I don't think you really are allowed to sign away rights. There's a reason we don't see indentured servitude anymore.

I definitely use my PS3 to stream Netflix more than I play games on it. Although, that is only the case because I built my own gaming PC last year. If I didn't have my gaming PC I'd definitely be playing my PS3 a lot more.

I love Netflix. It's my only source of Television now. If Verizon buys Netflix I will be totally screwed.

Not to mention I bet if they buy Netflix the mobile app will be pulled from the market and merged with their "Verizon TV" crap, so anyone not on Verizon will not be able to watch Netflix on their phone anymore.

My browser tells me which looks are 'good' links and which are 'bad.'

http://www.mywot.com/

For those complaining that this is just a way to get cheap advertisement... Who cares?

Would you rather a company get their advertisement by helping kids go to college or by paying some huge advertisement firm?

Does their motives really matter in this case? I'd much rather the get their advertisement by helping people than paying for ads.

I bought a Nexus S for the sole intention that I didn't want to bother with rooting my phone and whatnot, but I still wanted to get the Android updates right away.

I'm somewhat disappointed that CM9 will beat Google to updating my phone. I wouldn't mind rooting my phone to put ICS on it, but I'd rather not have to re-install everything. It seems you have to be rooted to make a full backup, and I need to make a backup before I root, so I'm pretty much stuck on stock.

If CM has the update before the Nexus phones do, then what is the point of buying a nexus phone? I might as well get whatever phone has the nicest hardware and just put CM on it if I can't rely on the updates being quicker from Google than CM.

Every single story I've read so far about malware on Android was people either installing apps off the internet or through a third-party app store. How is Google not doing a good job removing harmful apps from the market?

Whether or not freedom of speech covers the internet is up to the courts to decide, not congress. And since they've already determined that writing is a form of speech I don't see how writing "on the internet" would be any different.

You're missing the point, the flash drive is the gift. The pre-loaded software is just a bonus.

I have a piece of graphite in my knee still from where I got stabbed with a pencil!

In all seriousness though, I remember a student that got kicked from my High School and had to go to the "bad kids" school. Apparently (not sure if this is true or not) he had to do his work in crayon because he tried to stab one of the teachers with a pen/pencil.

Oops. Android 2.3.7 to be correct, not android 2.4.

Well Android 2.4 actually has a battery meter that tells you exactly what is using up the battery. Most of the time
I'm just reading various articles offline, but that doesn't really matter because (unless I'm mistaken) the battery monitor on Android seperates out the battery usage by Wifi, cell radios, ect.

The 60-70% I'm talking about is specifically from the "display" section in the battery monitor, which I assume only includes battery directly used by the screen.

My second biggest battery offender is usually voice calls, as talking even 30 minutes on the phone seems to suck up quite a bit of juice.

Typically I don't make calls that often, so my battery breakdown at the end of the day is usually something like:
Display - 60%
Pandora - 8%
Cell Standby - 5%
Android OS - 4%
Wifi - 4%
Android System - 3%
Random apps/games - remaining 16%

It's possible that Android's battery monitor isn't really all that accurate, but that's what I get based on the data from it.

I have my phone screen on for about 2-3 hours per day due to bus rides. According to my the Android battery tracking thing my display uses up around 60-70% of my battery for the day, and this is on a Nexus S with the AMOLED screen that is supposed to use less battery than an LCD screen due to not having to light up the black pixels.

The screen really is huge when it comes to battery consumption.

Considering the vast majority of people are perfectly happy with 1920x1080 on a 50" screen, I doubt people will really care much if their 10" screen is any higher than that.

The BIGGEST complaint/problem with smartphones today is the lower battery life. If I could choose between doubling the resolution on my phone and doubling the battery life, I would choose the battery life in a heartbeat.

I agree. I've never understood people that feel the "need" to do some work.

Work is to get money. Money is to pay for things you want. If you just work for the sake of work and don't spend any of the money on things you want, what's the point?

These people that keep their janitorial jobs after winning the lottery are beyond me. If I was an instant billionaire I wouldn't work another day in my life. I might do things that are "productive" such as writing some code, playing guitar, educating myself; but not because I feel a need to be productive, but rather because I enjoy these activities.

Work is just a means to an end. All work and no play is stupid.