Wow, I never noticed that before. What a strange idea.

I'm suspicious too, but hopeful at least. In the meantime, I've downloaded my reader subscription list ... if Feedly doesn't pan out after July 1, then I will start to look at other options. Personally, I'll be able to live without my feeds for some time, but for me they are largely in the "recreational" side of things, and I can always resort/revert to bookmarking the essentials for the time being.

I've been using Feedly since about 1-2 days after the announcement of Reader's cancellation, and although it took a while to get used to it I've found it to be a pretty solid replacement. The iOS app works well for me, and I appreciate that there are a few alternative views available for scrolling through your feed. I hope that it continues to work well once the Reader "tap" is shut off for good - Feedly has said the transition will be "seamless", I have my fingers crossed.

Here's the OP's question: "What are other Slashdotter's experiences using tablets without a separate desktop computer?" I'm not sure how one can agree or disagree with that question.

THE best! I bought one (for $20 brand new) because my wife stopped drinking coffee and I wanted to reduce my intake from a full french press, so I bought the little two-shot Moka. Unfortunately, it got forgotten on the stove once, which resulted in the rubber handle completely melting away ... otherwise I'd still be on that first one, which lasted 10+ years in any case. I can't see any other reason I'll ever need to replace the current one in my lifetime.

texting and Facebook messaging are top of the list, followed by face-to-face, emails, phone calls, and sighs and glares (not necessarily in that order).

Awesome book! Haven't seen it since I was a kid ... now I need to track down a copy.

So much so that we don't even call it an electric bill ... it's "the hydro bill".

As far as I'm aware, Grant McEwan (in Edmonton) is a College, not a University. I'm not sure what that difference means in the U.S. of A., but in Canada they are fairly distinct. I have no idea what bearing this has on the story, either.

I was just a little surprised, as -20 C is not really much of an extreme temperature for much of my country during the winter. -40 yes, but not -20. I often travel by bus with my laptop in a backpack, and it's not unusual to be outside in lower temperatures than that for periods of time waiting for the bus. So far, low temperatures have never been a cause for concern as far as electronics are concerned - laptops, audio devices, cell phones, cameras etc.

Wow - why do they even sell them here in Canada, then? Am I not supposed to take it outside below -20C? That's almost every night for half the winter! In fact, though, I've had my iPod Touch (1st Gen) for about 3 years, and I take and *use* it outdoors in -30 to -20 temperatures all the time - no problem. It's actually survived a dunking in the bathtub, too.

Here we go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DecimalSeparator.png

Assuming this is accurate, the inclusion of India and China in the "dot" group would, by themselves, seem to settle the question. :)

I'm actually quite surprised how many countries fall into the "unknown" category!

Ummmm... shouldn't you include the rest of the world in this comparison? Africa alone has more than Europe and the U.S. put together... not to even mention Asia. Are there major countries outside of Europe that use the European system? I'm not advocating for one over the other here, just trying to follow your argument.