at this point just don't use anything. why bother.

And you are the gauge the whole world as to compare to.

As this would amout to cutting people off from their ability to make phone calls, and the people aren't at fault in this case, this will not happen. And no, leaving emergency numbers available is not sufficient, because people might have to call their relatives, their lawyers, their physicians or other. non-emergency-numbered contacts.

Not in this case. If someone tells me, that he mistrusts Cisco products and would rather not use them, that's fine. If somone tells me that "even he knows better than to use Cisco", I have to assume that his qualification is that of an armchair expert.

If someone's understanding of network security consists of "Don't use X", I know I will never hire him for any consulting work.

BrightLine right now operates in Florida. So there is that.

Still, the clauses pose a serious financial risk to the employee. If their former employer sues them, even on base of non-enforceable non-compete clauses, they still have to lawyer-up.

Non-compete clauses create a bind, be them enforceable or not.

Your bytes have crossed many a Linux until they arrived here at Slashdot, and are they frozen?

Network equipment often runs some version of Linux, including big iron stuff like Cisco Nexus. And they are running a watchdog, which works similar to a dead-man's-switch in a train engine: If it does not get activated in regular intervals, it restarts vital services or even the whole system.

M-x switch-gear, C-x stop-engine, M-x C-x stop-and-ask-directions

You are the consumer, not the industry insider. If the sale was happening with the promise of an ever improving hydrogen infrastructure, and this didn't come to pass, then the promise leading to the sale was not fulfilled, and this could be seen as culpa in contrahendo.

If that argument holds, the court will decide. But as with every contract, they can be ligitated if one side feels wronged.

I understand the law suit. The car was sold to you as the future of movement, and without a steady hydrogen source, you don't get the movement.

A car is a tool to move people and stuff from A to B, and without fuel, it ceases to fulfill its promise, on which it was sold.

If we don't manage to use electricity to merge neutron stars, it's probably not feasible. Until then it's like making gold from lead by nuclear processes: doable, but the price per atom is not market compatible.

But it's not like the leather is going to be thrown away and Apple is pulling cowskin out of dumps.

Wrong

The global leather industry creates four billion pounds of scrap leather waste every year. Currently, thatâ(TM)s mainly sent to landfills or incinerated

Exactly that's what rating is for: To know how much you can tow.

You can say out it loudly (or post it publicly, as proven right now.