I think you greatly overestimate the technological literacy of the average American. Most people aren't going to have a clue how to change their DNS servers, but even for those who do understand how to get around such restrictions, this is still disturbing. This is just a way for government to get its foot in the door. Soon, they'll be mandating to ISPs which DNS servers their clients are allowed to use, and what IP ranges are 'legal' to access on the internet. Maybe I should just take off the tinfoil hat and relax, but I can't see how government getting involved in legislating the internet in ANY way is a good thing.

FlashForward was a victim of piss poor planning by the network. They took like a 3-month hiatus, then put it up against tough competition (I think like American Idol or something) that already had strong viewership, and wondered why their numbers were down from before. It's a crying shame too, because FF was, in my opinion, the best show on TV, and its single season stands as the best scifi thriller series ever. Some of the episodes were really, REALLY good. I recently purchased the dvds as a gesture of my support for quality television and have been rewatching them for the third time.

Turns out the system requirements aren't as stringent as once thought.

Lincoln. Give me an A.

I agree with this. A Windows app store will help a lot of people, but if I can't install software manually, or by other traditional means, then I'll drop Windows too. I doubt they are this aloof, but MS might be greatly misreading their customer base if they think that people want a more iphone-like experience on their real computers.

They could add an extra digit to the front of the display showing how many times the other numbers have reached their maximum! Brilliant, 10x the capacity for only one digit more!

I've been using it since I got my Droid last year. It works great, it is frequently updated, and allows me to surf the web on an actual laptop while (riding) in a car on the freeway. I use it for everything short of gaming, and who knows, maybe it would even work for that! Best of all, Verizon still hasn't freaked out about data usage, and I go through a LOT in a month.

PRESS F11 YOU WHINER! Problem Solved.

Maybe he can help the Jedis get some air time.

Enter your SSN, credit card number, and Mother's maiden name, fill out a short survey about which online sites you use most frequently, and we will calculate your online net worth!

To some extent. The wireless networks work and you can authenticate yourself as a student (required before getting access.) The networks even recognize you as using Linux and say so on the network authentication page. I haven't tried much with remote printing, etc... but I think it could probably work. The only Linux labs on campus that I know of are all in the CS building, but there are several of them with Fedora on the machines.

Quick, before anyone else can, let's raise some venture capital and build a few resorts there.

The commercial practically writes itself!
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Venezuela is known as a breeding ground for video game cartels and illegal video game smugglers. Some of the games you get from there aren't even pure. I've even heard that they get young girls addicted to video games and then force them into prostitution just so they can keep playing GTA 4.

If only they could be a productive, viceless South American country, like Colombia.

That'll be the day that hell freezes over.