The company I work for is possibly the most paranoid entity I know of. No outside computers allowed. I occasionally stay home for an unplanned remote working day, or I might need to call in to a meeting, and then I need the laptop.

Not sure what you mean, can you elaborate?

Yes, Internet dependency is the only drawback. Distcc is an option only for compiling, but not for running huge tasks, which we do a lot, and for that you need the heavy servers. I recently moved up to SF and my commute became about 90 minutes. I can't code, but I can do other things, like planning work, thinking about problems... I make the best of it, but the days I want to bike to work they're logistic nightmares, and the laptop only adds to that.

At work we all have latest generation laptops that end up working as dumb terminals through VNC. A bunch of servers and a load balance connection hub to always route you to the least used one make sure no work is lost if the laptop drops or is stolen, and with current network speeds, it's pretty much like working locally, with the added benefit of an 8-core beast compiling for you, and little to no maintenance on my side. If anything, I'd love for things to go thinner. I lug my laptop, which is heavy enough, from home to work and back every day. Then at work I dock it to use the 25" screen and full keyboard on my desk. If I could just have a small device that acts as a real dumb terminal with some processing power and minimal storage, I'd be happy.

You give them a quarter back.

Somebody didn't like his airing of grievances.

"Lo" cannot be anything other than an object, while "el texto" can act as subject. The GP is correct in that the sentence is grammatically correct, although it's odd as fuck and it doesn't mean what the English equivalent means.

That is actually an awesome idea, for example for museums.

Yes, I noticed that from just watching their video, which is supposed to be dazzling. I have to say, the idea is awesome, but when the Spanish sentences they use range from grammatically poor to plain incorrect, you have to question what they're doing. My guess is they have a simple dictionary and replace word with word. Understandable, otherwise, if you consider that they work without network connection or a huge database.

Check out the Wikipedia link he provided. Nearly all Democratic presidents in the table reduced the national debt, and nearly all Republicans increased it. He's point is well supported.

Doubtful, with Sweden being knee-deep in the folly against Assange.

Following that criterion, a 5 star army general with 15 years experience teaching physics at Berkeley and 3 trips to the Moon wouldn't qualify as productive either.

Donner, party of four?

ARM has to walk the power way up. I don't see how 64 bit computing would let them snatch server oriented clients. Similarly, I doubt Intel would be wise to deliver chips for the wristwatch market without first having something more compelling for the smartphone.