...focuses on spoilers regarding a movie about space.

I think I have psychogenic illness now!!!

Yet you used a completely new product from before the release, if I understand correctly from the release date of the Stratosphere 2 (Nov 2012).

For both video games and phones and indeed any complicated piece of hardware one must wait. This is a hard learned lesson for me as well. I played Skyrim without bugs... six months after it was released. I've skipped other games and phones entirely. Markets are not instant feedback devices that make every product perfect, they are feedback devices that tell us which products are best.

There are some problems that markets can't fix... monopoly, regulatory capture, etc... Buying complicated technology without waiting for early adopters to pay the break-in price is another one of them.

If Obama woke up tomorrow and ordered that all Tea Party members be arrested, I would expect our military to essentially remove him from office - in the immediate case by ignoring him, and in the longer case by Congress impeaching him and removing him from office - which would still require the cooperation of the military (they'd have to decide to listen to Congress and not the President.)

This is what Abraham Lincoln did and he is considered a hero.

Piracy is not used game sales. People understand the difference, which is why so many more are outraged at losing the latter.

1) The recession ended in 2009.
2) Consoles are far simpler to setup and use, and will look nicer than nearly any build.
3) There are unique functions to each of the input devices on these consoles.
4) There are unique sharing/community functions that will operate across every game on the platform.

PCs do have their advantages (upgradeable power/mods), but consoles also have theirs. Pretending they don't is fanboi-ism.

You can, but by definition if everyone does as you then you will not have any games in the used/bargain bin five years from now for any system or even the PC.

Keep your mouth shut. I wait because the first round of buyers are beta testers nowadays, but I don't blab about it. Oh crap!

, so your comments about making sure that chords are protected is spot on. I've found E, A, and B are good power chords, but they only heat up if you use a wah-wah pedal.

Problem with that is we generally rely on our government not dying...

If quality is such a concern, they can always seed it themselves.

Exactly. No more than they would do so to watch TV.

With PC sales plunging 20% and Windows 8 considered a failure, I don't think PC is where the money is headed. Valve itself is making a set-top box because they see the writing on the wall.

If you're looking at sexual and social selection characteristics, the peacock is an example that I do not find compelling as a direction for our species.

Wear it all day long.

Your post also shows that most Americans have no understanding of anecdotal evidence.