Not the lame Samsung Note 10.1, but a serious 1080p+ Android competitor to the Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro. A low power long battery life one just like the Note. Windows 8 tablet is fine too, as long as the price is not a ridiculous $1200.

Moron! Have it in your backyard. Managed by a corrupt power company, overseen by bribed regulators. Hey, make sure you live alone in that neighborhood because none of your neighbors deserve the crap in the water table.

How in the world did this comment get modded insightful?? That too on slashdot...

Replying just so I could undo a negative moderation I did to parent post, by mistake.

I always end up in a broken installation *every* time I 'upgrade' - partial upgrade, full upgrade, and whatever else upgrade. Many times even simple kernel updates. Multiple devices that were working before stop functioning (particularly wifi, graphics and at times sound). Note: I always use the linux hardware compatibility list when I buy my hardware. Even then the story is pretty bad. Long story short, I am looking for a paid and supported linux. That's right, for an individual consumer. There are a lot of us, not just enterprises who can pay annual support. I am sick and tired of mucking with my system every time I upgrade at the end of a supported version. I want to pay, and get something that works on my system, and continues to work, even after upgrading (willing to pay for the damn upgrades too). Do you plan to offer such a thing? Or am I simply unaware of a product that already exists?

How did the parent get modded up? DDG uses Google. It is meant for private searching. It has the option of using Bing.

Lol.. funny. Wish I had mod points

I wish there was a mod rating called "Hopelessly moronic and deluded". That some people even modded parent as interesting on a supposedly educated site like /. is even more depressing. May be civilization usually ends because people have refused to be deluded and pig-headed. Darwin award for an entire civilization. Too bad there is only one we know.

Just used up all my points. Why was this modded flamebait? It's insightful.

Backup all work-related files onto a USB drive. DBAN. Install OS. Copy back the work files.

Why is this parent-post modded +5 insightful? Why is this unethical? I like coffee but not caffeine. I can drink decaf all day, any time. For the taste, for the smell. But I can't drink normal coffee because of the caffeine. It gives me jitters after one cup. Also, I am a biotechnologist, and I don't see anything unethical. Decaf is not destroying your choice. It is adding to it. So please STFU.

No It's Not!! Decaf sells for a reason. People like me. I like coffee. I can drink it all day, any time. For the taste, for the smell. But I can't because of the caffeine. It gives me jitters after one glass. The amount of self-centered 1-dimensional thinking on slashdot is just appalling, and not to mention, ignorance about anything biotech. You are not the only person in this world!! and yours is not the only choice!!! So FFS.. people... please stop thinking that everything that someone with a different opinion does is wrong. Why the hell is the parent modded insightful!!?? I thought this forum is pluralistic and liberal. And that includes research and tastes.

The amount of self-centered 1-dimensional thinking on slashdot is just appalling, and not to mention, ignorance about anything biotech. You are not the only person in this world, and yours is not the only choice!!! FFS Decaf sells for a reason. People like me. I like coffee. I can drink it all day, any time. For the taste, for the smell. But I can't because of the caffeine. It gives me jitters after one glass. So.. people... please stop thinking that everything that someone with a different opinion does is wrong. Also, I am a biotechnologist.

In all fairness, so what if he posted this news? He didn't post his own view. He just posted news as reported, without even a commentary. Suddenly why is that 'biased' according to you?

You can have a replicator, holodeck, cloaking device, the advanced medical tech that lets you live till 150, or whatever else. But as long as we don't have a warp drive there is always a danger of extinction of human species. Either by a cosmic event or by human stupidity (more likely).