Asking nicely has never worked. If it's freedom you want, you have to take it and then you have to defend it.

"Lest we forget"

What rhymes with Zuck that he doesn't give?

Federal Aviation Regulations require passenger compliance with lighted passenger information signs and crewmember instructions concerning the use of safety belts.

So sit down, buckle your seat belt, and STFU.

The fact that you and others here feel the need to add disclaimers like "(I'm not, by the way!)" says a lot about the oppressiveness of the current regime. People are constantly aware that their comments may be monitored and there may be implications to speaking the truth.

I think I've heard this story before somewhere...

Interesting theory and similar to things I've wondered about too. It might one of those theories that's very difficult to prove either way.

Who said internet access has to be commercial? At the low bitrates you're talking about there would be plenty of people donating their bandwidth.

Not all of them. Like you say, AMD needs to improve their marketing, right across the performance spectrum.

Is that not already available through OBD2?

I'm surprised they haven't run out of goons and lawyers. Trespassing on rural farms and making threats is a good way to wind up shot.

Missed Opportunity.

For both BlackBerry and their "professional grade" but too-small PlayBook tablet, and for E-Ink and their lack of color devices on the market. To be fair, there is the jetBook Color which is targeted at the educational market... but it's the only one and I doubt anyone has made any additional aviation apps for it. Too bad they couldn't have leveraged their branding for the aviation market.