I can't tell you how happy I've been since I got rid of my $100/mo cable bill, saving me $6600 over 5.5 years! I've invested that money on better TVs/monitors, computers, and wireless keyboards. I've been a Netflix member since 1999, so already realized that nearly all the movies on the movie channels were things I watched on DVD already. Streaming and using the internet as my DVR ironically meant that I now had more content than I could ever watch, the opposite of what you fear.

The only downside has been sports, which have been slow to catch on. I do plan on paying for the NHL ticket next season, though, which will let me stream all games over the Internet.

The NFL wants you to pay for Dish TV before you can use the Internet. They just don't get it.

Erik

In a household with 5 TVs running, and IP replacing traditional cable TV, you'd want to support 5 1080p+ broadcasts with 7 channel audio at once just to support your TV needs. Throw in new HD web cams and video conferencing, which you may want to have 10+ going at a time in your house for various reasons, and I can imagine using it all. In any case, I don't look at it that way. The way I see it, most of us don't have enough. I'd be afraid to stream more than one HD movie at a time in my household. So, the best benefit would be removing all of today's real limitations. The question is whether or not the economies of scale would be worth it. At a minimum, it should eliminate the need for tiered pricing and eliminate all excuses to oppose net neutrality. What if we could offer this high speed to every citizen for only $99/mo? How about upload limits? They are pretty severe today. This could permit every citizen to become a net broadcaster and host any web site or service they want, including hosting videos.

Actually, you can debate whether domain name registration is personal property, or property of ICANN. IIRC, when they extended renewals beyond 2 years, I remember something about them limiting them to 9 years instead of 10, because 10 could be interpreted as property. I don't know if that is a common law interpretation or what, or if that has been challenged since then. It is a vague memory and IANAL. But, I do remember that being the justification behind having 9 year renewals instead of 10.

how many fingers am I holding up?

Is anyone else concerned that homeland security arrested him? Weren't they created to fight terrorism in response to 9/11?!? And, what on earth does it have to do with "Immigration and Customs"? It sounds like the ESA went to an organization that they knew (1) had nothing important to do today, (2) would have the least capability to understand the issue involved and (3), would have a tendency to overblow the importance, and (4) be desperate to throw someone in jail.

LOL, just read it when I switched back to finish TFA. Should of searched TFA first before posting. SIGH.

That would be an essential requirement to replace plastic.

Who created the laws of the universe? Forget about the universe! Who created the atom and got all that atomic power to hold together? We've seen what happens when you pop them.

It is also false because with most HTTPS connections, it is very easy via a proxy server to stage a man in the middle attack and you'll never know. The only way to prevent it is to use a real certificate instead of the anonymous one generated by your browser.