"Laser" is just the marketing hook buzzword. It could be replaced in this story with "Cosmic Ray", "Neutrino", etc. as people find ways to get the desired "quantum" properties.

AFAIK the Mozilla folks have not had the same complaints about Linux graphics drivers, have they?

The solution is to avoid using the Google Chrome browser, unless you like being spied on all the time by Google. Load up Firefox with a completely fascist set of add ons and do your best to browse safely.

FTA: 'The best performing copolymer consisted of 90% sulfur by mass. Batteries using this copolymer had an initial storage capacity of 1,225 mAh per gram of material. After 100 charge-discharge cycles, the capacity dropped to 1,005 mAh/g, and after 500 cycles it fell to about 635 mAh/g. In comparison, a lithium-ion battery typically starts out with a storage capacity of 200 mAh/g but maintains it for the life of the battery, Pyun says.' So, situations in which a massive blast of current is required could benefit quite well from these batteries. I'm thinking like sitting at light on Mulholland and turning a knob on the Tesla's dashboard that is graduated in 1960's TV Batman style: Low-Medium-High-Zowie!

Let's not worship the P-51 without acknowledging some deadly flaws: P-51 pilots didn't dare get into a low-altitude dogfight. The slogan of Mustang drivers faced with low altitude combat was "Shit and Git!" or more politely "Boom and Zoom!" because even lower grade Luftwaffe fighters could wipe it out in tight turns down low. The supercritical wings of the Mustang were actually a hindrance down low in the thicker air in tight turns. So, while the P-51 with Merlin engine was a game changer, it had its faults.

1. install or use a terminal emulator or console app
2. at the prompt type "uname -a"
3. observe Linux kernel information