I think you could break the giga-nano-barrier if you put 8 of those on your transducer.
(I hereby reserve the right to avoid all retorts about how pragmatic of decision that it would be.)
This is funny. I tried to use one their CableCards to avoid that box, and it turned into a 6 week journey of cableless life. They respond to declining numbers and prospectives not to the desire to please customers. I laugh a bit each time I see them advertising their specials to new customers...
I guess Balmer fails to realize that Microsoft continually fails at attempts to create new products lines with longevity and that their structuring (i.e. mass of employees) seems to be the primary culprit.
Do we actually need someone to tell us this? Of course, aliens could turn the Earth into a harvest zone, among about a zillion other possibilities... ;p