Orwell made it quite clear where his inspiration came from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four]. What makes you think he was writing about the USSR?

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It will run systemd, in 2015/2016.

If you don't like that, then do as I does:

# apt-get install sysvinit-core && reboot

or, for Ubuntuers:

$ sudo apt-get install sysvinit-core && sudo reboot

you choose.

By current off the shelf standards no, 8G isn't particularly unusual. However, I've run OpenBSD on *much* less. Heck, I even have ZFS running on less, it's just not that much fun when you have to retune it because of memory hogging. Would be good if this aspect could be resolved then I'd use it more frequently.

I admit that ZFS has some impressive features, but it also requires oodles of RAM. Don't discount openbsd for not having it, there are some instances where ZFS is more of a hinderance than an advantage. Small network routers being one of them, for that OpenBSD is perfect with its feature-full pf (freebsd lags a few versions behind, though that version is also quite capable).

If something works, what like gas guzzlers? Yeah, time has changed, it *is* possible to get more than 15mpg. However, systemd sucks right now.

I think it is standard practice to go go through all the digits.

Fingerprint for normals... then passphrase the dirty things you don't want people to look at... Sucks for things like the address book, but maybe if you purge call history and keep a protected address book then you'll be fine ... Lacks convenience though.

The watch should keep good time. If the battery requires a recharge, then should one forget and pull an all-nighter, does the timepiece become less accurate?

I don't see why some of the functions could be sacrificed to provide longer battery. That'd suit most people I imagine. I welcome the day when all smart phones can go upwards of two weeks with normal use before needing a charge. The Moto G can go most of the week between charges and I use it a fair bit to ssh to my mail server to check mail, irc, web logs etc. So why should a simple watch require more frequent charging?

Lightweight Portable Security, http://www.spi.dod.mil/lipose.... perhaps? Might be a good place to start, but I don't know if you're aware of this one already.

Since it's a script, you can do what you want with it. run-parts style, if you like. It's a script, bring your own fun. Quite the opposite of systemd, if you will.

The video on that page reminds me of Rise Of The Triads. Anyone else get that nostalgia feeling? Probably shouldn't really though in this day and age, things should be AMAZING in comparison. The build your own game thing thought doesn't seem that different to DooM's mod files.

Agreed. After I don't know how long I've been using email, both GUI and CLI clients, I've found the only feasible way to do it without clutter is to use mutt. When something stupid comes in that can only be read with a HTML client as it has no text/plain part I can funnel it through lynx. I've not found any web client to help at all helpful when it comes to processing a mail inbox. Sorry, call me grumpy but snooze feature is no different to me setting a flag. I'll be surprised if anything beats mutt this decade.