I've actually found a mantra which is quite useful for this exact purpose. Whenever I'm talking/thinking and I'm about to say/think "I'm right", I automatically replace it with the more elaborate construction "I dare hope that I'm right" and then mentally append a list of reasons why I think that's the case (to be revised according to further information).
Helps me remain critical yet non-judgmental. YMMV, but I dare hope it works :)

Talking about this - anyone know of a good current/next-gen phone with such a forward facing camera? I was looking for an open internet tablet/smartphone, which I planned to use solely with wifi (no plan with a carrier at all). Having a camera so I can videochat in google voice (or any other videoconferencing program) would be a definite plus but I haven't seen one in any android or maemo phone...

Yep, but I don't think the russians had any.
Or else, they somehow feel the need to remind the U.S. that they still got them?

Except if the goals of these police corporations are virtually indistinguishable from the wishes of the state that lets them thrive. The resulting intimate meshing of corporations and government is then called fascism.

Hmm... and load the really big yacht in the really big interior pool of an international cruise ship?

Not anymore.

There is no difference in a perfect emulation and the original. Unless the brain is actually the most efficient computing machine theoritically possible (which it is not) then we will eventually be able to beat its efficiency.

Information theory disagrees. Any turing-complete machine can eventually run an emulation of the human mind, and with enough processing power do it at real-time or faster speeds.

But who are you to tell other people which drugs they should have a legitimate right to contain in their bodies? If it is a clear-headed decision for their own benefit, you shouldn't be allowed to deny them the right.

I, for one, welcome our eternal, digitally reproduced robot overlords.

I, for one, do not welcome our automated tomato-growing overlords.
The next step is growing humans, and harvesting them for power!
Someone has to stop this!

You might have a point. But the ISPs are really exagerating.
Most caps are easily met in one or two days of full download at the speed specified.
It might be a viable strategy to oversell, but ISPs shouldn't be allowed to expect overselling by as much as 15-30x. They should invest in their infrastructure, not squeeze the customers dry all the while compromising the development of the same service they are trying to sell.
Obviously, most ISPs have no long term view of the internet, at all.

You are trying to disrupt the discussion with your apparently fake definition. That, or you only quoted the part which suited you.

From Merriam-Websters:
Censorship:
1 a: the institution, system, or practice of censoring b: the actions or practices of censors ; especially : censorial control exercised repressively
Censoring:
  to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable ; also : to suppress or delete as objectionable

Note the usage of the word suppress. Even if they did not delete it it still constitutes censorship since they are deliberately trying to diminish the availability of the material.
Also note that it isn't only Merriam-Websters that agrees with this definition.

From wikipedia:
Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful or sensitive, as determined by a censor.

Not to mention that people sharing upwards of 2:1 ratio are very rare... Assumming an (approximate) zero sum system such as bittorent, the average user shares exactly 1 copy of the content he downloaded, not 100.