In New Zealand we've been waiting about 12 years for competition between carriers to remove caps. Still hasn't happened. Good luck with that.

Charging per unit of data is as retarded as charging per unit of electricity. Both show total lack of understanding of the concepts and both should be handled by nonprofits.

I remember video chats on dialup. 2 - 3 fps at 320x300, terrible 8kbit sound streams. Cellphone video cameras are upwards of 8 megapixel these days. 1080p video conferencing on a desktop is not at all an unreasonable request. Maybe we should just stop developing all types of tech once they become just bareable enough to use?

"I've also heard that MS has gotten their QA problems largely solved with the 360"

It's finally out of beta?

Don't forget that the US uses the CIA to advance corporate interests in foreign countries. Loaning money is one of the nicer things they do.

Whatever color his skin is, he lies like a rich white man.

Yeah, works real good. No problems at all. =)

"When the government does something that The People clearly oppose, then it is not The People doing it, and it is wrong to spread the blame. These things are being and have been done by people in government who are no better than criminals. Are criminals, in fact."

So, you elect criminals, and then when they do criminal things, you pretend you didn't elect them? Whether Americans think they should be held responsible for the actions of their government is irrelevant. Your living standards are too high for your to look around and see what is being done in your name. The rest of us don't care much for your schizophrenic world view.

Or, you know, if your government's foreign policy wasn't so damned contemptible you wouldn't even have to that.

"Do you think a Lexus or Porsche has better design than Chevy?"

Lexus are built by Toyota. Of course they are designed better than Chevy's.

Probably because hyper competence in any discipline is related to the ability to think critically and rationally, qualities that tend to make people question the will of authority.

From the wiki article, 'The kilogram-force has never been a part of the International System of Units (SI), which was introduced in 1960. The SI unit of force is the newton.'

You're an idiot.

It's more likely that this will result in tighter IP laws, but I admire your optimism.

You have 5 and 7 year olds and you're only just thinking about teaching them to read and write now?

You're an American aren't you? :)