Agreed. XBox culture runs Microsoft (Metro is proof). WinRT tablets are primarily XBox portables. MS will diversify under the XBox influence.

even worse:
Disban the TSA? here's a response from the head of the TSA
Legalize a drug? Here's a response from the director of drug law enforcement
They don't even have a disinterested person (or someone capable of fulfilling the request) respond.

What we need is a petition system for congressional bill consideration.

Root for each maintaining their separate Linux environments then using QtQuick as their standard. It's something most are trying. That way with any corporate result, users win.

How did this one get missed? Fusion's biggest problem is heat management.
Thermal Diodes: Hook this to a solar collecting sterling engine for a considerable performance boost.
That sounds like passive Heating & Air conditioning. Maybe society will use technology to reduce its power consumption overall.

I have seen many consider NFS (sharing-side) laborious versus RDP and seeing the files where they are.

Download Torrents sequentially with QBittorrent. @ 5%, if the time remaining < show length, then VLC will play it to the end. The download speeds don't appear to change between sequential and regular modes of QBittorrent. Linux may be needed b/c Windows file locking may mess this up.

Exploits need impl. holes or local trust, while Firefox provides neither.
Firefox patches exploits fast. IE sandboxing mitigates damage post-exploit when they have a slow security response: browser data is still at risk.
Fast-patching is the better bet for me, but I'd like both.

I support metric everywhere except the ridiculous Celsius system as I see it as more arbitrary. Usual applications of temperature apply to human comfort & dressing where

• 100 = Too Hot for any dress code and
• 0 = Too Cold for any dress code.

Most importantly, this provides more values in-between (where 1 degree difference can usually be felt).

We don't even have phones on our desk now. What should I give people?

I think that's irony, (then) "great" multitasking of Win 3.1 cemented the fascination with Microsoft Windows over competitors. Windows 8 disposed of one of the greatest advantages they ever provided.

How so?
Recipies aren't under copyright, yet their sharing encourages many people to buy cable (Food network) and visit Pinterest. Original, good paintings are of a high value unrelated to copyright paperwork associated (i.e. stolen paintings). There is value in open source & free media. BSD (licensed free for any use with only attribution) runs the Internet and backbones millions of jobs. Abolishment would only be dire to stagnant copyright "holders", which would make for a more productive society with fewer lawyers & administrative overhead.
How many artistic creators make a living off copyright? Not those at the "starving artists" sales selling originals. Not the few handpicked music millionaires (they're no-longer just making a living which playing for clubs could provide). Web developers don't need copyright. Business software contracts would be purchased regardless. High budget movies make their money in theaters (handled by contracts). Low-budget movies never afforded copyright litigation AFAIK.

Software accomplishes something. It must be built with labor skilled in the art (extreme outsourcing has mostly failed). If copyright was gone, businesses still must have support contracts & updates. The legalese structuring is beside the point.

I (for one?) want a tablet that isn't an "untrusted sources" checkbox away from being completely a walled garden. Linux's future is ARM now that Microsoft has the x86 master lockout key, so someone must start into tablets. Unwalled, un-interpreted tablets should have advantages too.
If I was Mark though, I'd pursue an effort with Google to turn "Android 5" into an Ubuntu platform so:

• - key infrastructure didn't need interpreting (audio mixing, video codecs)
• - GNU userland exists
• - Real boot speed engineers could work on Android
• - Android with Wayland reduced duplication
• Android could be developed on Android with existing tools.
• The richness of Linux tools will be available on every Android device

If you're the most important __ in the world, maybe. Otherwise,

• run Linux
• rely on the peer review for trust of highly-frequented software from cryptographically-good sources (meaning use the distro repos).
• Code-review rare software for networking calls (as that's the only likely data exit you have)
• Use open-source net drivers for USB eth devices. That way a card can only react to shutdown requests (USB reduces damage requests scope).
• Get a hardware router/firewall to allow those "dangerous packets" to happen only on requests you initiate
• Physically secure your hardware, don't create your own software security holes

The next leap is clearly greater use of light. By comparison, electrons are slow. We're getting fiber optics to people, next is chip-to-chip comm. Later, some processing may be possible with light. Going quantum will take a while and before we are there, it will be worth it to pick up the "easy" gains from light.