Makes me wish I didn't listen to my supposedly (degree in comp. sci., working as a coder for some corporation, never really cared about the details) vastly more computer literate (and I'm no slouch, but I'm more of a hobbyist and less concerned with keeping up with the tech) coworker when I built my last system and instead stuck with nVidia. Hell, my current system (Phenom II hex core, 8 gigs of ram and an AMD 6870HD) gets worse performance in Linux running WoW than my old single core athalon64 3200 with a Geforce 8800.

E-mail will replace regular mail. It's been a slow process, but the Post Office (in the US and Britain; I can't speak for other countries) is starting to cut back; The majority of what is being sent out are physical goods and junk mail (advertising). Many people here have switched to online bill pay, and most banks offer automatic payment if the company (rarely) doesn't do bill to credit card.

This is one of the reasons we rip every DVD to our media server as soon as we buy it. No unskippable bits, no insults from FBI warnings or other time wasting, just the movie or set of episodes or videos that we paid for. There are a couple of drawers full of disks that are no longer needed for viewing (kept as backup and as proof of purchase). Another reason for ripping stuff to the server is simple convenience: not having to dig around for the right disk and stuff it in a mechanical device to play, hoping it has not gotten scratched through handling.

That'll teach them for living in Ausfailia.

...or maybe Australia can actually spend money on dealing with the China problem instead of having the US solve the world's problems.

The US is very far from perfect but at the same time the rest of the world needs to step up and stop expecting the US to police the world-- clearly we are bad at it.

I'm ok with slower ADSL that works 24/7.

Way to go, Telestra ! They still have some smart people in charge.

Rabbits!