty of connecting options. entry-level card might have 2 hdmi connectors, if you're lucky.
- if gaming is desirable, you'll need a card with enough pixelrate to keep painting said multiple monitors at a decent frame rate.
- as explain by other: PCIe 16x only really matter at loading time, and more memory is always desirable.
- for desktop use, only, PCIe 1x is enough. And (provided that it has enough connection options) a mid-range card is enough too.

What you want is a PCIe x1 graphics card; some few PCIe x16 cards can be hacked into one much more cheaply than just going out and buying one, but it's nontrivial.

Non trivial as in:
- sticking it inside a connector which is already mechanically compatible with PCIe 16x (although only electrically connected to PCIe 1x) ?
- stickinig it inside a connector which is mechiannically PCIe 1x, but has a hole on the side so you can stick wider cad (although only the first PCIe 1x part of the card will be both mechanically and electrically connected) ?

PCIe technology was designed on purpose to be trivial to setup. The only drawback is that the card will only work at PCIe 1x speeds. But as said before: for desktop use, it's sufficient.
(unless you want to run CUDA/OpenCL on it).

The ExpressCard to PCIe x16 sidecars are more expensive than just buying a new laptop with a real GPU, so that's utterly uninteresting.

Please, please. Show me a laptop which:
- costs around 100$
- has a bat-shit crazy powerful GPU that can drive 3x 24"/300DPI screens
- has the necessary connector for the monitors (3x HDMI or 3x Display Port ++)
- has a replacable/upgradable GPU
- is relatively thin

$60 is steep, that's why we have ebay for these sort of things.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Black-Six-Axis-DualShock-3-Wireless-Bluetooth-Controller-for-Sony-PS3-/111038626579?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item19da6afb13

an Arduino plus an Ethernet shield (around $60).

You can get it for a lot less than $60 of you don't buy official Arduino hardware.

eg. A $6 Arduino clone: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=arduino+pro+mini plus a $12 W5100 module: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111025516885

(or use a $4 Ethernet module if you don't need the official Arduino Ethernet library: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=arduino+ENC28J60 )

if you can overcome the IO problem

You can build an Arduino USB I/O controller for about $1.25 with a Tiny85 plus a copy of v-usb

an Arduino plus an Ethernet shield (around $60).

You can get it for a lot less than $60 of you don't buy official Arduino hardware.

eg. A $6 Arduino clone: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=arduino+pro+mini plus a $12 W5100 module: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111025516885

(or use a $4 Ethernet module if you don't need the official Arduino Ethernet library: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=arduino+ENC28J60 )

if you can overcome the IO problem

You can build an Arduino USB I/O controller for about $1.25 with a Tiny85 plus a copy of v-usb

an Arduino plus an Ethernet shield (around $60).

You can get it for a lot less than $60 of you don't buy official Arduino hardware.

eg. A $6 Arduino clone: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=arduino+pro+mini plus a $12 W5100 module: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111025516885

(or use a $4 Ethernet module if you don't need the official Arduino Ethernet library: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=arduino+ENC28J60 )

if you can overcome the IO problem

You can build an Arduino USB I/O controller for about $1.25 with a Tiny85 plus a copy of v-usb

You can get Arduinos for about $6: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=arduino+pro+mini

Or build your own for the price of a chip plus veroboard. Or don't bother with the veroboard, just use the chip.

There was another round of direct-to-disk back in the 70's, and who knows how many others, before and after that.

I bought a Sheffield disk of Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" back in the mid 70's, and there were other disks in their lineup. Here is someone else's on ebay now - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Prokofiev-Romeo-Juliet-Excerpts-LP-Sheffield-Lab-Direct-Disc-Leinsdorf-LAPO-/380457368606

Except that there's a German eBay - ebay.de

And the restrictions only apply to items sent to Germany, France and others with similar nazi memorabilia prohibition laws.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/offensive.html

$50-$100 are you serious? http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Clicky-Keyboard-PS-2-tested-working-SEPT-1993-/121075252956?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item1c30a5bedc

You might be in the market for one of these

Your wish has come true:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ron-Paul-Revolution-Libertarian-Tea-Party-7-BobbleHead-Case-of-24-/271027788164

Interesting. You've gone from the idea that it is possible there may be $10/gallon gas at SOME POINT in the future (i.e. between now and Heat Death) and then, once you've gotten agreement that no, such an occurrence is not impossible, you've moved your estimate to within "a few years."

If you refer to this post, let me put an emphasis:

Now, imagine a time of $10/gallon gasoline price, with the current average wage. You think such a situation is improbable/impossible in the near future?

If something else, [Citation needed].

Fascinating. I would submit the corollary is also, "we'll see if you can afford a Tesla S in a few years"

If you won't be able to afford a Tesla, maybe you will be able to afford a MIEV. If not, maybe the Bangalore guys could entice you with a Reva? Failing this, you can try an electric moped.

http://compare.ebay.com/like/200851091953?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

Yes, gouging out your keyboard or RAM is acceptable to install this. All's fair in love and Linux.

What laptop doesn't have a Mini-PCIe slot?

But the price of alternative energy is dropping quickly now. It's still too high. A $1200 investment will net you $36 per year of electricity.

Where do you get your figures? I've heard various others mention (yes, that's also uncited) 7-10 years payback time for solar, and even if it were 20 years, that would be reasonable.

The first result I got for searching for solar power was ebay of all places, probably not the best place to buy something like this.. and the highest price in other results was $1.29/watt.
http://compare.ebay.com/like/120539611181?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

Obviously there are other costs (like the inverter) too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-Xbox-Live-Gold-Subscription-Card-/230899738987?afepn=5335869999&campid=5335869999&PID=1225267 Brings the cost down to $2.91 per month.

Best $15 I ever spent.