OK maybe it is nerdy for some of us. Posting my original comment was totally worth the rebuttals. Well played.
Well Google does have their remote desktop control app. I've used it to control my Windows PC from an Android tablet. So yeah.
This shouldn't have been let out of the firehose. WTF is nerdy about this? Bad metamoderators!
I wish Hollywood's influence was limited to the simple-minded "masses." When you get a chance, go ask Justice Scalia about his hero, Jack Bauer.
Last I checked, being a simple-minded idiot doesn't disqualify you from serving on the Supreme Court. You just have to convince congress critters you aren't. Which probably isn't too difficult considering the simple-mindedness idiocy we have serving as congress critters.
Politicians that're smart intelligent people is long gone, it's just a big popularity contest now, and unfortunately, being popular isn't a very good qualification for serving in congress, but most people seem to think it is.
All boils down to: Beware of stupid people in large groups.
For instance, FAT32. No device maker uses FAT32 because it's a good file system. They use it because of the Microsoft desktop monopoly.
Actually I think that's an incorrect observation. Everyone is using FAT32 because everyone is using FAT32. Much the same reason every uses certain screw drivers, because all the screws are that shape.
Top Ten Things Overheard At The ANSI C Draft Committee Meetings: (5) All right, who's the wiseguy who stuck this trigraph stuff in here?