Isn't this just the basis of evolution? Did we not all learn this in high school? Snakes may kill you. Any genetic advantage to avoid things that may kill you tend to propagate through the species over time.

I thought everyone knew this.

...as soon as they hear back from that Nigerian Prince.

As a Ubiquiti user as well, we haven't tried their 900 MHz offerings, but I'm starting to wish we did. I'll have to make a better push to get some in.

We use it for important links, in congested (urban) areas, or, of course, when we need a really good SNR to keep modulation high. I'm not involved in the licensing process, but I don't know why we don't use it more often.

An accurate reply. Lower frequencies do push through physical obstruction easily, but require a large bandwidth to get any real throughput. I've dealt with some 900 MHz equipment and have had trouble getting anything more than 2 Mbps through it in in ideal situations.

Sectors on a tower going down to specialized hardware for the client is the typical WISP setup. NanoStations don't have much of an E-plane and must be carefully aligned, not to mention the integrated antenna has relatively poor attenuation (a NanoStation Loco shoots a 40-60 degree cone, but has even worse attenuation). A more common setup would be a Ubiquiti Rocket with an external sector going to 802.11 compatible clients (be it another high-power, long-range 802.11 device or a regular ol' laptop/phone).

As an employee of a WISP, the 2.4 GHz public band is horridly congested. 5.8 GHz isn't as bad, but you need near-perfect line of sight. Next one up is 24GHz which is too expensive to implement at this time.

Mesh networks suffer from throughput issues as each packet needs to take up extra air time to be retransmitted X number of times. Even the good 5.8 GHz implementations peak out at about 300 Mbps half-duplex (~150 Mbps actual IP transport), assuming very high RSSI (read: expensive equipment), shared among all clients.

This. This is why people should be concerned. Open source programs have their code exposed to everyone, including those with malicious intent, and are therefor "battle hardened" for security. Closed source programs live a sheltered life and having that source suddenly available means those with malicious intent can use Adobe's relatively weak source code to develop new exploits for clients. Lots of them.

Adobe is a household name that users couldn't get rid of if they wanted to. Flash, for example, is on nearly every internet-connected PC. This is a problem for everyone.

The code could easily be identified and the source taken down. It might make its rounds on file sharing sites, but all it'll likely be good for is compiling yourself with little to no modifications to the code or for learning from (which would be its most valuable use).

I'm holding out for a post-scarcity economy. That should happen about the time when we can quickly and inexpensively rearrange atoms with decently good accuracy.
That old lamp? BZZZZT. New lamp.
Old computer? BZZZT. New computer.
Mass of organic waste? BZZZT. Buffet of food.

Joking aside, one's wealth would be measured by their contributions to the universe and all who inhabit it (as, I believe, it should be).

This is what the Pirate Bay attempted to do back in 2007.

The Surface Pro did what it was supposed to do. They took the most efficient x86 processor they could and shoved all the hardware they could in to a teeny-tiny form factor creating a tablet for people who needed to do "real work" on a tablet form factor. Given how thermally constrained the Surface's case is, I think Microsoft engineers did a rather good job making it all work. With Intel's recent focus on lower TDP processors, I think an updated Surface makes sense (even if it's partially to save face from the dismal sales of the first gen).

I know this isn't a valid argument for why the Surface didn't take off, but it really is the customer's fault for not wanting it. I think if the Surface has everything it needs to be successful in the same way Apple products are, in that you buy it because it will make you "cool" (netting you recognition amongst your peers), and only after you buy it do you discover all the features it has to offer, many of which aren't a necessity, but you do play with on occasion.

"Why yes, this IS a Surface. Check out this drawing I made in mspaint with my 1024 pressure sensitivity level screen/stylus."

That's what I was thinking. Walk in to courthouse, turn on AP with no password (a phone's hotspot should do the trick). Show the court, in realitme, how many people "violate" this law when their phones auto-connect.

Should they be sued for that?

I will grant them that just because a car is unlocked doesn't mean it's legal to help yourself to whatever is in it, but with the popularity of free hotspots, guest networks and the such, WiFi doesn't hold the same standards and the line between what's private and what's public becomes much more blurred.

They're making a second model at the same price point. Usually means they're happy with the way it turned out. Getting that much power in a small form is a surprisingly expensive task. For example, high quality processor dies must be used to achieve the lowest power consumption.

..you're just looking to use a higher powered microscope before you can discern between pixels?