Yeah, why not? As long as all persons involved consent to it, what gives you the right to forbid it? Just because it doesn't fit your moral or religious views?

As far as I know, they do... except if your phone is an AT&T "exclusive" device. Which means the Iphone owners are out of luck.

NAT punching techniques used by Skype are not new, and certainly not invented by them. Voip providers back in the first internet bubble used them and i believe there are even some related patents filled in the '95-00 timeframe. Skype certainly improved on them and broght on the p2p aspect, instead of using one centralized coordination point. Apparently, they're still too centralized though, as this outage has demonstrated.

Both my current and my previous employers used to do this. Vacation, personal days, sick days are all lumped together into Paid Time Off. It is nice, as long as you have enough of it. With my previous employer I used to have 23 PTO days / year, not including holidays. Ah, the joys of working for a company with European roots :)

Replying to my own post: I just noticed that 1900Mhz is not supported by Nexus S, so no 3G service on At&T. Sorry.

At&T uses HSPA at 1900Mhz in high density areas and 850Mhz in more rural areas, so you might be able to get some 3G service in cities. Europe is mostly 2100 with 900 installations occurring in a few places.

Your argument is fallacious. Online stores do not compete with restaurants. Your minor retailer pays sales taxes in the state they're in, but can ship to 49 other states tax free. They have the same rights and obligations as the online retailer, which do collect sales taxes in the states in which they are located.

Talking about 10x or 20x is irrelevant. Ten times what? A 200-400mm lens is technically only 2x, but it goes further than any point and shoot camera. Most point and shoot cameras start at around 20-30mm and go to about 100-200mm focal distance, since that's the range most people want.

As a Romanian, I can tell you that I couldn't care less who was behind it, the guy got what he deserved.

Only for voice. 3G data is not included in the roaming agreement

True, but that is only part of the reason. What hurts more is a poor regulatory environment that makes it prohibitive for parties outside established telecom carriers to enter the market. To give you an example, my father, who is a resident of Bucharest, Romania, started out in 2005 with a 4mbps/512kbps connection for about $20. He now pays about $9/mo for 50/50mbps and has a choice of about 3-4 other providers to go to, if need be. My choices here are between decent cable and pitiful DSL. There's an argument floating around that claims suburban sprawls cannot be wired as efficiently as a big city, but in that case, why do we have the same situation in places like NYC? They're dense, they're affluent so, by all accounts, should be enjoying blazing speeds for a pittance, but that's not the case.

$12/mo for 100Mbps full duplex fiber, uncapped worldwide
Bucharest, Romania, Eastern Europe

Actually it's my dad's connection, and he has the 50mbps package for $9/mo. 100mbps is available, but he says 50 it's more than enough for his needs.
Meanwhile, I pay $60/mo for 30/5 mbps here in the good ole US of A, the birthplace of the Internet.

Problem is you cannot find a full price, unlocked, contract-free phone that works on the US 3G frequency bands. Since they're different that EU bands, international versions of handsets will only work partially in the US (Edge only), and the ones that are designed specifically for the US are sold only through the carriers. There are exceptions, like Nexus One and Nokia N900, but that's about it. Although I hear that you can buy unlocked Iphones in Canada that will work on 850/1900 Mhz

Remove all the legal limitations to embryonic stem cell research and then we can compare results on an equal footing.

Sprint's own network is pretty spotty and their roaming agreement with Verizon doesn't extend to EVDO data. Fine for voice, but kind of crappy for a data oriented smartphone.

The Galaxy S is another unknown entity. The specs I've seen claim UMTS 3G in the 900/1900/2100 bands, which is great for Europe but a poor fit for either AT&T and T-Mobile in the US (850 and 1700 respectively). I suspect the US version will be modified to work on the appropriate frequencies, but it remain to be seen. Also, Samsung has a reputation for not providing software updates once the phone is sold.