Uhm... No! Not even for basic things that are taken for granted in normal desktop environments.

See suggestions for USB 4.0, 5.0, etc.

IBM T221 uses a weird scheme of four DVI links, back then when there was no DisplayPort. The latter is at version 1.2, with bandwith something less than 20gbps.
Just wait for the next version...

Yes, many. Google for "medical displays".
Eizo has produced a 36.4 for $40-50k, Barco also, etc.

Still IBM T221 can still be sold on eBay or in higher quantities and better prices on Chinese Taobao (you will need an intermediary agent).
They cost less than a $1k including complex cabling.
Viewsonic is just a rebranded IBM.

I hope they'd drop the minor version by then... It's getting ridiculous...

Yeah, because any granny or grandpa, any farmer or fisherman, any plumper or electrician in Poland with voting rights, cares about closed platforms or proprietary software or patent trolls.

The fastest way to print text in DOS is to write directly to the VGA video memory at B800:0000

Education
Probably this is very true. The military expenses are extremely disproportionate to the country's wealth. On the other hand, the presence of the US 7th fleet, and the build-up of more than a million SK soldiers on the border, doesn't help easing north korean's fears.

Food
Isn't that the case in many countries? Can you compare the wealth of eastern Chinese cities like Shanghai to the poor western agricultural areas who farmers still use primitive tools for farming? Or in Russia, do you compare the income of a person living in Moscow and one living in Caucasus?

Pluralism
When media are politically controlled, we can't talk about independent journalism and democracy.

Freedom
In HK there are no free elections for administration. There is a big council of "wise" people who chose leaders.
But the site you gave me shows how HK has efficient free market oriented economy, essentially how capitalistic it is.
For example low government spending in HK is not a true indicator of freedom. To the contrary, it means that the state does not offer
many social services like free health and free education. As for labor freedom, it's clearly for the side of capitalists.
I'm annoyed how such word are used. They connect the word "freedom" with the ability to fire someone easily without justification and little compensation.
Article says: "labor productivity far exceeding the low minimum wage" -- doesn't that mean that there is extreme exploitation and unfairness?
Rule of Law describes how state protects (big) property and trade. That's not freedom to the interest of people.

Education
Probably there are cheaper universities in the US. But in a world superpower where top universities fees amount to half a million for undergraduate studies only, you can't judge a poor developing country for asking students to bring fuel for heating.

Food
I'm sure NK might have instructed journalists to edit out images that are unflattering but judging from the fact that Western journalists are so highly critical of NK, I can assume that BBC or CNN would not accept to play a game of glorifying NK or even showing an unrealistically good images. Countless images of mourning north koreans were transmitted at Kim-il-sung's death. I can see their clothing and physical appearance is comparable to Greek standards.

Indoctrination
I have no good understanding in Canada educational system, cultivation of nationalism etc, but I feel disturbed to watch such an animosity between Alberta vs. Quebec. For fuck's shake, just because you have different language?
Anyway, even if what you say stands true for Canada, certainly doesn't for the US, unless there is a group that is so vocal that shadows other's views. I'm mean that "Freedom of speech" or "god bless america" or "pray for our troops" is getting comical. I especially hate when they shouting at me "THIS IS AMERICA" when they knew I'm Greek. Is it EVERYWHERE America?

Pluralism
My experience with my country is that mass media run the country elections. In most recent elections here, just a few months ago, a far-left party (I'd call them moderate, but foreign press call them far) was ahead in the polls. The regime media threw such a dirt on it, that even that I didn't vote for it, I was outraged. Regime journalists even said that there would be "a nuclear disaster". There were even protests in Athens against two regime TV-stations. At the end, they managed to suppress it to below 30%, losing first place by the conservative right-wing party, but with huge disparity among ages -- young and mid-aged people voted massively for the far-left and old people for the right-wing. If mass media can affect that much the electoral outcome, can this be labeled as democracy?
As for the US -- no, the power of the government is not infinite. People's reaction to such repressive legislation and especially the support of greatly respected organizations (Wikipedia) was so strong that politicians stepped back. That also happened in the EU, when while many member-states have endorsed ACTA, the EU centrally rejected it.

Colonialism and the Free World
Is that the way you used this term?? I don't know what to say! I first head this term when NATO was waging war on Yugoslavia. I looked once in a wikipedia article listing US wars since WW2. What has US to do with freedom?

What *I* call free country? It's difficult question. Not NK certainly. Though I agree with socialist model of economy, I do not with agree with it's governance. Decisions should be made from the base, in a direct democracy style. Maybe the country best matches my ideals is Cuba, though it needs to get rid of the retrograde mentality of using state power to scatter dissidence.

