Neither of those devices has practical functionality beyond reading ebooks. Compared to the iPad they are "dedicated" e-readers.

You sound pretty obnoxious. I don't think the "average schmuck" would treat an engineer any differently to any other professional (doctor, lawyer, accountant...) -- especially given that engineers have significantly less contact with the general public than other professions.

The GP wants to increase text size. Decreasing the screen resolution works, but LCDs don't look nice when using non-native resolutions. Windows allows you to change the "DPI" (not really sure if this is a sensible way of describing the setting) so as to make fonts larger even while using a high resolution. Apparently, OS X doesn't.

http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=66355
Cloaking refers to the practice of presenting different content or URLs to users and search engines. Serving up different results based on user agent may cause your site to be perceived as deceptive and removed from the Google index.

You do, however, need an iPad with 3G to have GPS. (GPS is not available on the WiFi-only iPad.)

You think the OS was responsible for hardware failure?

I'm not really sure why that aspect of a book's behaviour is desirable. I like the fact that my ebook reader isn't 'bendable', because it means I can prop it up while I'm reading in bed without having to actually support its weight.

Have you ever used an e-ink display? I've yet to encounter a backlit LCD that can be read easily in direct sunlight. Or indeed read at all for any length of time without inducing eyestrain.

If the design problem wasn't there UAC (or something functionally equivalent) would have been there from the start.

I've always assumed that that was not because the code couldn't handle an email address with a + in it, but because sub-addressing is a well-known trick and legitimate businesses want to stop you from using it (without being deliberately dishonest and stripping out everything following the +).

Or just click 'no' when the web app asks your web browser for location information which can't be inferred from your network traffic.

Variable screen size is less of an issue when you have a desktop-sized screen. You have a lot less freedom to use dynamic layouts when you've only got a few square inches of screen space to work with.

You obviously have no idea what constitutes a 'good defense argument'.

As others have pointed out, Australia has a pretty socially-conservative citizenry. In fact, it's the less conservative of the two major parties (Labor) pushing the censorship legislation. The opposition (who actually call themselves the 'Liberal' party) are not attacking the legislation because it's not an important issue to the Australian public -- people are more concerned about energy policy than anything else at the moment.

Both the mandatory internet filter legislation and the AFACT v iiNet case have been mentioned on Slashdot several times, but neither have much presence in the Australian media. I've never seen either issue mentioned on a mainstream news broadcast, nor have I seen them appear before page 15 or so of the major newspapers in my state. The average foreign Slashdot reader knows a lot more about the 'censorship movement' in Australia than the average Australian.

You're right, the penalties should not overlap. However, I was specifically referring to the GP's statement:

This is not the case at all.