As for only eating stuff from the market, many people are doing just that, which is making it worse for the people here who rely on the sale of their crops for their own survival, which believe it or not, is a big portion of the residents of Fukushima.
I talk to a lot of people here, and everyone seems to say the same thing. "It sucks, but what can we do?" People don't know what is and isn't safe. Different government agencies give different, and more often than not, contradictory reports. People aren't necessarily afraid of the radiation. They're afraid because they don't know what to believe. They don't evac because one report says they're safe, but then they think they should because another one says they're not.
Talking to people here about the alternatives to nuclear power, and what is feasible, I find that they all seem to agree. They'd like to see it go away, but they understand that there's only one way to get rid of it right now, and that would put Japan back in the stone age. Having said that, it seems that the market for household solar panels has increased dramatically for those who have houses and can afford it, but the majority of people here live in apartment buildings or condos. With most people living in the cities, they know there's no way they're going to get rid of nuclear power anytime soon, unless some magical new energy source appears that can produce enough power for everyone while taking up very little land.
The thing is, at the moment, why would anyone want an Android experience except for diehard Android geeks?
There are a lot of non-Android geeks who prefer an Android tablet over an iPad, despite the bugs, and the lack of shipped features.
I bought a Xoom after it came out, and I am much happier with it than I was with the iPad. This is due to the fact that many of the websites that I visit have not been optimized for the mobile Safari, and either didn't look good, or simply didn't work at all.
One of the other things that really bothered me about the iPad was Apple's stranglehold over the App market. Yes, it is well organized and easy to use, but what if there's an app that's not there, wasn't accepted into the store for one of their many thousands of reasons they block useful apps, but the Dev is still willing to sell it? With Apple, there's no way to do this without jailbreaking your iDevice, installing Cydia, voiding your warranty, etc. With Android, you can get the app from anywhere, and easily install it without going through a store or having to break the warranty.
To me, the iPad was just an over-sized iPod Touch. It doesn't feel like a computing device at all. You can't even use it as a file storage device without downloading special apps. The Xoom feels much more like an actual computing device. I can navigate its files and folders easily. I can utilize its storage. I can use it the way I want to, and I don't have to worry about the way the manufacturer thinks I *SHOULD* be using it as is the case with the iDevices.
Having said all this, I've had an iPhone since the first one came out. I love it, but I don't consider it to be a computing device. It's just a phone with some extra features. So, consider that before you label me a diehard Android geek.
Or you could have them enter a unique code before allowing the OK button to be pressed. That way they have to call TS to get the code. That would guarantee that you would get the message. The problem is that you would get so many extra calls that you wouldn't be able to do anything else.
full screen flash works fine. In many cases, I have found that it works better than on Windows.
Win32 apps are irrelevant to this crowd, and anyway, I always explain that it will do the same things, it just does them differently. Instead of using Windows Media Player, I recommend Rhythmbox or Amarok, FF or Chromium for IE, etc.
Heavy gamers generally know what they want, and thus don't necessarily ask for OS advice. If they are looking for advice, they ask how they can get more bang for their buck in the hardware realm.
did you perhaps try hatari or steem for emulating Atari games?
Did you try to press alt to move screens?
Linux can connect to any broadband connection without the use of any extra software. In fact, from a fresh install, you don't even need to install ethernet drivers like you would in Windows.
you see, Ubuntu WILL do everything that Windows will. You just can't expect it to do it the same way. Now I'm not one of those people who screams, "LINUX FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE SUCKS!!!!" People should get what works for them, but if you are going to try something different, then you should expect to have to do tasks differently.
You would never expect a mac to work exactly the same as a pc running Windows would you?
overall, I think that people still relate Linux to "Command Line" and "Nerdy basement hacker geeks who are fat and have too much facial hair"
People are really surprised when I show them my netbook running Ubuntu and all they have to do is click the firefox icon on the dock. They are always shocked when I explain that it's based on Linux.
Factorials were someone's attempt to make math LOOK exciting.