> World needs more dedicated folks like RMS (in all fields).

Since he sees no problems with Child Pornography or pedophilia maybe folks like RMS shouldn't be in fields caring for children.

Pretty much since the Pentium Pro Intel processors have had a 36bit physical memory addressing system hidden within. This is how enterprise versions of the operating system and SQL server allow >4GB RAM. SQL calls it AWE Address Windowing Extensions, I think Enterprise edition of 2003 allowed it also. The claimed logic by microsoft was that drivers for consumer versions of windows wouldn't handle the addresses properly and this would lead to very unstable operating systems.

Does anyone know what responsibilities these monitoring companies have under the data protection act?

About the only safe (from a consumer scam point of view) uses of bitcoins are to purhase drugs. Silk Road is the only bitcoin related website that I haven't heard of being 'hacked' or a straight up scam, though I'd be wary of using it myself. I'm sure someone will point out that scams can be performed in US Dollars and that a scam perpetrated using bitcoins is not an indictment of the bitcoin itself. I agree but when 99+% of the transactions of bitcoins are scams or criminal it's not an economy anyone should be looking to join, it seems to me a classic case of an honest man can't get scammed.

Incidentally the guy behind BS&T still has some other investment schemes that people (as of yesterday when it was pretty clear what BS&T was) are still paying into. "Why should I care" is the attitude of investors who presumably have some ridiculous notion that he might be using his ill gotten gains to prop up that scheme for a while.

Less money and people would have been taken in by this if it wasn't for the fact that bloggerjournalists will report on anything in order to get pageviews without fully understanding or investigating what they report on, instead essentially just publishing the press release from bitcoin fanatics.

Uh, use of linux will surely lead to us running out of a natural resource which cannot be replenished. Frames.
By burning more frames per second we risk our childrens future, those poor bastards will have to view TV on e-ink at this rate.

The idea of boiling liquids on customer tables whilst drinking beer seems like an idea that won't catch on.

Well, you do have a significantly smaller population, and a larger country than the UK, so population density is much reduced, I think when this happens a per capita death rate for the roads is expected to be less, as every day on the roads there are less opportunities for a crash per capita.

Furthermore in 2010 Norway's per capita road deaths were higher than the UK
"In 2010 there were 210 road deaths in Norway (source: DfT). This equates to 4.3 road deaths per 100,000 of population and compares to the UK average of 3.1 road deaths per 100,000 of population in 2010."
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/europe/norway

I only chose this measure because the statistics are easy to pull up, and due to a driver re-education course I recently had to go on I found out that the UK actually has pretty good road safety statistics.

Microsoft fears open sores in those countries

The graph you linked shows the opposite of that.

It has 2 sound outputs, sound over HDMI* and a 3.5mm jack, and I'm fully aware that the Ethernet is via a USB controller, however at the price and performance of the system I don't think many people would care about the ethernet.

My point was simply that a device already manufactured and awaiting certification won't be rendered obsolete, as they fill slightly different niches defined by capability AND cost. I agree that Raspi has significant similarity to a cut down smartphone, and I'm interested as a hobbyist in devices like Raspi and Rhombus.

*In my GP post I accidentally said DVI

That's an interesting idea, but how much will it cost, it looks like it may be more expensive for the base unit since from the FAQ:
"Why is the price of the Allwinner A10 EOMA-68 Card $15?
It damn well isn't! We are getting a massive amount of misunderstandings about this. We have reported that based on estimates from the Reference Board supplied by the Manufacturer of the SoC that the MATERIALS COST is APPROACHING $15 in MASS VOLUME quantities of 100,000 units.
That is excluding a case, power supply (which as the unit can be powered by USB-OTG is not needed), packaging, tax, customs duty, shipping and, most importantly, a profit margin.
Any company has to make a profit, and a CIC is no different. Charities and Not-for-Profit Foundations can get away with not making a profit, but Rhombus Tech is not a Charity."

Also a PCMCIA card is going to be very much less convenient to use as a computer than a device which has the following ports: USB, Ethernet, DVI, sound out

I'm more upset that my religion which bans mention of the words "new", "york" and "city" hasn't been considered.

Damn those insensitive clods who I'm unable to refer to.

Just tell me what the best deals are on phone and GPS jammers.

I don't see why that jerk should be having all the fun, when I can potentially worsen the fates of people in emergencies.

The model B also has 2 USB (instead of 1) ports.

To be fair to apple though (and I hate doing this :) they probably have enough server capacity to deal with the flood that the RasPi has generated.
I'm also sad that I couldn't order mine, up at 4am and nearly broke my f5 [script].