The reason for the Idle category is so crap like this can be put there, and I can block it.

That's a genuinely good point, I wonder if Sony would help them out on this or if they are getting the old one or what?
I don't have much of a use for linux on mine TBH, it was far too goddamn slow (and I'm no linux guru) it really does need 1gb or more of ram, then she'd be fine.
That being said, sucks for researchers who wanted this.

All the time I spent vacuuming out dead roaches from my computer cases... wasted. If I'd mashed them flat instead, obviously I'd have had a lot fewer live bugs to eliminate from my code as a result.

There's nothing like a screen that even remotely appears to respond to viewer interaction to get children involved. They won't tell you this, of course, but you'll know immediately by the trails of peanut butter, jelly, ketchup and various bodily emissions left as bookmarks in their favorite places on your console. Trust me on this.

Not exactly my preferred mind-picture of "open source", thank you.

As straight technology, this is great: easy familiarizing exposure to Linux for the Windows users who fear the unfamiliar, and a blowout end-run around MS's restrictive agreements with OEMs on what OSes are allowed where. That said, the BIOS vendors are typically biased towards proprietary exclusivity, so I'll be inclined to be wary. How open-source will that HyperSpace environment (the apps and applets running on Linux) be? Or, more likely, how hard will it be to jailbreak it so one's choice of apps can be loaded in from an USB drive instead? This looks like a nice subtle screw-you to Windows, as long as it's not just as much a screw-you to FOSS.

If you get rid of the restrictions on people moving you destroy national sovereignty and identity. Patriotism is Oxymoron in Globalization.

I recently recycled a bunch old computers. I considered wiping the harddrive electronically, but then I didn't feel like the hassle. I just removed the drives and smashed them with hammer. It was fun and the recycling center took them anyway.

What if I intend to stop spending so much so that I'll be able to make the payments? Maybe I decided that the new car I really wanted was a bit more expensive than the one I'd thought I would be getting, but that I can make up the difference by eating out less often. That sounds like a reasonable plan to me. Of course, you might want some evidence for whether or not I can / will actually manage to do that. Perhaps something like a credit history. You'll find that potential creditors care about not only your credit score but things like a recent pay stub or other proof of income.

Who should we expire next?