I use a non-EcoTank Epson, but I have added on a 3rd party Continuous Ink System. It consists of four ink tanks outside of the printer (which you refill with 3rd party ink, cheap), with surgical tubing running to fake ink tanks inside the printer. The fake ink tanks have a little chip with a sneaky-beaky reset button on it, which scrambles the serial number of the ink tanks. This works so well, and is so cheap that I don't take into account ink costs anymore. Cheaper than my laser per page, but I can print out art and sell it.

I use dumpster-found comptuers, networked with cat5 stapled to the walls. Bitorrent everything. Cost is minimal.

I was once a smoker, and would never go back regardless of my superlungs because:

• --It breaks up your attention span into one hour chunks
• --It wastes heaps of money
• --It supports the douchebags who make it and sell it
• --It stinks up everything in your life
• --It signals others that you're not in control of your own person

Hacking the settings on my computer is illegal.

I am definitely in favour of sharing all of my usage data, provided that I get paid for it. I only do surveys for cash. If I had a financial stake in it, I wouldn't dream of asking someone for their opinion without providing compensation.

Sort of. Slashdot allows users to optionally disable advertising if their non-monetary contributions are awesome enough-- which mine are I guess. I assume that there are no ads to block, but I wouldn't know because the ads are blocked anyways. A belt-and-suspenders solution.

I wonder how easy it will be to block ads with Edge, and prevent tracking users. If I can't do that, I can't use Edge. The internet is no place for advertising.

How could our Gods allow such a thing? This doesn't mesh with my personal worldview, and therefore did not happen!

The article refers to a "Commodore 64 games console." There's no such thing. The C64 was a fully user-programmable computer which also played games. The link in the article for "Commodore 64 games console" brings you to an article about a totally unrelated computer, the ZX Spectrum. Nerd rage engaged.

I'm very excited about this! I'm most excited because the announcement came from a known company with a track record, that has everything to lose. Normally this sort of thing come from a scammer looking for chump investors.

THIS. Apple has their Activation Lock system (AKA Find My iPhone) already, and I think this law is asking for something like that-- not a remote bricking system that can be activated by just anyone. Unauthorized bricking can only be done if someone guesses the person's Apple ID password, which is exactly as easy as it sounds. Apple's Activation Lock makes in more difficult to resell Apple phones, whether they be legit (like a phone you returned to the store) or stolen. More phones' system boards end up in the waste stream. (The other parts are usable)

My sons and daughters visited Beta, and we instantly incinerated.

I can't stand the new Slashdot. I hate being referred to as "Audience" when we are making this site happen. If I wanted CNET, I'd go to CNET.

The problem is that Quanta (they build system boards for Apple's laptop division) has never been able to properly do a ball grid array. The problem is not the chips or cooling, it's the "good enough" techniques Quanta uses to attach them to to a system board. If a ball grid array is done properly, it can be quite robust-- Quanta doesn't seem to care about longevity of the product, and hasn't for a number of years.

Quanta's quality problems are even more dire when you see that they manufacture about one third of the world's laptop system boards.

Please see Quanta and ball grid array.

Yeah... how am I going to use this where there is no internet? Like on a boat at sea, or down a mineshaft? OR A RURAL AREA?