Might not the recent price increase be an indication that Hastings knows full well that the studios are determined to get more money out of streaming? Megan McArdle recently wrote an interesting piece about this very topic. Faced with choosing among only bad alternatives, it's no surprise that Netflix picked a bad one.

Wasn't that Mutt Lange's count-in on a Def Leppard song?

“The awful thing about life is this: Everyone has his reasons.”
Jean Renoir

No, but they weigh the same as a duck.

Actually, RAID 1 (mirroring) would cut the usable space in half; RAID 0 (striping) would keep it at 135TB.

"write off" -- I do not think this means what you think it means. It's still an expense, which may or may not be partially offset by a reduction in tax. Partially, unless you're in the mythical 100% tax bracket.

I'd have gone with "Do addicts dream of meth-addled sheep?"