I mostly agree with this comment. You don't need a massive camera. Many wonderful well known photos have been taken with point and shoot cameras. What I don't agree with is point number 2... If your even simi-serious about taking photos you should learn the ins and outs of photography. Shutter speed, aperture, iso and framing the photo. It is not complex at all. While its true your not going to get an award winning photo every time 1 good picture out of 20-36 is piss poor... Take the time to set up your photo and be comfortable enough that you can manipulate your camera in a matter of seconds to get what your looking for. If your just guessing and pushing a button at random sure your only going to get 1:36 good photos. But you should shoot for 1:2-1:5 good Photos. As time goes on upgrade the camera. But its true, look for speed in the camera and settings. After you learn to shoot with manual settings and think in camera settings its difficult to go back.

I was thinking smoke signals but.... It might be difficult to light a fire when the wind is blowing. Good news is you could keep warm if its cold.

Not all dropped calls are created equally... Some areas are just not designed to get cell coverage. It almost makes me wonder if some one is needing to use 911 if they are often in that area. Also what is the ratio of dropped calls to calls made? 10,000 out of 10,000 would be an alarming rate but what about 10,000 out of 1,000,000. How many dropped calls are customer induced? This article tells us nothing...

You do not have to copy something verbatim for it to be copyright infringement... At best, this might fall under creating a derivative work? Another problem I see is for something to fall under copyright it must be "fixed in a tangible form of expression". This almost seems that each and every search must be saved. While I can see Google saving the search terms, I don't think they save the search results for each and search... The fact that: " Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation..." (http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#what), makes it even more difficult to believe that Google would have grounds for a copyright suit... A google search seems to be a non fixed "expression" of a system/method of operation (search algorithm). A given search today may return different results tomorrow.

No... Not all exploits deal with copyright material. The DMCA can only be used in cases involving copyright material. "the DMCA focuses largely on the facilitation of infringement through circumvention tools and services primarily designed or produced to circumvent an access or copy control. In other words, the DMCA represents a shift in focus from infringement to the tools of infringers." 17 U.S.C. 1201-1205 V.A.3. It is stated the purpose is "to prevent large-scale piracy of digital content over the Internet" However the DMCA does cover a lot of crap...: 1. it prohibits "circumvent[ing] a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this [copyright] title." 17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(1)(A) 2. it prohibits the manufacture of or trafficking in products or technology designed to circumvent a technological measure that controls access to a copyrighted work. 17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(2) 3. it prohibits the manufacture of or trafficking in products or technology designed to circumvent measures that protect a copyright owner's rights under the Copyright Act. 17 U.S.C. 1201(b). Also interesting to note: 1. circumvention of access controls, 17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(1) 2. trafficking in technology primarily designed to facilitate circumvention of access controls, 17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(2) An interesting fact is that it does not prevent "the act of circumventing copy controls", only the trafficking of tools that circumvent copy controls.

Well we know that thing can't get to much worse... What would they do? Improve the system?

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Heh... I would do it for next to nothing. Just buy me a ticket over the pond, give me a week in a nice hotel with food paid for then get me back home. Cant be more than a few thousand. And I could guarantee distruction too :-D