I'm using the Lenovo Y700 and love it. It's an 8 inch tablet, up to date OS, well specced, and minimal bloatware. They introduce a new one each year, so pay attention to the year and the model if you decide to order one.

I agree. 2006 was "the year of the Linux desktop" for me. The fact that it's taking everyone else a little longer to get here doesn't bother me.

He was a damn fine engineer, CEO, and businessman. We have lost one of cornerstones of the PC revolution.

Look at what happened here: You needed new glasses, your doctor suggests progressives, which you try and don't like. Then, instead of approaching your doctor about the issue, you post on /. instead. Maybe you're just looking for a second opinion, but it sounds like you're not comfortable talking to your doctor. You should find a doctor that you can bring up these issues with. Also, your doctor should have asked you about what you do all day (reading the iPad, using your computer) and offered you choices based off of your health and habits, not just your health alone. Just my two cents.

I like my tech magazines and news digital. I like my Muscle & Fitness and Popular Science in print. It's personal preference really.

is [DirectX 11.2] going to help Microsoft convince people to ugprade or will make them angry?

That's my secret... I'm always angry.

That and "BTWiF" which makes no sense. It's supposed to be "BTWifi" which is BT's public WiFi network.

Yes, it is an alpha emitter. But it and its decay products also produce plenty of gamma. See http://www.csupomona.edu/~pbsiegel/decaychain/U235.html . You build a detector to detect the gammas at the particular frequencies that U235 emits at and bam - you've got a detector that will detect U235 and nothing else. Also, gammas are highly penetrating, so unless that cargo container is lined with a significant amount of lead, you will detect something if its there.

I ended up in Tsukuba a few years back in the middle of the night, lost, with no GPS, and I don't speak a lick of English. I finally found a bus station and waited for a half-hour in the cold before one came by. I got on and it was just me and the driver and he spoke no English. Finally, by sketching out landmarks near my hotel, he managed to figure out where I needed to go and let me off at the nearest stop with some gestured-directions.

Anything that would have made that experience more pleasant is gladly appreciated.

I don't know, but I'd guess he meant Michael S. Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg.

Not as much as you think. Using lightbulbs to heat the air near the ceiling, where hot air naturally convects to anyway, is just a waste. Only if you have a way to efficiently recirculate air from around the light fixture to where you're at will you see a benefit. Otherwise, most of it will be lost up to the attic and then outside.

Don't forget the Evergreen project for extended support then. I just started using it with a 11.4 box a couple of months back and so far, so good.

I've been with openSUSE since the 8.x days and I've had multi-monitor the entire time. As I recall, 10.3 was good, as was 11.1 and 11.4. 12.3 has been excellent so far, especially since it is really more of a service pack for 12.2.

Citation needed. Seriously, I don't remember that and I'd like an excuse to re-watch a good episode of Trek.

Wow... your hate of EA is old enough to drink... and older than a lot of the 7-digit UIDs on /.