Honestly flying coach and flying business/first class are totally different experiences, as someone who flies both rather regularly. As a coach passenger you are really treated more akin to luggage. The upper classes come with automatic respect (except of course from the coach passengers). Even the TSA experience is usually better, though shoes come off so they can better grab your sack no matter what your ticket says.

One interesting observation, in the articles photo he is flanked by two attractive flight attendants. So all it takes is 10M miles?

As opposed to a LiveCD I would recommend installing it on a flash drive instead. The flash drive can be written to, so it can behave more like a real OS (allow you to persist files and settings after a reboot) and its just quicker than CD/DVD.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

A couple of thoughts...

Presumably the "market" (as if there is one) for this would be (1) end of the world crowd when their is really no alternative (2) a replacement for tofurkey and the like. In option 1 I choose death. In option 2 I would just like to point out that I eat meat, if you take my "left overs" and turn that into "meat alternative" then you still have meat, albeit pre-digested.

Nothing good can come from this research. I don't care if it cures cancer, still not worth it.

Sounds like you are a professional lorry driver.

Dental examination is a bit of work, a far easier way would be to see if she wants to have sex with you... If she is (1) eager or (2) willing then she is a cop and going to arrest you. Seriously we are on slashdot.

Well you could try a more efficient OS... ;)

You are correct it is quite possible and even easy to put a large amount of data into a small amount of data, but my point really goes towards the usefulness of transfer that raw information with random people. Besides Twitter already does that...
Though on the plus side. This solution does allow you to casually plug your computer into a brick while hanging out in a random alley with people either looking to mug you or simply waiting their turn for the brick.
Also it doesn't exactly sound fun trying to support the netbook/laptop with one hand while trying to operate it with the other.

Yeah I actually have a 64GB and a 128GB Patriot xporter. But that is not my point. In the article there are linked pictures, where it actually shows the devices, prior to them being just a connector sticking from the wall and based on their small size they could not be any bigger than 4-8GB.

However my point is that there is no real functionality to be gained from sharing small form factor information (read:text) with people you do not know. I am assuming text because you really aren't sharing if the next guy is just going to overwrite your stuff with his stuff, so you have to be able to upload and download freely without having to worry about deleting others files first. But I digress, the point being that without a targeted purpose the usefulness of this thing is nearly non-existent. And yes there are the obvious security issues with this.

Seriously I think it'd be great if the RIAA started messing with this guys "Dead Drops" I mean it is seriously labor intensive, not only that but the base idea is useless to begin with so what real functionality are they robbing from us?

Seriously, when I first read this I thought, hey that is a pretty good idea. But then it occurred to me, what possible usefulness could come out of this? I guess I just pictured something a little more grandiose (some sort of actual storage instead of the 4-8GB that could be in that thumb drive max). And don't even get me started on the fact that some laptops would require a cord to connect up to those (ones with recessed usb, I even have one which has usb in the back vertically).

I was like you Chris but recently I made the jump from 1px to 4px and I don't think I could ever go back everything is so crisp and fluid now...

Only on slashdot would you find people with "stay-at-home girlfriends". Thank God slashdot readers don't have real girlfriends.

I have a really hard time feeling sympathy for students who are unable to adapt to simple calculators. I think providing simple calculators is a fair compromise, though I do think it is sad that the professor's only real option is to self-fund this endeavor.