Because as we all know, pissing off Americans has no consequences /s. No one cares what Burma thinks, but regardless of what you think the United States is still a SuperPower. Sarah Palin is already calling for the death of Assange, and unfortunately she has a lot of influence, although I doubt it will go that far.

But you're right, the Americans are nothing compared to when Assange goes after the banks.

China, North Korea, Iran, Russia. Not really enemies per se, but many Americans consider them so.

What they should've done is hold these documents until they found some great dirt on America's enemies. Release a bunch of that then wait a bit and release America's dirt. That way they're perceived more as an "annoying freer of information" rather than "America hating terrorist organization". And once wikileaks is perceived within America as just that, it won't really matter what they release, because they will be seen by many as the enemy.

Another major problem is the gossiping and editorialization, but as we can see from Fox News, that method appears to work very well.

They did if you believe the Q-source hypothesis.

Support for the notion that PC gaming is dying: Civilization V, Spore, Supreme Commander 2, Dragon Age 2 (maybe). All dumbed-down versions of their predecessors. The current selection of PC games at retail stores. The trend of UI for PC games. Mandatory online DRM for single player games. Lack of innovation in the past decade/consolidation of genres. Games run like shit even on modern PCs. "Ship now, patch later". Shift towards netbooks/phones/tablets.

Support against the notion that PC gaming is dying: Steam holiday sales (AAA titles for poverty prices), wide-berth of indie games, probably more AAA titles released per year now more than ever, digital downloads, nearly the entire back catalog of PC games available to play (GOG) on modern hardware. Integrated graphics are good enough to play games from several years ago on minimal settings.

Regardless of where you stand on the issue, one thing is for certain: PC gaming is definitely not like it used to be.

Coyotes are pretty harmless (cue anecdotal baby eating story...), you have a higher chance of being bitten by a feral cat or rabid squirrel.

It still makes it a hassle to get to the one useful feature: options. I use extensions to replace the menu bar with a button.

Unlike the curmudgeons here I believe firefox has the worst UI of the popular browsers, and the mock-ups look like a nice improvement, even if it seems ripped from Opera. Surely you all have learned the keyboard commands for the common menu functions that are pretty much universal for every app? I say good riddance to the days of the menu bar, there is a reason nearly EVERYONE is abandoning it.

http://duckduckgo.com/privacy.html
They don't keep search logs. I am not connected in any way other than occasionally using it.

They used to have political engineers, I believe one earned the title Angel of Death. But I do get your point.

In the olden days doctors didn't know what you have so they just gave you antibiotics. That isn't too different from today, and it probably won't be much different in the future (identify and eliminate are separate problems), unless we figure out a way of eliminating common viruses, and even then we will probably have a new enemy, such as prions. Also, IMO, the majority of health concerns today in the western world are from lifestyle choices. It is hard to come up with a pill for fat and lazy, although we try.

Is the upgrade to Onenote alone worth it? It is probably my favorite application. I just wish firefox had the equivalent plugin that keeps formatting.

Flash on windows might be better but it isn't exactly rosy. Flash is often an instant way to make my otherwise blazing fast (to me) core2duo feel like a 800mhz pentium.

Actually it appears to me cross platforming is easier than ever. The 360 and PC versions can be nearly identical (the PC version will run like shit but gamers don't care). The PS3 version does probably need a good 2nd team for development but the Wii version can be offshored because they don't really care about quality. Today I see more crossplatform games than ever, even MAC is gaining steam.

Please provide these statistics.