Conservatism
Probably you're right. I hope that no president in the US would have the view that there is "legitimate rape" because that sounds way too conservative even for NK, Iran and SA combined. The political conservatism of NK is no worse than religious conservatism of the US or SA.
LGBT and women's rights are a rather new thing for the Free World indeed. Adultery was a punishable act in many countries (including Greece) not too far ago. It still is in SK.
I mean, the UK even discarded the war effort of Alan Touring (who deciphered the Nazi's Enigma), ignored his great contribution to the theory of computation, and charged him for homosexuality, chemically castrating him, thing that many think it caused his suicide. Is that an act of Free World? It's like executing Einstein for peeing in the pool.

Food
The very fact that NK was willing to exchange nuclear weapons for food, certainly shows lack of food. But what I can't accept is the 700kcal figure Carter said. That figure is nearly the amount white non-slav non-jew prisoners in Nazi concentration camps were being given. And after I have watched numerous news and interviews from NK, from even from BBC and CNN, they certainly don't look like that.

Education
Paying $5000/yr in Canada is something possible. But paying $45,000/yr for 4 years in the US, that is $360k total, is unthinkable to me how they could be ever paid out. Certainly wages in the US are higher than here. But, really, you have just graduated, and owe like half a million?

Indoctrination
Name me a SINGLE country in the world that doesn't do that. I am actually scared that Americans look alike as if all of them have the exact same opinions, strongly formulated yet ignoring very basic facts. But let me judge my own country who I guess it's Free World: We are taught Christianity from Primary school to High school. Isn't that indoctrination? We are barely taught Evolution. We are brainwashed with strong nationalistic views, of our superiority, spreading the civilization, blah, blah, blah. A basic function of any educational system in any country in the history is to maintain the current system in power.

Pluralism
I never said it exists in NK. It doesn't. I just mentioned that it's ironic that the US scream about democracy in NK while having as a major ally the Saudi Arabia, which does not have even these basic elections of pre-approved candidates, even for the lowest ranks.
I'm sure that many political movements exist in the US. But, just like in the NK, no one threatens the system. Western-style democracies allow some freedom of expression when the system is not threatened. But when it is, it imposes a dictatorship or a direct war. The US use of Napalm bombers in Greek Civil war (first use of Napalm-B was in Greece) or their support in the "Colonel's Junta" of 1967 shows that the only thing that matters Free World is that business and money flow.
I mean you just said that both parties in the US represent financial interests and you are still talking about democracy? And that is far beyond bandit-style corruption we have here.

China
Taiwan may claim mainland China, but chances of this having any real impact, is next to zero. Taiwan (but not PRC) also claims Mongolia.
Anyway, since the reforms of Deng Xiaoping made PRC essentially a free market, the US have no strong reason to support Taiwan.
There is no reasonable doubt that Taiwan has any future on mainland China (or Mongolia), and it seems that it has understood that since it elects
reunification-friendly presidents.

Colonialism
No you can't forgive the centuries-long occupation of African or Asian countries by the colonial powers, just because 50 years have passed. And the UK did not let free its colonies because it started to believe in Free World idea, but it either could not keep them, or promised them freedom for exchange help in the WW2 war effort. But even if we say it's forgiven, tell me, did the UK belong to Free World in pre-WW2 era, when it was "British Empire"?

For you, just "Kim". Like Kim Basinger.

1) From your text:
"While the criminal code does not appear to expressly address same-sex sexuality or cross-dressing, there is no visible LGBT community in North Korea and no LGBT rights movement"
Further it clarifies that public display of affection is against tradition regardless of sex and sexual orientation
Deduce that:
a) LGBT is not illegal b) North Koreans are very conservative.
which is something I already knew. Ok they're stuck with tradition, that doesn't mean that gays are outlawed.
The view that "gay traits" are connected to feebleness or capitalism may be idiotic but does not classify as gay repression.

2) Detail: "US ex-president Jimmy Carter reported that" -- that demolishes any credibility. Though if the fact that NK are 5' shorter than SK is strong indication, if I'd feel the research was not biased. Which may be, since wikipedia does NOT cite reference! (violation of WP rules, isn't it?) -- Anyway, I frequently watch reports from BBC and people are certainly do not seem malnourished.

3) From wikipedia:
"The Daily NK is an online newspaper focusing on issues relating to North Korea. The site, run by opponents of the North Korean government, is based in South Korea and regularly reports stories from inside North Korea via a network of informants inside the country.[1]"
Still I read it. It says that free education collapsed in 90's. May be true, but:
a) America does not have free education at all. $45,000 a year in an American university is way too much when the dept in France I am applying for postgrad studies wants €250 and an equivalent in EPFL in Lausanne wants ~600CHF. Even in your country, a postgrad programme costs $5000/yr.
b) It would be totally reasonable, since the fall of socialism (which happened that exactly period) deprived NK most its allies and radically worsened its economic status.

