Ah, I missed that! I am not sure what your definition of "loud" is, but I use an obnoxious RCA clock/radio with a large, pale yellow (autodim) display -- though it'd be nice if the numbers covered the entire face. (this one)

You should be aware that having blue light within viewable distance of your sleeping area can significantly decrease productivity during the day due to receptors in your eyes becoming "confused" about the time of day. It is especially a problem for those like myself with bipolar disorder (I or II).

The next standard for email needs some sort of end-user euthanasia upon clickance of said emails.

What would stop the launching of the satellite from a country that does not enforce such restrictions?

It won't be an android copy -- it will likely have different goals, different implementation, different backing.. This is what Google was trying to accomplish with the introduction of Android, a wider, more open phone market. More Linux-based phone systems equals more choice for the consumer, aka us!

In a world with Mesh routing, this wouldn't be an issue.

They tried that, but the chimps don't know their limits and things just got too.. wild.

Over RDP? Riiiight.

And? What happened next?

Mod parent up, AC is onto something!

What about people that don't have routers? They can be even easier to penetrate (lol) and "use".

I think it's somewhat an issue where people think "If I vote Libertarian, my vote will be wasted because no one else will.. So I'll just vote between the two dildos in the huge parties and hope for the best". Since everyone feels the same way, no one ever votes for the Green party except those who realise this can only be countered by actually voting.

Not to mention folks that never vote at all.

Also, they have pills to fix this now.

And the DRM, and the kill switches, and the FUD..

I really do not see how that MBP is worth $2800.