That's indeed what I meant (I wasn't too clear).
Apparantly, there are people at Valve playing right now, perhaps the test subjects? http://steamcommunity.com/id/wc4/ and http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150228527438689&set=a.10150228527433689.346684.93235358688
Perhaps the countdown...
I don't think it's bad thing that we've got this much potatoes. The countdown rate of the potatoes was computed from the amount of potatoes to start with and the date they wanted it to reach zero.
From the article: " The teased product is said to be roughly the size of a typical C-cell battery and combines the fast charge / discharge benefits of ultracapacitors with the impressive energy-to-weight ratio of a lithium-ion electrode."
So it's a combination of the traditional batteries with...
It's easy. There are other vBulleting forums out there that use it and I love that feature. You can respond to someone's post and not have to check back if they actually responded.