A quote: "It is impossible for schools to solve their heating problems without state support during the winter, but they do their best by forcing students to give firewood, coal or money."
That actually happens in Greece now. It's actually better than that what I was raised. I had NO heating at all in my school of ANY kind. So no use to bring fuel from home.

3) I didn't even know that parties can be elected. I thought that only Worker's Party was legal. So practically you enforced my position by revealing that there are elections even for high posts. Ok, not totally free since they're not entirely secret, but even that way, it allows to have 4 parties in the Assembly. I personally was referring to low and mid key posts, like municipalities and local governors.

Not to forget to mention that in America there are essentially only two parties representing the exact same political stance ("The Business Party" as called by Chomski), differing only in religious matters like abortion. Even in the Banana Republic of Greece (as we jokingly some refer to it, bananas refer to colonialism), we have a communist, a far-left, a center-right, a right-wing, previously a far right-wing and a far-far-far extremist right-wing nazi party in the parliament.

4) Please specify where my info was wrong.

5) It's called ROC by WHO? Only themselves use that term. Even the WP article you gave me, actually redirects to "Taiwan"! From the article, only 22 UN members have even official relationships with Taiwan. Even themselves, in their last bid at the UN for recognition (which of course failed), they used the term "Taiwan" and not "ROC".
It would be useful to mention that the credentials transfer to PRC from ROC/Taiwan was made by the UN General Assembly (which represents everyone) and not the Security Council (which effectively represents only the interest of 5 countries)

6) And a question. Does the UK belong to "Free World" according to your views? I mean they have as colonies the 1/3 of the world just a few decades ago. Can they still be classified as a country promoting freedom?

ps: That would be interesting why do you believe all the Greeks sound alike. Probably far less pro-West?

First of all, starvation was in 1997 -- I'm not saying NK is rich country, it isn't, it's development is trailing far below SK, and most of the country wealth first goes to military when an important portion of food supplies come from China since NK can't cover all it's food needs. But certainly people are NOT starving. If you want to see how it is to starve, come here to Greece (NATO and EU member) where pensioners search food from the garbage.

BTW, it's China even in the UN. UN has recognized PRC as the "only" China, back in 1948, if my memory serves me well, and this has never changed, repeated even by current UN secretariat of Ban Ki-moon. So when we say China we can only mean PRC and nothing else. (in reference to your previous post).

As for completely uneducated, that's just not true. By any means. Certainly isolating their national networks from internet and blocking roaming and external calls from their cellular networks is a huge step backwards from knowledge and communication, but hardly that means uneducated. At least, creating nukes needs some knowledge, doesn't it?

But at least, being a gay it's totally ok in NK in contrast to many Middle East countries, like the US ally Saudi Arabia (and US foe Iran) which is a capital offence.
Both men AND women have a right for voting (municipal and regional elections, there are no top gov't elections). Note that even in Switzerland women got vote right in 90's. Saudi Arabia has no voting of any kind.
Also they have equality of the sexes when Saudi Arabia wanted to refuse female athletes to go to Olympics. And NK doen't dress its women like ghosts. (Burka is not just religion, it's repression)

But all in all, it's leadership is immensely popular. Since they're fine with their leaders, why should others care?
I'm not supporting the dynasty-style inheritance of power, but if they like it, it's fine with me. Don't forget than many countries in Europe have kings and queens, with varying level of powers.

Woah, you exceeded the "Black book of Communism"! Why not 260m? 465m? 580m?

ps: Cambodia communism?? OMG RLY? Shutting down schools and universities and killing teachers, sending all people to farms, is communism?

"Free world"?
Is the liberated Iraq and Afghanistan one of them, where women are still stoned for adultery?
Is Saudi Arabia where there are no elections even for the smallest scale regional administrators? Where gays are beheaded just for having sex?
Are the US, where abortion or premarital sex is a perceived as a crime by half of the politicians but installing a dictatorship in most of Latin America or bombing 3rd world countries is perfectly fine?
Is South Korea who has democratic elections for only 20 years? The same country responsible for the Bodo League massacre of even more than 1 million political dissidents after Korean war?

NK may be an militaristic country, it has repeatedly threatened others, but NEVER fulfilled these threats, never since the end of Korean War. It always been just words, that even the US don't take very seriously.

US taking down a SOUTH Korean satellite? That would be fun!!