September 2, 2006
A microphone problem prompts Dr. Dave to restart the opening because he wants the archived show to sound complete and regular, a revealing detail about how seriously he took the recordings. Sports banter leads him to reflect that marriage and growing children have made him calmer, while his plan to buy most Christmas presents online marks the moment Internet shopping had become real to someone who had once distrusted it. Looking at Gateway and Dell, he argues that repeated cost cutting eventually removes muscle rather than fat and makes consistent machines and support harder to promise, while a two year old worm still topping the threat chart becomes a lesson in computer hygiene. The episode also catches Google making public domain books downloadable, Dr. Dave’s affection for old books and his declaration that he is not anti-Apple but anti-lie when advertising makes an excellent computer sound invulnerable.
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