(2) Because we really want a fucking car that phones home to the government to verify our license whenever we start it, so some filth in the government can keep a database of our exact location whenever we start a car. Fuck that idea with a power saw.
If only... having MADD go bankrupt would be a good thing. Maybe the US would be able to have some sensible alcohol laws without their Puritanical yammering, like setting the drinking age back to 18 in states that want it.
The key mushing thing should be easy to fix. Just have a removable bottom cover that flips around 180 degrees and covers the keyboard when the thing is in "tablet mode."
Even cheaper -- pick up a "gently used" PC from the street on "garbage day" or from the electronic waste area of the local dump. Spend $50 on an SSD, done....
A Surface *is* essentially a laptop, though, with the CPU and storage mounted behind the screen vs under the keyboard. This actually makes it worse in some ways, because it tends to be top-heavy and harder to use when you're typing on something like an airline table. The Surface is also crippled as compared to most laptops, while being more expensive. Glued shut, no RAM/storage/etc upgrades allowed, and once the battery swells up (they all do), the screen will either crack or get pushed off the base.
There are many places even in major cities that have terrible Internet access. Also, many poorer people are on data plans that get throttled after the first few GB.
Try cloudfucking image editing or data crunching/acquisition. Yeah, it can be done, but what's the stinking point with local CPU power being dirt cheap?
Even in the "First World", there are plenty of places with shit for Internet access. Try working in a building with masonry walls and spotty WiFi, or try traveling in the rural West of the US.
My email is both on the Internet and saved locally via an IMAP client. Most business users do the same, except with Outlook. Of course, email uses the Internet by necessity. There's no operational necessity to save locally-edited documents on Someone Else's Computer(tm), despite what Nerdella may want...
How will this work when you want to actually do work and aren't connected to the Internet? Yes, there are plenty of places on Earth without 4G, 5G, or fast WiFi. (Even in a major US university's library in 2019, cell signals are blocked by the building, and WiFi is spotty at best.)
Satan Nerdella wants to take us back to the good old days of dumb terminals. Good for Microsoft who can nickel and dime users for everything that they do, bad for the actual user.
Fuck off -- not all of us have money to spend $500+ on something that's designed to be disposable. Especially not when we can buy a Thinkpad refurb for $200.
Maybe #4 should be to walk an explosive sniffing dog down the line. TSA is already doing that in some airports, then allowing people to skip the rest of the screening if they pass.
Guns and knives become much less of a problem if the flight deck door is locked.
You shouldn't need to go through an investigation and pay $100 just to be treated like passengers are treated in more civilized countries (see post about Amsterdam).
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(2) Because we really want a fucking car that phones home to the government to verify our license whenever we start it, so some filth in the government can keep a database of our exact location whenever we start a car. Fuck that idea with a power saw.
If only ... having MADD go bankrupt would be a good thing. Maybe the US would be able to have some sensible alcohol laws without their Puritanical yammering, like setting the drinking age back to 18 in states that want it.
To me, LACK of safety features sells cars. My ideal car? A 1990 Miata.
This happened in Ireland, not the US, BTW.
Giving the owner a show is also an option. Make some hot love, then wipe your cum all over the camera lense...
Step 1: Disconnect router "accidentally" while plugging phone in.
Step 2: Superglue on the camera's lense.
Not like the owners can really bitch about damage, since the camera is either against AirBnB's ToS or outright illegal. Possibly both.
I freegan stuff from the street all the time and have never had roach/pest issues.
The key mushing thing should be easy to fix. Just have a removable bottom cover that flips around 180 degrees and covers the keyboard when the thing is in "tablet mode."
I'm talking about computing and computers, not servers, you Microsoft shill.
Even cheaper -- pick up a "gently used" PC from the street on "garbage day" or from the electronic waste area of the local dump. Spend $50 on an SSD, done....
A Surface *is* essentially a laptop, though, with the CPU and storage mounted behind the screen vs under the keyboard. This actually makes it worse in some ways, because it tends to be top-heavy and harder to use when you're typing on something like an airline table. The Surface is also crippled as compared to most laptops, while being more expensive. Glued shut, no RAM/storage/etc upgrades allowed, and once the battery swells up (they all do), the screen will either crack or get pushed off the base.
There are many places even in major cities that have terrible Internet access. Also, many poorer people are on data plans that get throttled after the first few GB.
Also, even ChromeOS/Android aren't really "desktop as a service." The trend has been towards allowing offline apps and offline saving.
Try cloudfucking image editing or data crunching/acquisition. Yeah, it can be done, but what's the stinking point with local CPU power being dirt cheap?
Running a pill (tablet) crippled OS on a full-size screen is a waste of computing power.
Windows 7 or even XP. Updates are available for large corporate/gov't customers for a fee. There are ways to get them semi-legally for free...
Even in the "First World", there are plenty of places with shit for Internet access. Try working in a building with masonry walls and spotty WiFi, or try traveling in the rural West of the US.
My email is both on the Internet and saved locally via an IMAP client. Most business users do the same, except with Outlook. Of course, email uses the Internet by necessity. There's no operational necessity to save locally-edited documents on Someone Else's Computer(tm), despite what Nerdella may want...
How will this work when you want to actually do work and aren't connected to the Internet? Yes, there are plenty of places on Earth without 4G, 5G, or fast WiFi. (Even in a major US university's library in 2019, cell signals are blocked by the building, and WiFi is spotty at best.)
Satan Nerdella wants to take us back to the good old days of dumb terminals. Good for Microsoft who can nickel and dime users for everything that they do, bad for the actual user.
Fuck off -- not all of us have money to spend $500+ on something that's designed to be disposable. Especially not when we can buy a Thinkpad refurb for $200.
Naw, the people fighting for it are actually Mac users with broken keyboards or swollen batteries.
Maybe #4 should be to walk an explosive sniffing dog down the line. TSA is already doing that in some airports, then allowing people to skip the rest of the screening if they pass.
Guns and knives become much less of a problem if the flight deck door is locked.
You shouldn't need to go through an investigation and pay $100 just to be treated like passengers are treated in more civilized countries (see post about Amsterdam).
Even if they wanted to, the filth from DC simply don't have the scumpower (manpower) to enforce this law on every person smoking a joint.
If the public at large isn't concerned with privacy, that just proves how stupid the average member of the public is.