You should be modded +5 insightful-yet-depressing ;)

I think they mean "GNU/Linux," as Chrome OS runs the Linux kernel.

I don't think I'm brave enough to ask what the Wankel analogy would be...

Though I suspect this mandated noise will be very different from the faux muscle car roar. Longer wavelength sounds are harder to localize, which makes much of the deep growl of a V8 -- real or simulated -- less useful than, say, the backup beep of a large truck.

Yeah, sounds cumbersome. That said, there are the rather slick looking super thin HDMI cables: http://www.monoprice.com/Produ... (no affiliation to monoprice, just like their stuff)

That said, is there a power-over-HDMI spec, or does it need a separate cord, too?

My password is ',.pyf, you insensitive clod!

Sadly, it doesn't look like it has a TrackPoint-style mouse -- something I've grown rather fond of (just to preempt the oblig replies: http://xkcd.com/243/).

With his mastery over dark magic, I think the answer is a resounding "yes."

Out of curiosity, what would you consider a "true" (not false) religion?

And by not giving "a fuck about religious freedom," what exactly are you advocating? The thought police?

Running Debian unstable. SystemD comes along, and suddenly, machine won't turn off. Oh, silly me, I should be running "poweroff," instead of "halt" -- nevermind that "halt" had worked flawlessly for me on all my machines in the past.

Another time, I reboot my server, and bam, nothing. So I hook up a monitor, and the USB disk -- which had an fstab entry which never gave me any problem -- caused the machine to not boot up because the disk wasn't connected. Maybe I had been getting error messages about the disk not being there, but previously, if the disk wasn't there it still booted (unless, you know, it was /).

Anecdotal, yes, and arguably my fault...but c'mon, I don't want an entirely functional system just breaking. Does not inspire confidence.

At least where I live, the local Fry's has a fair selection of electronic components. But it's a very large store, with the vast majority devoted to its more Best Buy-esque inventory.

And even this is -- in my experience -- terrible on systemd. My admittedly-"old" (2009-era i7 laptop), with systemd, will sit at a (text-only) login screen for 10 seconds or so before it's responsive (type username, hit enter, password displays in cleartext because the "password:" prompt hasn't even shown up). Meanwhile, the disk is whirring away trying to start Postgres, etc. So yeah, you technically got me my login prompt nice and fast, but it's completely useless.

And, like you said, I don't reboot my laptop much (that's what suspend-to-RAM is for...), and my desktop/server just stays on all the time.

I'm assuming they kept "iPhone" and "Android," and just removed "Blackberries"...

Yeah, I find it very annoying though that high resolution monitors are still very expensive -- my tablet has a 2560x1600 display, and the entire tablet cost the same as the cheapest 2560x1600 display from newegg. I know pixel count isn't the only thing that contributes to monitor cost, but seriously, if I can buy a 2560x1600 touchscreen display + ARM SoC + 2GB RAM + stereo speakers + wifi + bluetooth + ... etc., it would be nice if I could *just* buy the screen (albeit it a little larger form-factor) for, you know...less. But perhaps I'm just being picky =)

Yeah, looks like a PID controller would be more appropriate.