Your post is too true. I am currently in Chicago on business and went to a very nice restaurant tonight by myself, simply because I like food. When I told my wife about it, her first comment was "Were you alone." Not 100% relevant but figured it added truth to what you are describing.

This already exists, and is in use in many data centers, they are called Air Side Economizers, http://www.42u.com/cooling/air-side-economizers.htm

Absolutely disgusting!!!! You are a horrible human!

Further, the speed of light through fiber is not the speed of light. Light only propagates through fiber at 2/3 of the speed of light.

How do you figure you can get anywhere on the planet in 50ms?

And isn't it funny that these are the same computers that still run the space shuttle.

New York City is a pretty big market by most counts, however in most of the city Time Warner is your ONLY choice for cable service. On top of that, most apartment buildings don't allow for the installation of satellite dishes, so Direct TV and Dish Networks are both out as options.

How does the FCC have more money then taxpayer dollars? Aren't all dollars taxpayer dollars?

This is the best idea of them all! You do a good deed and you might be able to take a right off on your taxes.

If you have pirated materials on a computer other then your own, then you are an idiot...

Even more space debris...

With all the media hype you'd think everyone had the swine flu, but in reality there have only been 91 confirmed cases in the US. Not saying this isn't something to worry about, but it's only 91 cases in the WHOLE US!

Which banks would you be referring to that are "Well Capitalized"? Also, you do remember that AIG is not a bank, but an insurance company, who insured almost 100% of all of the CDO and a large percentage of the mortgages world wide? It would have made a lot more sense for the US government to FORCE AIG into bankruptcy and to have taken over it's insurance portfolio, but it's too late for that.