If I remember correctly, after the 2010 Motorola split, Google bought Motorola Mobility and subsequently sold them to Lenovo.

Google ended up with most of Motorola Mobilityâ(TM)s patent portfolio, while Motorola Solutions ended up with Mobilityâ(TM)s debt (as part of the split agreement) and Lenovo eventually ended up with the Mobility husk.

Unfortunately, yes. AGS is a very small airport. I'm thankful that i will never have to fly through there again!

Been there, done that... A few years ago, I had to give myself my own pat-down at the Augusta Regional Airport because they didn't have a single male TSA agent on duty.

Gilbert would be more entertaining as the Master.

Yes, provided that the computer was placed into the "frozen" state.

to quote the wikipedia article as linked in my initial post:

Deep Freeze is a kernel-level driver that protects hard drive integrity by redirecting information being written to the hard drive or partition, leaving the original data intact. This redirected information is no longer referenced once the computer is restarted, thus restoring the system to its original state at the disk sector level. This allows users to make 'virtual' changes to the system, giving them the appearance that they can modify core files or even delete them, and even make the system unusable to themselves, but upon reboot the originally configured 'frozen' state of the operating system is restored.

I've had pretty good luck running Deep Freeze in cases like this.

With deep freeze, you set up your computer up into the ideal state you want it and then "freeze" it. Users can use the system to their heart's desire, and then you can restore it to the ideal state by rebooting the box.

wikipedia article about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Freeze_(software)

Product website: http://www.faronics.com/products/deep-freeze/

More like the pink mist of death...

Ubuntu has a few pages which outline supported hardware and certified computers.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.ubuntu.com%2FHardwareSupport

> They both use the Motorala trademark at the same time? How does that work out?

Long story made short: Licensing agreements. If my memory serves me correctly, Motorola Mobility owns the Motorola name and licenses it to Motorola Solutions.

> And do they have an agreement not to get into each other's business? Does this change that? And are these the same guys that make bar code scanners?

I would assume they have a non-compete agreement.

Motorola Solutions owns Symbol Technologies. Symbol technologies has a few tablet products so this shouldn't change that.

I'm a type 1 diabetic with an insulin pump and have had few issues with the TSA. When I go through the TSA "security" checkpoints, I immediately notify the screener that I have an insulin pump and related supplies and that I can not remove my pump. If told to go through the weenie-vision scanners, I refuse due to medical reasons. Generally this is not a problem, however in the rare instance where the TSA representative pushes back, I demand that they call a supervisor.

For all the years I have flown, I only had an issue with a TSA representative once, and that was at the Fort Lauderdale airport. I stuck to the script above, and demanded to see a supervisor. Needless to say, the agent was ordered to go off duty.

With that said, Savannah should have RTFM better. While I do not know what brand of insulin pump she uses, my pump manufacturer has a card on the first page of the owners manual which is mean to be cut out and carried. On it, it states the following

"Medtronic has conducted official testing on the effects of the full body scanners at airports with Medtronic medical devices. Some of the new scanners may include x-ray. To avoid removing your devices, you may request an alternative screening process. If you choose to go through a full body scanner, you must remove your insulin pump and CGM (sensor and transmitter). Do not send your devices through the x-ray machine as an alternative."

A pdf of that card may be found at http://www.medtronicdiabetes.net/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/068C0000000IY43

The manufacture even goes as far as having ample documentation on their website. See the following:

Medtronic Airport "security" guidelines: http://www.medtronicdiabetes.net/lifestyle/travel/tipsonflyingandairportsecurityguidelines

Medtronic Equipment Interference chart: http://www.medtronicdiabetes.net/lifestyle/equipmentinterference

More likely, they'd have to attempt to spam plotters with ANSI E sized paper

Me too!!!!!!

I would recommend Openfire. It is a Jabber / XMMP implementation from Jive Software, and is open source (GPL).

See http://www.igniterealtime.org/

I can say from experience that it is fairly easy to administer, is multi-platform, and scales nicely. It has a rather nice size of plugins and should meet compliance standards.

"Pull My Finger!"
--Earth