There is a fallacy at work here... I run Linux on my desktops and HTPCs: I have access to my root account. I have the official Chrome release with Widevine support. I can watch Netflix via the browser. How is this any different than having a Linux-based Android device, a root account, and a method for secure DRM? Especially given my desktop processor is greatly more powerful than my mobile's. If I wanted to break copy protection it would be easier via desktop than anything else. A workaround usually always comes though. And maybe Netflix will quietly nix that requirement. I haven't heard anything about VPNs lately, anybody know if it is still an issue?

I would be they would suck at the Olympics. On the plus side if they host then we'll get new records for shot-put!

Life will find a way

Bet the project gets cancelled after the first year only to have sub-par missions pop up after it it.

I Agree to a point. I believe you are talking more about the "Doing one thing well" kind of aspect like most of our tools give us. But there is also the fact that we have enjoyed the benefit of choice. (Choice of shell, choice of desktop environment or window manager, etc). Should there be a choice at install time whether your system is sysdemd or sysvinit or makefile or whatever I think it would be a good thing (maintainability be damned though). Me personally I will stick with my sysvinit style startup. Has /. done a poll about this yet?

"...they're 'enabling the Speech 3.0, Voice 3.0, and Business 3.0 markets,' whatever that means."

So is that like 5G or something?


Bah, marketing buzz words...

I agree, DVDisaster is quite nice, I've my main copies of backups, then a separate disc with error correction files with copies being held on a hard drive and eventually tape, other hard drives and any other medium I can...at least for the really important backups. My ogg collection I'm not too worried about (as I can always re-rip the song/album should corruption occur)