Couldn't agree with you more. Turing is extremely overrated.

I'm curious about the Kindle but some reviews I've read on amazon claim that its display size and its weak zoom function make it useless for typical university books (mathematics, computer science).
I have no first-hand experience, so could someone here enlighten me whether it's a viable alternative to paper?

What's terrible about the Sansa OS?
I have a Sansa Clip+ and see no reason why I should switch to Rockbox or why you claim that it's better.

No, they don't. Words mean what they mean. Ignorance doesn't change that.

Maybe, just maybe, you should specify which country you live in, not which continent.
I live in Germany, and you can do fuck all to a 6 year old. A 6 year old could throw in your window and nobody, not the kid nor the parents would have to pay.

Oh ffs.

"Even when Turbo is enabled, encrypted traffic does not go through our compression servers. This means that when you are on a SSL site, we bypass these traffic and let you communicate with the SSL site directly."

Because there's no alternative to videocalls between OS X / Linux / Windows.

They've also caused accidents, but hey, who cares about facts, eh?

Do you honestly want examples?
1994: Aeroflot Flight 593
1987: Northwest Airlines Flight 255
There are plenty more, but the Northwest Flight 255 is a nice example. They were already way too distracted before take-off that they completely fucked it up and killed 156 people. 154 of 156 passengers on board and 2 on ground were killed.

They're getting paid to be responsible, alert and to fly the plane, not play minesweeper.

I have a MSI board which requires a floppy with DOS on it. Unfortunately I don't have a functioning floppy drive (I have an internal usb card-reader/floppy combo, but only the card-reader works).
In order to flash the BIOS though all that's needed is a CD with FreeDOS and a usb-stick with the new BIOS.

I've made two of those pencil holders.
They're pretty awesome.

This has to do with errors in the broadcast you don't notice when watching.

To fix it you have to first clean the stream.

1. projectx to clean it. It's a nice little java program. Just start the GUI, open your file and choose quickstart. You can use the CLI as well
2. mplex -f 8 -o output.mpeg2 input.m2v input.mp2
3. manipulate output.mpeg2 with avidemux.

I've recorded hundreds of documentaries and shows (DVB-S mpeg2-ts), never had sync issues after doing this.

Yes, or a written offer valid for at least 3 years to provide the source used.
They can charge for that, but not more than the actual physical distribution costs.

Let me give you an example.
I have a Kathrein Twin-DVB-S receiver.
It uses Linux, Busybox and a few other GPLed and LGPLed programs.
They don't ship it with the source and they don't host it on their site, but in order to comply with the GPL there's a written offer, valid for 3 years after the last unit sold, to provide the source on a physical medium (probably a CD).
They also state that they'll charge for the medium+time+shipping. This is in accordance with section 3b) of the GPL v2.

No, not the latest source. Just the source that was used.

Yes, though I think section 3c) of the GPL v2 applies, which states:
Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)

No, you wouldn't have to host source repositories.
You could. But you could also just give them a piece of paper stating that you'll provide the source used for three years if requested.
Though with the cost of dvd-r's these days, I'd think that it'd be easier to just put a source directory on the dvd and put the tarballs in there.

You might as well ask why someone else should provide the source (and pay for its availability) if you distribute something.
What if the original source provider doesn't exist anymore?
It's really simple, if you use GPLed code, you provide the source.
It doesn't even cost you anything since you can charge for it.