macOS on laptop usually sleeps when I close the lid (default behaviour)
servers of course stays on all the time
Win10 pc I use for gaming stays on most of the time, I may turn it off when on holidays

Completely agree. They should get their intel from somewhere else, not by breaking privacy. It's their job, we pay for it, find an alternate solution. Also, I think that the best solution if they don't change their mind and impose an anti-cryptography law is for companies to stop letting people use their product in that country, I know this will never happen, but imagine for a moment if Whatsapp for example (and a myriad other apps), just happen to say "we cannot operate in this country because laws", that will fix the problem quite fast.

That's exactly whats relevant, not speed, comply to standards, javascript compatibility... you did it again M$

I have absolutely no doubts this will be a catastrophic failure, as it's done by the same people who made Bob, Windows ME, Windows Vista and Windows 8 just to name a few. So no concerns over losing my job at all, more like in the mood of grabbing some popcorn and watch it crash and burn.

No, last desktop compute I bought I didn't even bother to look for dvd/br drive. I think dvd/br consume too much space and are more expensive than some hard drives.

Element 115 should be named Elerium, of course http://www.ufopaedia.org/index...

Actually if Apple decides to put some sort of back door on iPhones just because some stupid USA law I for one will never again buy an apple product, I would prefer my devices to be backdoor free and since I don't live in the USA I see no reason why I should buy something that can affect my privacy just because some paranoid government can only provide security by spying on their citizens

For what I can tell, the only difference when changing the speed limits, that is, reducing the the general speed of vehicles does not lead to fewer crashes, only less fatal ones. Of course that is a good thing, but I think the idea is to actually have less accidents, and removing guidance seems to do quite the opposite.

Yes, I think it is. So developers contribute to this "almost the same" Chakra engine, but Microsoft profits for it by using it in W10 and Edge, cause last time I checked those products weren't free.

I do agree with what you and others says, I use IMDB for trying to "measure" a movie, but as with most things this is about personal preferences, taste, if you like. Not every people will find a certain movie good or bad, no matter what critics says. The same goes for almost everything, I can safely assume that everyone likes cheese but that is not true, but if we put a rating to that it may come up with a 9 out of 10 or maybe more. But that does not mean everybody should buy it and eat it, it just means a lot of people like it, you have to try it for yourself to see if YOU like it. I thinks the same happens with movie ratings, they're a guide, but no matter what people say about it, you still have to watch it to see if you like it or not. The rating can be a good indicator, but until you actually watch the movie, you just wouldn't know.

US is not the only place iPhones are sold... my data plan is unlimited, so this is a great feature!

Just do a backup of the blog and move to another service, Google isn't the only one free provider.

If Intel says "won't run" then most linux geeks will take it as a challenge and it WILL run (although maybe not all features will be enabled), if Intel "won't give support", then well, it just hurts the market, since we'll be seeing a lot more overpriced devices with (probably) crappy OSes

Set up a filter that forwards all the messages to the shareholders and administrators.

They may have made some kind of arrangement with the government. I live in Argentina and the gvmnt stopped the import for most of Apple products, this may include even the iPhone 5, because of the opening of a Samsung assembly plant, according to the rumors. I don't think the idea of an arrangement of that kind in Brazil to be too weird.