...and I don't think processing power wasn't a problem, at all.

Where does it say that citing sources is required for credibility on internet fora?

This is such small potatoes. Russian olicharchs are paying millions to mostly American law firms to scourge the internet and write cease and dissist letters to any sites hosting negative articles about themselves and their allies.
Really, a single pianist is *not* the issue here.

Yes, I too believe I can make a better estimation of the value of Mojang in 3 seconds than an entire specialized Microsoft department over the course of a few months.

Why in a year or two, and not a decade? What you suggest sounds like the technology push of TV manufacturers with their 3D, curved screens, 4k resolution TVs that nobody seems to be waiting for.
Maybe we've arrived at a situation where the technology to do anything you could reasonably want is simply here, and gaming is going back to providing a unique experience and captivating story lines.

Would you go to a tourist place where your internet that you intend to use to keep in touch with home sucks? Maybe you will, but how many like you?

I know the statistics, but I also know the apps out there. And I can say that even most of the 5 star apps just simply suck; they do one or two just wrong or not at all.

My motto is going to be "We did it just right", and I believe achieving that to be a seriously underappreciated and especially in IT underdeveloped skill. I like my chances.

...a fanboi talking.

What use is a above-average brain if the person lacks the social skills to apply their intelligence? No, they are not single-handedly going to invent the cure for cancer.

On the other hand, the NFL star leads by example, unites us in support for our team and might very well have a much larger beneficial effect on society than the nerd in the back of the class room could hope to have.

Of course, this idea, that intelligence is not as important as some might want it to be, might be lost on a forum that ironically calls itself 'news for nerds, stuff that matters'.

Would be interesting to calculate how much Wikipedia will save because of the delayed purchase of storage, and the slightly less bandwidth use.

No, it just makes you a not so smart person if you think that. Government doesn't have to research accusations against high-profile people; society will do that for them, including trial and sentence.

How far away are we from gaining a critical mass of website who don't necessarily need flash anymore, with the arrival of HTML 5? How long before the scale tips?

Just imagine the kind of management this would attract, if employers face the choice between being abused and deportation.

Please, do tell us how the region of Detroit is going to attract money, thereby lifting the longterm level of wealth, when your plan is to just poor some money into it for a couple of year. Detroit got poor because they were no longer attracting money via the car industry. Tell us how your plan deals with the source of the problems, not the symptoms of their results.

Fallace of composition, look it up. Just because they are also glasses, does not mean they are only glasses.