Does this also mean that laws requiring everyone who drives a car to care insurance is also unconstitutional? So much of the political/social/economic system is based on the petroleum industry. This ruling is a sign of the other major power industry: pharmaceuticals. Connect the dots between the two industries and you discover almost everything that is wrong with the US.

You're cheering this kind of behavior? I can't think of any other game publishers that actively pursue clones of their 30 year old games as much as Namco. In fact, some fan based derived games have been accepted by the publishers (ie Capcom and MegaMan2D). I understand the idea created by and for the IP lawyers that states a company will lose its IP if it does not try to prevent infringement on its "property". So, in effect, Namco can claim that smashing small profitless indie endeavors such as "Super Pac" is how they keep a bigger company from making a Pacman game. However, the key difference here is that "Super Pac" is free. The bigger company that Namco truly fears would make money from whatever copy they made. What Namco doesn't see (and what Capcom does) is that the people making and even playing these copies are fans of Pacman. I have downloaded the official Pacman Android app as well as purchased the Championship Edition (also including DX) on both Android and XBox. I purchased the Pacman app before it was made free and I also downloaded this Super Pac as well. I sometimes play CE on my phone but the "true" Pacman that was made free is garbage and doesn't do the original game justice. That is my beef: The IP law insists that Namco uphold its copyrights/trademarks however it says nothing of the upholding of the quality of their games. I know this much is true, "Super Pac" played better than the official Namco Pacman Android app. So, continue to "cheer Namco on".

I'm personally sick of hearing about these death threats. It's a scare tactic that's aimed not only at Assange but at the general American public as well. All these organizations that have either threatened to kill or have eluded to killing Assange underestimate his intelligence. All Assange has to announce is that he has moved all of the leaked material to another system that is ready to share all this information automatically in the case that Assange does not click a button daily on the machine. As long as he is alive, he can continue to NOT share the information. In the case that he dies or is detained--the information gets automatically posted all over the Internet. In effect, Assange is worth more to them alive and well. Scotty, General Order 24...

Such is the case with Kino International and Metropolis. With the recent restored version and amendment of previously lost footage, copyrights were apparently restored as well, despite the movie already having been of the public domain.

Sure, the general mentality you almost have to have to even own a Mac is that the more you pay the better product you get. That mentality probably follows with most all of their other purchases (ie cars: BMW's, Toyota Prius, etc.). However, I think you should also throw in a dash of "trendy" purchasing (ie Kindle). Until Mac users can spend their money on something better and more expensive (ie iPad), they will use whatever is the "best." Now, to personally contrast your comparison of Linux users... that's a horrible statistic for you to state that Linux users tend to rarely pay for anything, simply because we did not pay for Linux. It's also a very blind lie, as I have used Linux for eight years, and I have paid for alot of software and devices in that time. Game software, gaming systems, computer systems, fancy graphics cards, cell phones, ebook readers, music, movie rental subscriptions (hey Netflix, I'll renew my account when you support online streaming for Linux). Think of some of the reasons why Linux users use their OS--what kind of qualities stand out? The strongest I think is the willingness to support good software that supports its audience, usually sacrificing some of the luxuries that other more expensive alternatives are made to provide. Linux users, whether they are willing to pay for it or not, will support a product if it supports them. The moment Valve releases Linux support, the Linux community will show their support by buying the games that are worth buying. Personally, I have some purchased some games from Steam that I no longer play anymore (go figure). Since we are on the topic of user profiling, I could go further and make some claims (similar to yours, both insulting and damaging) about how the Linux user and hardcore gamer demographics match up. But I'll let you all think about that.

An example of such a search please? I'd like to test it.

If technology was better, you wouldn't have to fiddle with the remote (aka change channels during a lousy commercial)... ever heard of tivo? Also, internet television is changing what people expect from mainstream tv. More than likely, tv will change to mimic its new replacement.

If you used your remote as much as you technically 'use' your cell phone, I'm sure you'd have to charge it all the time. How many batteries are you nursing currently?

Others could possibly use their own cell phones for control as well. Personally, I've felt for a long time that our phones (our tiny personal devices or in TRON speak--our identity discs) will replace trivial devices like the remote control. I have also suspected that we'll all be carry our phones to use as a wireless 'game pad' controller. Going over to friends' houses and playing on their entertainment systems will be easy. Also, exchanging data (music, video, messages, contacts, internet bookmarks) will be done in this way too.

The idea of an alternate network raised by Google, although not a new idea, makes me wonder about the recent views Google has made public against the notion of the UN taking control of the Internet. Does that action effect the new Google network or is it rather Google just ironically saying they don't care?