Remember they ship from China. It can take anywhere from 3 days (rarely) to a week (common) to a month (uncommon, but possible, especially during Christmas time to about Valentines day).
On the pandora it will run so fast that you will see the frames before it even processes it: it goes back in time!
......... Serious answer: we can't know until we get one.
A large number of the 1st batch people probably can't program at all. What made you think you had to be able to program? You don't, and the programs that will hopefully flood in the file archive when people start working on it will allow you to run mostly anything you want, either the exact...
What's wrong with socialism?
Yes, I am an American, and yes, I know what it is. And schools, emergency units, police departments, firefighters, welfare, and a whole lot of other things are already socialized in the United States.
Tip: download ubuntu using wubi and install it or burning the livecd and booting it:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download livecd
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors#wubi Wubi
You can do those from there. Next, load Ubuntu from Wubi or the LiveCD and try using a USB device...
For a few bucks, you can send a money order.
http://www.usps.com/money/sendingmoney/ ... onally.htm
Says $3.85.
You should contact them as said here though, to get the location/address, and more detailed instructions. That would be the cheapest option.
I have had 3 failures of flash media, and this advice is worth its weight in gold (then again, you should always have backups...). 2 were permanent flash card failures, and 1 was a random partition wipe.