When we played the original DOS-based DOOM under Windows 95 in order to have the network stack we called them "lamer keys". I had two keyboards that I'd pried off the keys and made my own covers to blank them out.

They're only useful because everyone got lazy about the existing modifier keys. We already had two in the form of Control and Alternate, and yet we still introduced another for Apple (Command/Apple) and two for the PC (Window and Menu).

I've had a great teacher. Despite my best efforts I will never achieve your level of mastery though.

And the police might note that they received a call. I doubt that they'll respond to it.

I hope that the homeowner wins, and in the process that this defines the boundary on the airspace that is considered owned with the land.

Except that you can't ask a drone questions.

I expect this to be a legal mess for a long time. This will probably come down to property rights.

The area above the property is private, but the extent of that ownership is not entirely defined. Cases like this will probably define it.

Sorry, I really don't want cameras in my bathrooms, and given the risky nature of operating high-temp torches I'd rather be there in person. I've seen a couple of instances at friends' houses where the plumber accidently set-fire to the paper outer layer on the drywall.

This is exactly why I have never gone for "smart controls" like this. Liftmaster is equally stupid with their "MyQ" system on the Liftmaster, Chamberlain, Craftsman, and several other brandings applied to their garage door openers; you have to use Liftmaster's stuff through their servers to control your garage door opener in your house. It literally serves to act as an advertising revenue stream for them if they so choose.

And here I thought that was just because it was old and only has 2mb RAM in it...

Yeah, because that straw-man attack sure has something to do with running out of storage space...

As if there was any doubt?

I've had more than 90GB of music for over a decade. Then there are pictures, and books, and if this thing is supposed to be a bit of my own personal entertainment while I'm away from a proper desktop computer or my own entertainment system, movies, TV shows, and all sorts of other things that I don't want to have to stream in order to use.

You're assuming that the end owner of the safe even has access to the Windows Shell in a meaningful way. I expect they've replaced the shell with something of their own devising.

I also expect that they spent as little as possible on making the computer-side of the device and didn't even consider the digital security aspects of their choices. Pretty stupid for a security company, but it wouldn't be the first time that such decisions have been made.

I think that's part of the point, lots of people want different things in their phones, but very few manufacturers are respecting those wants.

I want storage expansion and dual-SIM. I wouldn't mind front-mounted speakers. I actually want a real, physical keyboard but I know that's simply not in the cards. I want about double the battery capacity compared to most phones, with a removable battery. I want the LTE bands for my carrier in my area to all be supported. I want a camera capable of about 5MP pictures as I have a real camera that I use when I want ultra high quality photos.

It's really the removal of the memory expansion that upsets me. They're doing it to force consumers to buy new phones in a couple of years instead of simply adding more torage capacity to their existing phones.

I'd like to see a breakdancing porpoise. Sounds novel.

Really? I just enjoy watching the inevitable mechanical carnage from something they missed in their design or build process.