It sounds like the plan is to tether a USB key to your wrist that when you pull away from it the device is removed. This then triggers the machine to shut down, allowing your encrypted drive to be "locked".

Alternatively, you could tie a string to your ankle to the power cord, when you remove that device from the "socket" the machine will also shut down, and has no risk of hanging processes which would delay the "power off"

"It's long been known that America's school kids haven't measured well compared with international peers. Now, there's a new twist [...]
Really? Kids become adults? How can we not expect generations of kids fitting a specific profile not translating to their adult life in some manner.

This is the key point that should get action, but won't.

Maybe Apple is just being a massive troll?

Apple: Hey, everyone, we're making a smart watch!
Samsung: We have to make one too so we're not left out on the market. We're making one too!
Google: Hey, us too, this goes great with your Google glass!


Apple: *hushed laughter* Look at those idiots building a ridiculous product! *snicker*

The difference is that I trust CyanogenMod more than I do the big corporations. I have seen them "do no evil". This makes it seem like a more honest mistake, in a nightly build no less. The other large corporations, have given us reason to have trepidation.

Over time, browsers have evolved to utilize screen space more efficiently. SeaMonkey still has the massive navigation bar at the top with bookmarks. Consider current versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer. All have reduced the size of the navigation buttons at the top to allow focus on the content of the webpage. The ironic part is that now, people have cheap access to large screens. The first time I used Netscape, I think it was on a 13 inch monitor.

There's no feature that I feel is left out that should be demanded. I was hoping to encounter a discovery like the first time I found mouse gestures in Opera. Something different and fun for me to become attached.

If the theoretical average consumption is an adequate restriction, as stated, "[...] I doubt the average user would be able to exceed that cap in under 24hrs even if they tried [...]" then why does the cap need to be put on the consumer? Perhaps one month I have an actual need for more than the cap, however every other month, only 25% of the cap is used. As with most agreements between large corporations and the consumer, there's an odd sense of one-sidedness.

The interface in the screenshots remind me of Netscape! for some reason.

Unfair doesn't have to be unethical. There are several different colleges, some better than others. These also vary by cost. My parents may have helped with the cost of the college where another student's parents did not. This is clearly unfair, but not unethical.
If everything had to be "fair", then wouldn't a countries resources have to be be equally distributed to all people that live there? I couldn't even say citizens of the country, as that would be unfair to the non-citizens that live there. Now, for the rhetorical part of this, doesn't this make it unfair to take more money from one person than another to insure that it's fair for everyone? E.g. professional skills/labor pay more/contribute more than unskilled labor.

I'm not sure he meant it in the same way you may have responded. I much prefer a less invasive method that either the RFID or the GP's post. Anything that requires participation from the parents is a good thing. (I'm making the generalization that increased parental participation in a child's education directly equates to the success/performance of the child.)

If you enforce point 1, "Tracking performance negates the need to track attendance." I think you've found the key right there, but that means administration and parents will have to demonstrate dedication and effort into the system. If you can "ace" all of your tests and not show up, good for you. The option for advanced/college credit courses might be a good thing to be offered.

On the other hand, if a student is performing poorly, force additional parental involvement, require more time be spent at school by the child for additional tutoring. If you make the community get involved, you'll likely get the best result. But it's not the easy way, so it's more quickly rejected.

Just make the data center a Faraday cage for security. No encryption needed! It would also keep the interference out!

Exterminate!

If too obscure, here's a reference to the souce: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Daleks

The benefit is that you can get the Google Play store on the device. This can only be achieved after rooting the device. I much prefer the AOSP experience to the one that Amazon chose for me. I've also used go launcher, and a root control tool so that you could temp unroot and continue to use the amazon streaming. Dual boot is feasible, however, with the Kindle's limited 8gb of storage, a lot of storage space gets tied up in the "other OS" you're not using. I prefer the full tablet functionality, but that's the beauty of Android. Pick what suits you.