After moving to Belgium, I took drivers-lessons, just to be sure I caught the main differences (legal etc) between back home and Belgium.
By the 2nd session, I was getting nervous because of the comments made by the instructors (there were 2, alternating) about how I was doing things in traffic, that they completely had forgotten, like checking blind spots before turning...

Yeah, even their instructors are incompetent, no wonder the drivers are dangerous.

Since it appears to be a line, can't be too expensive ... if it was 3000sqkm, it would be silly-expensive.

Just one? oki: http://blog.lifx.co/2014/06/29...

There is a slight issue here: Not everything is completely lacking in security, in the IoT world.

Yes, there is likely a HUGE PILE of stuff out there, where security is flawed beyond repair, on devices doing critical things, but there are also companies that at least try to make safe equipment and have their gear reviewed.

So, before we reject all things IoT, how about we start by accepting those shown to be decent?

*Cue observations about nothing corporate is decent*

you "could of had one" ?
Sorry, English is not my native language, why do you have the word "of" doing in that structure?

so, British?

Seems you're correct, and I remembered wrong - 811 megs physical reported by free :)

Still, my argument stands: The device works OK, outside of Android apps, and 2.0 gig is the lowest they could get away with ...
Turns out, 2.0 gig is also the highest the CPU on the tablet can handle.

Saved cost, by going with a chip that wasn't heavily subsidized by Intel? I don't think so.
The HW specs are pretty much centered around the Intel® Atom Processor Z3735F, that was offered to them at (supposedly) dumping-prices.

Spec: http://ark.intel.com/products/...

Basically, a different chip would have resulted in higher costs.

I think that the "platinum group metals" the previous poster talked about, consists of more than just platinum.

They realized they couldn't sell Windows to Munchen, DE, if it was called Windows Nein - is all about replacing LiMux.

So there's a business-case to be made, for starting a company whose sole purpose is to sign contracts requiring ISPs to fiddle with internet services?

While not 100% Open, give Jolla a look

Disclaimer: I own a Jolla phone.

From using my 0.5 gig ram Jolla phone, I'll observe that the OS seems a lot more frugal with memory than the couple of Android phones I have laying around somewhere.

2.0 gig is pretty much the lowest amount they could do with the Android Emulation, but for the native apps, not going to be much of an issue.

As for the "QUAD CORE" device being 64-bit, then the rumor-mill is saying that they've basically been given an SoC to use - if that's the case, there's no reason to start screaming about idiotic design decisions, since using a more expensive solution would have been, well, idiotic.

Curious - was recalling attempts to redefine "Chocolate", to deal with the falling availability, and increase in price.
If this goes forward, wont we just see candy-bars with effectively little-to-no cocoa content, being sold as Chocolate?

Side-note: I've had chocolate bars in the US (random stuff bought at e.g. 7-11 and Walmart - I suspect the US already messed up the definition of "Chocolate" long time ago.
Disclaimer: I live in Brussels, and pay several times the prices I saw in the US, for my chocolate when I want something decent.

Even in places where the traffic slows to an absolute crawl every day during rushhour(s)?