Is it just me or does the name "Drupal" seem kind of limp and flaccid?

Putting CAPS LOCK key next to 'A' on the keyboard? It was the first thing I thought of.

They had 300 baud in 1964? Raise your hand if you were still using 110 baud in the 1970's.

You can get work experience while you study, and probably get your tuition paid to boot. It's called a Research Assistant position. Don't assume that Computer Science departments are the only place to look for one. Other departments like Astronomy, Chemistry and the biological sciences all have computing needs.

I just had a conversation this weekend about a policy tried with some success in Chicago. When an entire school has an egregious record of underperforming, fire everyone in the building and start over. Make them re-apply for their jobs. (I tried searching for an article to support this story just now, but I couldn't find one.)

'It may be that if it wasn't for Facebook, some students would still find other ways to avoid studying, and would still get lower grades.'

That fits my experience as a parent exactly. I've found that if you deny your children access to one distraction, they will just find another.

Back in college in the 1980's I administered a cluster of Sun2's with 160MB rack mounted hard drives. You could define those days as when a "hard drive" would kill you if dropped on your head from a height of 3 feet.

"Replacing all of the transformers would take months, if not years". Use your imagination: Will stores even be open? Will your employer even require your services?

If you don't think loss of the entire power grid would deeply affect your life, I have to wonder where you live (and that's being kind)

I'm curious about the free Wikipedia access part.
Lock my daughter out of wi-fi and give her one of these when she's supposed to be doing research, to prevent her from getting distracted by AIM all the time :)