When it comes to desktop monitors, I've got the following impression:
Most 21.5" are 1920x1080, about 102 PPI
Most 22" are 1680x1050, about 90 PPI
Most 23" are 1920x1080, about 96 PPI
Most 24" are 1920x1200, about 94 PPI
Most cheap 25" to 30" are 1920x1080, though some are 1920x1200, roughly between 74 and 88 PPI
Most high end 27" are 2560x1440, about 109 PPI
Most high end 30" are 2560x1600, about 101 PPI

So the sweet spots are 21.5", 27" and possibly 30"

That is why one should have a desk that can be adjusted between a stand up desk and a sit down desk.
Personally I use my desk in stand up position maybe 10 - 30% of my desk bound working hours. I'm in IT administration and support, so a lot of my time is at my desk.
Also, when I use it in stand up mode, I stand on a balance board. It's really great for avoiding back pain, it is good for my damaged knees and right ankle and it makes people baffled, which is something positive in itself. =)
Another good thing about standing on a balance board is that you get tired quicker from standing so you don't stand too long in one stretch which might give you other kinds of problems, like plantar fasciitis.

The GPU's themselves probably could support those resolutions on a single monitor if the driver supported it, since they can handle the amount of pixels when spread out on several outputs and displayport supports it.
When higher than 2560x1600 monitors becomes available, drivers will surely follow.

WQUXGA (3840×2400) computer monitors, which is a little higher than the 4K UHD resolution (3840 × 2160), has been around for quite a while.
For instance the 204 PPI 22 inch IBM monitor T220/T221 from 2001.

Hopefully there will come high density monitors at a price point reachable by us mortals soon, since there seem to be a trend towards high density monitors in mainstream computing.
Also, since WQUXGA (barely) fits into the specifications of Displayport, it won't be required to use quad single-link DVI or dual dual-link DVI to support the resolution at reasonable refresh rates any more. =)

A new industry standard would be one way to go, and probably the best.
Another solution is to license the XJACK-design.
It's a retractable RJ45-connector with a height of about 5mm.
Much better solution than idiotic adapters.

Actually, the Apple design-patent regarding their ultrabook laptops is a drop shape, not a wedge shape, so Lenovo should be safe as long as they stick to the excellent Thinkpad tradition of sharp corners.

The weird thing about this is that they seem to have patented the act of looking for a certain pattern, not the method used or the technical implementation of how to look for it.
Can you really patent an act?

Both the person who filed the patent and the person who let it pass should be put in jail for life for crimes against humanity... =P

I've found that the best way is to have several options and vary between them.

For instance, at my desktop, I've got a keyboard with a trackpoint, a mouse and a trackball.
I have a chair adjusted for ergonomic sitting, a balance board, a height adjustable desk and the monitors are adjusted for a relaxed, upright neck position.
I vary between which input device I use and I vary between sitting, standing and standing on the balance board.

On the other hand, at CERN the power used by their computing farm is probably a small trickle compared to what is being pumped into the components of the ring and its detectors.

Personally I think the tie is the most ridiculous piece of clothing that's still in fashion.
It should have gone the way of the codpiece a long time ago.

Usually, installation of a trojan in Windows will trigger the UAC. It doesn't request a password like in OS X, but it does require user authorization.
Unless, of course, if the loon has disabled UAC because he/she thinks it is inconvenient to be asked for permission before a program is allowed to do something administrative.

Generally, a user who would be at risk of trojans in Windows is also at risk while using OS X.

Taken from the Wikipedia article on UAC, the actions that require permission is:
        Running an Application as an Administrator
        Changes to system-wide settings or to files in %SystemRoot% or %ProgramFiles%
        Installing and uninstalling applications
        Installing device drivers
        Installing ActiveX controls
        Changing settings for Windows Firewall
        Changing UAC settings
        Configuring Windows Update
        Adding or removing user accounts
        Changing a user’s account type
        Configuring Parental Controls
        Running Task Scheduler
        Restoring backed-up system files
        Viewing or changing another user’s folders and files
        Running Disk Defragmenter

On the other hand, online students might be working 10 hours a day while studying.
I had much more free time when I was a full time student than I have being a full time employee.

I'm guessing you have your own personal office then.
My workplace is in a large office-room shared with 5 other persons.
If even one of them is on the phone or is having a conversation with anyone else, it gets hard to concentrate on anything complex.
Especially since the volume at which people talk have a tendency to increase when more than one person is talking at the same time, for instance if several people is on the phone at the same time in the same room.
If I need to concentrate, I put on a pair of in-ear headphones with non-vocal music and put on a pair of hunting hearing protectors on top. Even though the hearing protection has much better noise dampening than any closed headphone I've ever tried, I still need the music in order to mask out the sound of annoying conversations.
Working in a shared, open landscape or cubicle landscape office makes it more or less impossible to be productive without a way of shutting out annoying noise and chatter.

I'm glad that I live in a country where it is illegal for the police, or other government organizations, to incite crime.
Like, for instance, trying to get people to do illegal acts by acting like activists, drug dealers, prostitutes, etc.
If you get arrested for a crime and it turns out that you were incited to the crime by the police, you can't be prosecuted.

Non-lethal weapon is a bad name for these kind of devices.
It's a weapon that torture the victim instead of killing him or her, so they should be called "Torture weapons" instead.
Much better description.
Would make people less prone to use them unnecessarily.