After a number of years in the desolate wasteland that is 1080P, we are finally at a convergence of the television and monitor markets with 4K televisions. Based on the ability of Seiki to sell a 4K 39" panel for less the $500, it's likely that 2014 will usher in a series of relatively-inexpensive monitors delivering this resolution. Similar 1080p panels are selling for $300, and since the manufacturing isn't significantly more difficult, it's likely that in 12-18 months that pricepoint will be reached for 4K monitors as well.

Worth noting - the Seiki does all of this while including a remote, tuners, and multiple connectors unnecessary for strictly computer-use monitor. It's likely the costs (and prices) could drop even more in that sort of an implementation given enough volume. (Since the TV market is much bigger it may still make sense to make a one-size-fits-all model)

I purchased the 4K 39" Seiki TV about two weeks ago for use as a monitor. The 30Hz refresh rate is lower than I would like, but for software dev, still images, and watching the tiny amount of 4K video content it is completely fine. 39" is a little bit larger than I would have normally considered, but it offers a nice amount of screen real estate (less than 2 30" monitors though) and slightly higher dot pitch than a standard 2560x1600 30" display.

tl;dr It's completely worthwhile to get a 4K display now at this price.

I haven't seen any evidence of "hundreds of thousands of great developers that would love to contribute if they were not being bullied down" The LKML may occasionally exchange civility for productivity and transparency. I'd prefer to have it this way and have a stable kernel than a wishy-washy maintainer using corporate-speak and making excuses for people who aren't delivering to the standards required by the project. There are literally thousands of Free / OSS projects in need of developers. Many of those projects have friendlier maintainers and environments. There is ample opportunity to be involved with Free Software in a place that matches a developer's temperament. The LKML is not for for the thin-skinned.

The government's number one tool in the fight against citizens
FTFY

Hey, AC, even if your're not ready to go the full 'counseling' step, consider calling one of the hotlines for 'just a chat'. A five minute committment is worthwhile to just be able to talk to someone who doesn't know you and won't judge you.

Software frees you!

Video / music copyright enforcement efforts will probably pale in comparison to those attempted for the duplication and sharing of physical objects / designs.

Actually, I believe that 'Mono' comes from the word for 'Monkey'

3/10

You may wish to try Minefield, (4.0 beta) if you can stomach using a beta. I've actually been using the nightlies for months and they're generally stable. You may want to try a release beta, however. (4.0b6 is good). There are 64-bit linux, Mac, and Windows versions.

Keep in mind that it's a beta, though and not intended for general consumption quite yet.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Because I hate Flash, I have a separate Firefox profile specifically for using the plugin. (Yes, there are other ways to block flash, but that isn't helpful if you're trying to find which of 200 tabs started autoplaying on startup)

Another analogy would be airlines. "Some corporations are proposing to build a network of things called 'airplanes' that'll let people travel without the existing roads. And they'll get to decide what prices to charge and what routes to offer. No fair!"

Perhaps a better analogy would be:

An airline owns the airport in your city. They wish to charge a "Prioritization Fee" for airlines to get preferential treatment at the airport. Their aircraft will of course not have to pay this fee.

Coincidentally, all of their competitors' aircraft fares just increased, and the flight times became longer.

Of course, you are still free to choose any airline you wish (provided you don't mind paying more and having slower transit).

when oxygen mixes with hydrogen, the hydrogen oxidizes (burns) instantly.

That is incorrect. Hydrogen and oxygen can coexist without the hydrogen oxidizing instantly.