Sounds like you bought the wrong device. If Linux was a requirement for you personally, you would not have bought a Surface Pro 2. But you bought one, so I think it's fair to say that Linux isn't a priority, at least not at the time of purchase.

I'm partial to the Yogo 2 if I'm doing x86. Or the Acer Chromebook 13 if I'm doing ARM. the 13 is a bit too big for my tastes, but it has my company's chip so I have my own reasons for choosing that one.

disclaimer: what's true for me, may not be true for you.

Linux is no longer an option.

but seriously, doesn't "Never" or "Only if I'm forced to" also cover people switching to Linux instead of upgrading?

PS - I made the switch to Linux instead of switching to Win95. It's been 20 years, I've given up waiting on the rest of the world, or caring too deeply on how they choose to waste their time. (because I've figured out how I'm going to waste my own time)

I don't need any version other than Windows 7. and I will never need to upgrade. By the time 7 is totally obsolete, the arguments of having access to certain Windows-only applications will no longer be valid.

disclaimer: what's true for me, may not be true for you.

I don't need arrow keys, so get rid of those too.

I use tab key, because it's inconvenient to type space exactly 8 times. (or 4 times or whatever your preference. given that 1080p can comfortably fit 120x54 terminal, using 8 space tabs doesn't seem like a big deal.

I use my caps lock as much as the windows key / command key / super key, and both I use more than the other windows key (menu key?)

Or you could call the cops instead of firing your gun at anything you see. If you're not in immediate danger, not the imaginary sort you suggest of a drone dipping down and poking your eye out or something. Go inside, and call the police, simple. Is it annoying in convenient? Yes. But that's kind of why one ought to file a police report, to make a record of such a nuisance.

Should the model operator be fined by the FAA? I think so. It can't be open season on model aircraft.

Is it illegal to fire at a model aircraft? Definitely

Is it possible that it is illegal trespass? Under 400ft, and not necessarily a right of way issue, so maybe. Hard to say since none of us appear to be actual lawyers that specialize in FAA regulation or property rights.

Yes, yes it is.

Yes, yes it is.

While I find it annoying, I see no legal option for me to block this, at least on a federal level. Some states regulate photography, so it might be possible in some jurisdictions.

possibly carrying a gun? aren't you paranoid and full of hyperbole? You know, it might have radioactive isotopes or biological WMDs.

You know who could possibly be carrying a gun? My mailman. But I'm certainly not going to do anything about it without proof. And I would call the cops, not shoot my mailman.

Sheesh, some people's heads are just full of nightmares, I don't know how you get out of bed in the morning.

You may not find it socially acceptable, but it appears legal from the brief review of regulations and code I could find. But it's always up to court interpretations and established precedent.

IANAL of course, but I'm not charging for my legal 'advice" so we're even there.

It's the special rule for model aircraft. The FAA puts some limits and exemptions on them, but they still don't permit you to fire on model aircraft.

Also, you don't have to file a flight plan for sport flight of full size aircraft. So your assumption is not entirely correct.

FAA's regulations are a maze of classes and exceptions, and I'm not an air lawyer, so I could be entirely wrong about everything I've said today on the subject.

AMA and FAA currently define it under the special rule for model aircraft. If it's a toy, then you can't fly it outside. That's the law.

Make sure you sign up for the AMA before you fly your drone around outside. And it is preferable if you go to local AMA sanction fields to fly model aircraft, instead of harassing your neighbors.

hrrm. FCC prohibits jamming, and FAA prohibits interfering with aircraft. How many federal agencies do you want on you ass at once?

Maybe your drone should have stock tips for the SEC to join in, and deliver medicine and cigarettes so the paramilitary DEA and ATF can fill your house with flammable tear gas.

Ban satellites too, surveyors can go back to the good old days of taking poles and sights out into the field. And ban cars that take pictures for Google maps. And ban tourists from taking pictures in front of my apartment. Technology bad, boooo.

Sorry, but there is no Constitutional right to live as a reclusive hermit that is never seen or photographed. Your right to privacy seems to only extend to situations where the courts determine it interferes with the Fourth Amendment, and that's on a good day.

The airspace above your property is public, and not an extension of your property.

It's illegal to fire on aircraft. Even if all local charges are dropped, there is still federal law that defines what he did as a crime.

"I felt like I had the right." .. The FAA's opinion differs.