What's all this 'was' and 'were'? My eee901 is still going strong as an industrial tool (running debian squeeze) that helps me diagnose/configure/monitor all sorts of BIG machines. Battery life is fine, so is screen brightness and resolution. It quite happily bounces around on top of said machines while I plug in Ethernet, USB, serial over USB, and projectors (for display and education purposes). Back at the office I'm spoiled for choice as to which method I use the transfer the stored data. Oh, and this little baby, plus mouse, various leads etc. fits nicely in a padded sandwich bag.

Why? Maybe he just wanted a change, and wasn't especially concerned about the pay - people do that you know. Sometimes job satisfaction is what does it. Sometimes a fresh set of challenges. Money is severely over-rated as a driver.

But then, I'm using one of the small (semi) independent ISPs.

However, as a wee lad I was able to build a relay (a latching one actually) out basic materials. 50 years later and I'll pass on the transisto, if that's OK with you :)

What will actually happen is that the adults will be told to fetch the kids and then be told to go away. The kids will then be asked if they want parential controls, i.e. stuff to stop the parents logging on to dodgy malware-infected sites etc.

That's all :(

I've no doubt they'll succeed with this, but if they are going to do remote robot control they are going to have to develop a very 'interesting' command structure. I can see it now... Go Forward... Stop... Oops!

~$ df Ooo look 7312160k - full office suite - browser *2 - graphics package *2 - video/music player *2 - music creation package * 7 - wine + PCB package *2 - cd/dvd package - etc.

It's everyone else's fault. Not ours.

This just totally changes the ball game. I think we can expect the FOSS community to descend on this like a storm of locusts! Hats off to Broadcom and the RasPi people for hammering out this deal.

I can remember a time when the Netherlands was certainly the most laid-back, uncritical country in Europe - possible the world.

Scientists with long-term humanitarian concerns have independently suggested there may be a problem. Commercially supported organisation with short-term financial interests says there isn't.

For someone to publicly challenge their own theories takes considerable stature.