It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

In the Bob Hope Golf Classic, the participation of President Gerald Ford was more than enough to remind you that the nuclear button was at one stage at the disposal of a man who might have either pressed it by mistake or else pressed it deliberately in order to obtain room service.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

We have done that with Sony and NEC, which have machines in the U.S., although Sony's the only one with a major retail presence right now. But the bottom line is we're very pleased with the way this is going, and we think Toshiba has an impact on broadening that Crusoe penetration as we go forward.

We have done that with Sony and NEC, which have machines in the U.S., although Sony's the only one with a major retail presence right now, ... But the bottom line is we're very pleased with the way this is going, and we think Toshiba has an impact on broadening that Crusoe penetration as we go forward.

We're dumber and less cognitively nimble if we're not around other people - and, now, other machines.