Kudos on retracting. Manners on the internet. Whoda-thunk.

Fair point.

But if you were worried about privacy and control, why exclude the baseband firmware? If one is powerful and malicious, wouldn't that be the ideal place to put surveillance tech?

But if you're worried about privacy and control, doesn't it worry you about what can be hidden in the baseband?

If I were a government of power, trying to add surveillance tech, that's where I'd put it!

If handwriting is desired, I generally would recommend against an iPad. I've been using one with a stylus, and the non-intelligent screen just doesn't work well enough.

A friend of mine has a convertible X-series thinkpad, and it's great for them, with intelligent built in stylus + OneNote.

Honestly that's the first time I've been Goatse'd in a long time. Thanks for refreshing my memory.

I never understood overlaid directories until now. That actually sounds fantastic.

So, given that I was 'raised' in the Linux tradition in a sense (lies, but not germane), could you elucidate on what you mean by the differences between the Linux FS style and UNIX style?

Interesting; That's not how I'd understood opt, but good point.

But I'd like to still have a conceptual difference between /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin; Perhaps support local, but mirror it's contents into /usr/ using symlinks.

I want to be able to install software from source, then wipe it all in one fell swoop if I'd like, which could be done with a mirrored /usr/local.

Boy I hope someone mods you up.

Yep: as evidenced by my UID, too 'young', and definitely don't browse beneath +2 unless moderating.

No reincarnation. Only 56. Lame.

(RIP)

Anyone else find the summary wording "found dead", a little disrespectful, or is it just me being over sensitive?

Ditto on the iPad.

I paid for Papers (Both on the Mac and iPad), and while it's passable, I really find their workflow disagrees with me. It just seems really hard to get CS to work in it properly (developed by Biological Sciences people, and it feels like the workflow for databases like the ACM DL and IEEE are a bit.. rushed)

  Final word: Use the trial for Papers on the Mac for sure. Papers on the iPad is perhaps easier to justify, though, I don't know if it'll run stand alone (can you import/export without the mac app?)