And this is why we can't have nice things.

Marketing is where they failed horribly with the Wii U. I wasn't even entirely clear on if the Wii U was a brand new system or some new add-on up until recently. The idea of *why* anyone needs this in their home is being entirely ignored it seems. I love the Nintendo brand and I'd hate to see them go the way of Sega. However....that time seems to be quickly approaching.

I would LOVE to be able to write exams on a computer. Never occurred to me to even ask for that as an option. I always just kind of assumed they'd tell me to shove it.

I've actually seen Verizon in much higher usage in that realm than AT&T. I'm sure there's a similar arrangement with them.

Kids bypassing security is a total failure for this program? Come onnnn. If anything it's giving them a reason to want to use them more and learn a little something about technology and security. But I guess they're not satisfied unless they have properly trained obedient creatures, not humans with the ability to think for themselves.

I want to shake my fist in frustration over the quality control here but I find myself thinking "damn, how did I go this long without knowing that?".

So thanks and all but...damn. Someone go build a Beowulf cluster out of gameboys so we can get some good news back.

And yeah, definitely encrypt your drives. Pretend your thief is as nerdy as any of us.

With that said - check out Prey if you haven't heard of it already: http://preyproject.com/

Pretty handy stuff for handling a situation where your gear gets stolen.

I wont lie...I was in that boat until reading this post. I haven't really been following the console market and from what I have seen it looked like the WiiU was actually some new controller for the Wii.

Sans gravity perhaps?

Tell this to the gas companies...

And I was worried about drop koalas. Now I have to worry about drop bears?! ;)

I'm pretty sure the term "government" is synonymous with "idiots". Nature of the beast I suppose.

Thanks for the info! Good stuff.

Much thanks!

Actually...I'm kind of interested in this. Know what regions, companies, etc are looking?