The industry would LOVE for you to buy another round of hardware, but WHY ?!?! I'll wait until I can get 4k ultra-HD compatible hardware rather than spend money on stuff that will be outdated and obsolete in just a couple of years.

I didn't write the laws nor do I agree with a great many of them, but they exist for the exact reason they were written, to enforce a code of social conduct that the authors or those whose interest the authors hold most dearest intended...

All of that is to "uphold social norms", right? And what of the case where the majority is wrong to oppress a minority?... By definition, oppression is a social norm...

Sadly for all but the last 100? years YES, oppression has been the social norm, and no I don't agree with it, but it IS

"The laws aren't there to uphold social norms"...

That is exactly the reason the laws exist. To establish and enforce a so-called social standard. The laws SHOULD be there for safety and security but they have been perverted into a means for enforcing a government determined social standard, much the same way the police have gone from protecting from physical harm to enforcing social and economic policies...

I see no problem with a 150 GB/month cap as long as the MAIN seling point for the net connection isn't listed as streaming movies and such. We watch Netflix in our household in lieu of cable and would exceed a 150GB/cap in a matter of days. The idea that the ISP can advertise somthing that they can't or WON'T provide as the main selling point is criminal. As for running out of space I don't hoard what I download/stream I/we just watch it and go on to somthing else. This reminds me of the mobile phone ads we see on TV here in the US...Video simulated, bandwidth and download sequences shortened, so that the main selling points of the devices are total fictions. There is NO TRUTH in advertising here.

I did not catch the part in the article which mentioned they were using the software. I was under the impression they just found several FOSS projects they 'liked' and wanted to donate some funds. In either case there ought to be a simple way to do so, sad to see a good cause go unrewarded in the presence of 'free' money.

Not that I am accusing you of anything, but a tax protected organization isasuing an invoice for services NOT rendered, and then receiving money that is NOT a donation sounds very much like a tax dodge and/or fraud. Maybe in the future you should just offer to hire one as a consultant for a week and pay $5000.00, or purchase some equipment that a project needs, that way there is value for value.

Are you hiring ?? That kind of enlightened attitude intrigues me.

What about the fourth state : Plasma ??

Tell that to the founding fathers and the many many anonymously written and distributed pamphlets that stirred public sentiment for the cause of rebellion/revolution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Anonymous_speech

Yes, but the French,Italians and the Greeks, and lets say 98% of African Nations, and of course Russia and China are all above board and honest. Belgium is a hot bed or corruption, hand outs, and nepotism, while GB, and Aussieland are so busy being nanny governments, insisting they know what is better for their citizens than the citizens do. Lets face it, the US is/was geologically lucky they were rich in resources, water and food. It is easy to be free in a land of plenty. As for the US affecting the rest of the world I don't see anyone lining up to give the money back, or even not taking it on moral grounds...