I recently relocated to Bay Area, switched to AT&T GSM from T-Mobile because coverage is much better
This may be true, however you can use your T-Mobile phone on any GSM network in the US for no extra charge. That's why I just switched to T-Mobile (and I live in the Bay Area myself) from Sprint, which charged something like 69 cents/sec. for off-network roaming. I don't want to have to think about where I am & what it's costing me to make a call...
That is effectively what biometric security is. Consider then that the entire network must be physically secure or my (eye/finger/etc.) "password" will quickly be known and re-used. The "password" I used decades ago is still valid!
Also, I'd rather give a mugger my wallet & pin, than my wallet & thumb...
... on my $5k plasma/lcd? Then why buy one? I got a 40" HD CRT (you know, like television have always been), with an *included* digital tuner. I get over 10 digital channels (not counting all the sub-channels) over the air, for free, here in San Francisco. Most of these broadcast 1080i every evening.
All these guys with six pack abs, and I'm the only one with a keg. (H.S.)
I really don't have any real demands on kernel-level features. What I need is better support on the OS-level above the kernel, for things already supported by the kernel. For example, USB is kernel-supported in the current stable kernels, but support sucks at the OS-level. When will I be able to even hotplug a mouse or digital camera?
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I recently relocated to Bay Area, switched to AT&T GSM from T-Mobile because coverage is much better
/sec. for off-network roaming. I don't want to have to think about where I am & what it's costing me to make a call...
This may be true, however you can use your T-Mobile phone on any GSM network in the US for no extra charge. That's why I just switched to T-Mobile (and I live in the Bay Area myself) from Sprint, which charged something like 69 cents
That is effectively what biometric security is. Consider then that the entire network must be physically secure or my (eye/finger/etc.) "password" will quickly be known and re-used. The "password" I used decades ago is still valid!
Also, I'd rather give a mugger my wallet & pin, than my wallet & thumb...
... on my $5k plasma/lcd? Then why buy one? I got a 40" HD CRT (you know, like television have always been), with an *included* digital tuner. I get over 10 digital channels (not counting all the sub-channels) over the air, for free, here in San Francisco. Most of these broadcast 1080i every evening. All these guys with six pack abs, and I'm the only one with a keg. (H.S.)
Well I certainly don't read slashdot when my parents are around
I really don't have any real demands on kernel-level features. What I need is better support on the OS-level above the kernel, for things already supported by the kernel. For example, USB is kernel-supported in the current stable kernels, but support sucks at the OS-level. When will I be able to even hotplug a mouse or digital camera?