Did they not both borrow with permission from Xerox?

Seems to me like the solution is very simple not just for lectures but for a lot of business presentations.

Just record it on video and share the link so the person can listen to it when it's convenient to them and when they are most receptive to the material. Comments/questions can be left in a social tool or simply by email. FAQ could be posted x days after the video is released.

I used to be part of a really big international company who would do live presentation at the main site and expect other sites to either join in live via web video or simply watch the video later. A social tools was implemented to discuss the presentation among employees and this included answers to questions that came after the video was posted; out of the real time presentation.

Linux also sells a social status but a less enviable one for most people.

Have you tried public transit lately? I feel more like livestock than a convict.

Only in the USA my friend. My wife has been using a smartphone for a few years now and just recently got a minimal data plan. With Fido/Rogers in Canada you can simply choose to not have data at all; it just won't work and they won't charge you for it. Now we have movies to an iPhone and a minimal 100MB data plan which is enough for her to check her email and sometimes do searches on google/gps app. For everything else she is at home or work with wifi.

I myself have a 6GB plan with my employer and I just can't find a way to waste more than 500mb/month. Even watching netflix on the bus I am no sure I could reach 6GB.

I've had quite a few desktops and laptops in my life. After a while I decided that building my own desktop only led to problems from specific incompatibilities. Most software is going to be tested on a well sold Dell model.
I don't know about build quality of the exact specs on every component but I know this:
My Toshiba laptop's screen was dead after 1 year. Most other workers who had one also died within 2 years.
My Dell's screen was OK but the sound card was terrible; you could hear the HD spinning. Also I really hated XP vs OSX
I currently have another Dell which has OK screen and sound but all colors on the screen are very cold vs normal LCD. Works pretty well with Windows 7.
As for my own money. I have a 4 year old Mac mini who is now a DLNA server for my PS3 and iTunes server also. Works amazingly well and dead silent.
I have a macbook pro and so does my wife. They work perfectly and have great screens and soundcards.
I also use an iPhone 3GS which work well enough that I don't want a 4. My kids watch movies on netflix ipod touch.

My experience with Toshiba,Dell and Apple products tell me one thing. Buy Apple again. the margin might be thinner now that windows 7 is here because it is pretty good. I would say that a current Dell with a good LCD panel with good colors and windows 7 would probably do the job just as well.

Then there are the little things like time machine. configure it once on the wife's computer and never worry again about forgetting to click on the backup icon.

How does your morals matter?

How is someone looking at NSFW content worse than someone reading /. ? Does it somehow mean that the person is working even less because it's also amoral to you?
Maybe ./ is not so bad because to many of us it can be work related at least a little. But my argument still stands. Either you are allowed to browse the 'net for non-strictly work content or not, content should not matter.