the sheep don't care about any of their most important rights taken away - why would they fuss over this? they'll do whatever it takes to be able to keep watching american idol

in soviet russia, the boxes pay for....wait, that doesn't make any sense - damn this meme

'no remote 'loggers' when I spin a silver disc!'

not so fast: Wait till you upgrade to blu-ray. Don't think that it won't become mandatory to have that little baby wired as well, at which point it will be shooting data upstream also.

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_305BD5000/Samsung-BD-UP5000.html?tp=171&tab=detailed_info

LAN: The rear-panel Ethernet port gives you access to internet firmware updates. In addition, by connecting the BD-UP5000 to the internet, you may be able to access and enjoy additional content from your HD-DVD disc and download control programs for improved interactivity.

Lol - you know, I actually had a line about Babbage, but deleted it, figuring that there was no need to point out the distinction between what the op was referring to and what Babbage actually designed (but never created).

I think the argument could be made that Bell was in America when the telephone was invented - not conceived.
Regarding the lightbulb - toss up in my opinion. Edison built the first functional working model. Again, the difference between concept and function.

Point taken on the auto's, so I'll submit to Benz, but one also has to look at the timeline / functionality of Selden and the Duryea's vs. the first model of Benz.

Actually, the Internet is the one on the list that I had the most doubt about because there was a lot of work in England as well, even though we mostly recognize ArpaNet as the Internet's birth. Thanks for the reminder to never count on my memory ;)