A lot of BitTorrent traffic shifted to cyberlockers like MegaUpload a few years ago; I don't know if it has come back since then.

But since most ISPs are either unlimited or have such punitive overage charges that customers will never pay them, greater demand for bandwidth generally does not translate into more revenue for ISPs. Even the lowest tier 5 Mbps plan is sufficient to watch Netflix.

If by similar you mean 1/18th the performance.

In low-cost systems the CPU and GPU are combined on a single chip with a single (slow) memory controller. Given that constraint, AMD is trying to at least wring as much efficiency as they can from that single cheap chip. I salute them for trying to give customers more for their money, but let's admit that this hUMA thing is not about breaking performance records.

One of the problems with the PS3 is that it didn't have shared memory. Maybe you're thinking of the 360.

Yeah, I'm thinking 30" monitor + keyboard + mouse, apps that aren't forced full screen, a real file system instead of crippled sandboxes, etc. If tablets can deliver that, more power to 'em, but I doubt it.

Even years from now there will still be a few people who do actual work, and they won't be using tablets to do it. They'll be using computers and they'll need an OS which is optimized for productivity, not gaming, watching movies, tweeting, or shopping at Amazon. Few as they are, these people are willing to pay real money for a computer, like $2,000. Perhaps that is what GNOME and KDE should focus on, considering that Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Canonical don't care.

Wayland's native remoting protocol is under development but "only at the proof of concept state". http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~krh/weston/log/?h=remote http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2013-April/008555.html

All the people talking about RDP keep in mind that that's a stopgap and won't be needed long-term.

ODMs don't know how to write software, so you're better off not asking them to; the result would just be garbage anyway. All the GPU drivers are actually written by the GPU IP vendors (Qualcomm, Imagination, ARM, etc.) and they only provide Android drivers. You could try to pay them to write KMS/DRM drivers, but they'd probably quote you a price in the millions which minority platform wannabes like Jolla could not afford anyway.

I tried to mod your comment +"insightful"; alas, I'm out of points...

the stars must align for a clusterfsck this big:

1) polemic agitator in attendance, in propinquity
2) opportunistic exploitation of overheard conversation occurs, twitter shaming to ten thousand
3) polemic agitator doubles down with histrionic blog post when twitter shame draws doubts and disapproval (this would be a crime in EU)
4) overly sensitive, over reactive start-up employer over compensates with firing, leading to social media furor, fanning flames
5) classy apology asking for less nuclear resolutions ignites the firestorm, critical mass achieved
6) juvenile hordes exact retribution on employers servers, DDoS'ing to oblivion until terms met
7) capitulation to vigilantes in a sea of misunderstanding drives media to madness

"Are you really honestly claiming that, based on this one rare and isolated incident, that casinos all do good to improve their overall security by getting rid of their cameras?"

No, but the "security tools" they apply should also be considered as sources of risk in the overall risk management equation. Too often security products get a pass because, well, they're security products.

The witty worm is another favorite example of this position of privilege turned against you.

Not really; they're just slow enough that power isn't a problem.

Back in the pre-DLC days they would have developed the ending but cut back on the middle of the game. I'm not aware of any games where critical mechanics are DLC; wouldn't that make the base game unplayable?

Realistically, if DLC didn't exist then that day-one DLC just would never have been developed at all. It's a myth that the developers would have made the game better or longer if not for DLC. Developers/publishers get to choose how much development effort to put into a game and if their revenue is capped at $60 for all time then they'll just develop less content.