And how, exactly, is that helpful if you get robbed while you are not at home?

Like OP already was?

You have, however, improved the armament of the thieves.

And the 911 service still works on them
Unlikely.
Those old transportables would have been AMPS phones, and there is no network remaining on the air (in North America, that I am aware of)that still supports that ancient standard.

They still are big users of uni-directional paging.
It's lack of location awareness is seen as a signifigant benefit in their business sector.

Maybe there are some ases that he hasn't thought of, and he wants to get some other input?

I notice that printing isn't mentioned. Can a tablet print to a network printer? Or to a USB printer, assuming the tablet can do USB host? ?

If your granny is doing any amount of typing, a bluetooth (or USB) keyboard would be amost mandatory, I'd think. I can't stand typing more than a few words at a time on the virtual keyboard.

What features does a mail client need that the existing ones don't already have?
I'd rather have a relatively lean (read fast) client that performs it's core function very well, rather than a monstrosity that does a thousand things in a kinda half-assed way.

Pretty much this.
The only relevant shows to my industry are held in other countries, and my boss won't send anyone below executive level. I certainly can't afford the trip + registration fees out of my own pocket.

For me, a higher priority would be to have these streaming services actually exist in my country.
I think that would do more for these artists to promote their music to a wider audience.

3) there are very few ways/places to spend bit coins.
And, that's really the purpose of a currency, inn't it? To allow people to exchange units of the currency for goods and/or services.

I was certain that the porn industry would be the first "killer app" that would bring 3D printing out of the workshops and into the hands (etc...) of the general public.
There is certainly precedent.
Though, I suppose humans being what we are, that finding new exciting ways to use technology to kill each other isn't much of a surprise.

It'll probably cycle back to local after a couple of cloud music services go bankrupt, and take a bunch of pre-paid songs/listens/months with them.

Cal

That's what they are hoping for.

Meanwhile, I think the proper response should be "show some actual evidence to support your allegation or STFU". Specifically, the kind of evidence that would be required to obtain a legitimate search warrant.

Is that my first, middle or last name?
Or is my favourite comic character's real name?
Or maybe the area of England where one of my ancestors came from?

And, yes Mr anonymous (or are you) I do use this username in other places (other recreational spaces only), but none have my real name attached to them. Nor anything that relates to my family or my profession.

I am intentionally an inaccurate datapoint.

I know I can't control that a lot of information is being collected without my knowledge or consent.
So whenever I do get a choice, I'll provide information that is either inaccurate, ambiguous, or flat out contradictory to what is already known about me.

The more polluted their databases are, the less valuable it is to them, and thus the less influence they have over my life.
At least that's my hypothesis.

I managed to make my cable bill go down recently.
They did an across the board price increase, so I called and dropped a few packages so that I'm now paying less.
And after a few months, I find that I'm not missing the channels that I dropped.

The next price hike, I'll likely do the same thing.
I may not even wait that long. As the content to advertising ratio keeps getting worse, it makes me want to spend even less time in front of the tube.