If you set it up to use the same background as on the desktop the transition is less disturbing. After tweaking the location of the little squares I find it usable, although not an improvement. I set a few updating columns to left, then a couple of columns of static icons related to different tasks and now along with the win+q (which doesn't open the whole modern UI anymore) can find/open stuff pretty quickly.

I still dislike the way right button is handled in the modern UI. Give me my context menus back. Unnecessary useless movements are unnecessary.

The starting areas are not well balanced either. And there are too many pay to win elements.

Alright, point taken. However you were misattributing the joke. When stating that "The BBC is reporting[...]" it would be nice for the sentence to describe things that the BBC is reporting. Consider the beginning of the comment I was replying to: "It's ironic that the story would say[...]"

Not really, that seems to be a non-article related Macbook Air promotion. "The BBC is reporting that Dell's Latitude 6430u Ultrabooks have an interesting characteristic you won't find in any Macbook Air". Surprisingly the words Macbook and Apple seem to be missing from the article.

So are you saying that if the files had been encrypted, they wouldn't have been confiscated, all of this would not have happened?

What else precautions one should make not to become the victim of one's own government? Is leaving home allowed? Is there a list of approved websites to visit?

You are making the case that the government is a bullying criminal. And while you can and perhaps should avoid getting the attention of a hooligan/bully/criminal, the government is at least in principle there for you. And in my mind this makes the situation completely different. One shouldn't bow to bullies, but having a bullying government is worse.

And yes, of course the files should have been encrypted. I wonder if they would have detained her in that case.

Some obvious points

• They are cheaper to distribute
• They are cheaper to produce
• In most cases they contain DRM and you can't sell them
• In most cases they contain DRM and you can't easily lend the book
• They require you to buy additional equipment

And yes, they do have positive points also.

Nah. All libraries are full of books I don't want to read. Yet, they seem to contain hundreds of books I do want to read. And I buy too many books. Perhaps some day more ebooks, but I feel like the ebooks should be cheaper than their dead tree equivalents.

As a sidenote: Not too many coffee shops offer free Wi-Fi and equipment to non-customers.

I seriously doubt that. In fact, I'm not sure all adults understand death.

While I completely agree with the statement, I wish the parents were actually making an informed decision instead of just buying the game since 'it is only a game'. This is acceptable if the parent knows that the kid also understands that it is a only a game.

I am not at all sure I expressed myself clearly here...

Yes, I would go with the audience reading the non-verbal clues pretty accurately. I doubt that he would joke about it if it was true.