^ This. Joe Clayton, DISH Network's CEO, also stated that this was in the planning for the past 5 months that DISH Network has owned Blockbuster. The coincidence around Netflix's fall from favor recently is sheer luck, and in Joe's words, "We'll take all the luck we can get."

Using the same platform, yes. Rebranded VOD? No. May 18th DISH Network increased their subscription video on demand content significantly - this is adding on to that.

You work for King Control Systems then? And which part is your design - the part around the VuQube or...

It's not cable/satellites fault. Believe me, DISH Network and the rest of them want a la carte so bad - however, the major providers of content (like Disney) use their popular channels to force their less popular channels onto the pay-TV providers. I.E. ESPN and regional sports networks.

We (humanity) cannot afford to abandon nuclear power. The issue is not in the power source (nuclear fission), but in the reactor designs. Nuclear reactors in most cases are prohibitively expensive to build so no one tries - and even then a permit application (at least in the US) can take upwards of a decade. Companies can rise and fall in that time. If more money and research went into Gen IV designs, and a rolling shutdown of existing reactors in place of newer plants then we would be much better off. If the Dai-Ichi reactors were not Boiling Water Reactors and instead were Pebblebed Reactor/Pebblebed Modular Reactor then this would most likely be a much different story as the passive safety checks should take care of everything.

Uhhh, what?

Oh, and forget about redesign... where is my app for Android?

No, he's right - you really don't find carrying permits in cities up North in the US - they just aren't available except for off-duty LEOs and possibly security firms (money trucks, bank security, etc). But here in the US, the places with the tightest gun control have had the crime rate (with guns) increase drastically. On the flip side, states like New Hampshire where gun control is laughable (there are no state licensing requirements) also experience safety - New Hampshire is one of the safest states in this country to live.

Um, the AC above ScytheBlade1 said, "Blizzard or Activision are also private companies so your suggested headline wouldn't tell us very much." So... what?

I don't have an iPhone, but I would like to have one. When I'm with friends I constantly borrow theirs to check some things online. I find it more appealing than my previous BlackBerry Bold (I'm not using a Samsung phone running a Symbian OS) and than a lot of the Android phones out there, but I also really like the Galaxy S and Droid X so if I have money in the near future who knows. But my gripes stick to the ipod and the geeky stuff.. the lack of support for Ogg, being able to only use it with iTunes etc.