I think you're right except for that damn cable! Wireless has to be the way forward, especially within family households with multiple playback devices. Maybe Samsung etc should work on beefing up their remotes.

I've got a Samsung smart tv and keep all my media on a server. Ok, some typing is done when ripping/copying, but I only have a remote, and it is a proper remote. You can stream media wherever you want - tablets, phones, either of our laptops, the PC, the TV.

The local expression for a crazy person (or "nutter") is "Upton Park", because "they're two stops short of Barking".

I bought an LED bulb a few weeks ago and I am stunned by its colour and total lack of heat. You could balance chocolate on it. That's 4W instead of 60W, and MTBF is longer than CFL so cost savings will be considerable.

I just assumed it was covered under contents! I'll call my insurer right away to check.

Sorry I wasn't making a serious suggestion that you shouldn't get the shot. I just thought that "you weren't there, man!" logic of the previous posts was a bit spurious.

So if very few people know what Flu is like, then wouldn't it follow that not that many people have actually had it, then doesn't it follow that it's not really worth getting vaccinated because it's not that common?

IANAP and I don't really know what I'm talking about, but even mainstream news makes the point that it's about studying ignition, which is useful to both energy and weapons research. It'll be interesting to see how much use ITER get out of NIF's work.

The Chinese will get there by 2020. Perhaps they'll put up a parking lot.

Stock prices often go up when people are getting laid off. Unilaterally getting rid of telecommuting appears like lay-offs by the back door.

How do you account for the IBMs or (more creatively) Disney's of the world, then?

IBM still sells a lot of AIX for running Tivoli and stuff like that.

Problem with that argument is that that's a stage that all developed countries went through in order to get where they are today. For example, Victorian britain had workhouses, conscription, probably the worst air pollution in history; I could go on.

Also, preventing China from developing through trade might cause another World War, eventually. Policies such as you advocate were part of what motivated Japan to attack Pearl Harbour.

They say "I'm a Libertarian!" and I hear "I really begrudge paying taxes!".

The children of today are almost ridiculously healthy, althletic, well fed and grow like weeds. Well, about half of them are; the other half are chubby and underdeveloped because their parents feed them processed crud and let them watch TV all day.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if the new-style healthy kids live a lot longer than the junkfood kids; the figure of 100 is often quoted. I wonder if the two groups will diverge and create an effectively split society some time in the next 30 years.