Anyone written an article that can explain what the heck I'm actually looking at?

Unfortunately, as long as the Feds have unhindered authority to force companies to do what they command, there will be no real way to stop their snooping. Think about an extreme example: the NSA gets a "court order" to force Symantec to open up a back door to allow them to put keylogger trojans on any machine they choose. At that point, no matter how secure a tunnel is through the internet, the NSA will always be able to gain access. So, you say: "Well Franken, your full of it! I have a SecureID fob, so my last password is irrelevant!" Then the NSA goes after the fob manufacturer to build in a mirrored fob to your own. They can literally do anything NOT LIMITED TO the crowbar approach to password extraction. We should all be very afraid. This is way beyond overreach at this point.

If both Louisiana disasters have demonstrated anything, it's that as a people, we can not deal with any disasters natural, man made, or otherwise. So I posit that regardless of our personal religious beliefs....and they are religious if they are anything other than scientific...we prepare for any disaster. Let's say that global warming, a science based on mean global ocean temperatures, is real and we care that the American way of life continue in light of such a possible disaster. Wouldn't it be in our best interest to prepare? Ahead of time? And in the process increase the strength of our disaster network to handle just about any viable contingency? How is this not a great idea all around? For the people of the USA?

I want more memory and IO bandwidth. I'm sick to death of manufacturers thinking 32GB is a LOT of storage. It isn't. 128Gb would be a LOT. ANOTHER THING...Buy a REAL WiFi chipset and antenna. Lame reception is no longer acceptable.