Why don't you just make ten harder and make ten be the top number and make that a little harder?

I thought it was a little over the top.

Open source communities are oligarchies. Just because you contribute code doesn't mean you have a say.

What a great idea! We could use these "nanorobots" to fix the carbon from carbon dioxide into something more reduced, like say, carbohydrates, using a series of activation energy reducing steps that rely on some kind of outside power - maybe even solar power. Then we could even store the reduced carbon so that we can oxidize it later if we need some energy. But we would have to protect our "nanorobots" from the elements, and give them a good environment for doing all of this work. Maybe since this would be a new "green" technology, we could call them green forms. Of course, that might be too simple.. what about in Greek, "chloroplasts." I like that better. I think you're really on to something!

The good doctor was able to revolutionize materials science, but he failed statistics.

This is actually an alternate reality fiction board. I think it's pretty imaginative stuff.

I have to strongly agree. Even if they had purchased the company, my first thought would be that they were doing intensive research into eye-tracking for interface design. And the idea that this could be included in a tablet which IIRC is set to be unveiled in Q2 2010 is pretty far-fetched, even for a speculative article tag-along.

In addition to the build process, there are things like an update system which have been added on by H3XX3H. Actually, I just realized that he would have to release the source for his update system and any other if he wants this to be legal, wouldn't he?

No

Reconsidering it, there is no way to sufficiently satisfy security assurances of this build without it being open source or having some sort of investment in the legitimacy of the product. As to the firewall, information could easily be sent through legitimate emails, or any number of other methods. Again, I don't doubt H3XX3H personally, it's just a general philosophy.

Microsoft salivates when it thinks of the kind of market penetration Google has in web services. If Google were to ever go bankrupt, it's data would be the only asset which it's creditors could sell for recompense, and would most likely be treated like gold.