That depends on how fast your upload speed is.

You don't need to deal with hypotheticals.

California implemented an all-inclusive trans-fat ban in all restaurants starting in January 2011. It replaced an earlier partial ban dating back three years earlier. And, yes, we still have cookies, doughnuts, etc...

It turns out, animal fat works great for these things. What do you think people used before Crisco started marketing trans fat 100 years ago?

We've heard from David Cameron that Snowden's leak "damaged national security."

Cameron made veiled threats suggesting he could take the media to court over publishing the leaks.

Government enforcers employed heavy-handed tactics to intercept, detain and threaten those even tangentially connected to the leaks.

Many were forced to destroy technical equipment in a quixotic quest to purge the unpurgeable.

Now, all of that failed. Predictably, this is the kind of horse shit they've resorted to slinging.

As it is now, you have time zones. Those are just as confusing as local time customs with universal time.

In fact, just keep calling them time zones.

Pacific Standard Time would just mean the zone where shops close at 1:00. People would adapt within a month.

Exactly this.

Even the new Kindle Paperwhite is meant to be used with a backlight, increasing the likelihood of headaches and eyestrain.

Unfortunately, this is one of those cases where people just aren't informed enough as an aggregate to realize the advantages of non-backlit e-ink for reading.

The market demands tablets with outlandishly bright backlights, and companies provide them.

You're ten years too late.

Whatever could possibly go wrong is already definitely going wrong.

The rest of the world is barely surprised, and everyday Americans aren't educated enough to be outraged.

The recent Pew poll indicating a majority of Americans are okay with warrantless data aggregation is merely a sign of the times to come.

The supposed blowback from this revelation is barely a collective sigh, and front-page news-coverage already moved on to supposed chemical weapons in Syria and Iran's presidential election.

In other words, we're pretty much fucked.

I buy pre-paid PSN cards, no credit card info required.

I don't trust Sony on any issue except occasionally coming out with pretty good games. That level of trust tends to work out well.

That being said, remember when Microsft came out with a console prone to widespread hardware failure? Remember incessantly sending those consoles in for repairs and/or purchasing new ones as they failed? Yeah, I remember it too.

I'm either on my 4th or 5th 360, I lost track after the third repair or so. My PS3 running launch hardware is still going strong....

In short, while I'm not a fan of either Microsoft or Sony, there are a lot of reasons why I'll be choosing Sony and giving the big middle-finger to MS this time around.

Law abiding citizens have N.

N = e(N)suring servility despite a widening gap between the affluent and the poor via unyielding government oversight into every aspect of the life of every individual

I don't disagree with the sentiment that people who are intoxicated should get the fuck off the road. There are other distractions drivers have to worry about, but drinking and driving is unnecessarily lowering your awareness, negatively impacting your response time and making your large heavy vehicle a hazard to everyone else.

At the same time, a 0 limit means you'd pretty much have to avoid all substances with trace amounts of alcohol, which would be difficult from a practical standpoint. Start looking at how many brands of mouthwash and similar products contain alcohol, and you'll see what I mean.

Clearly, people see value in communicating with friends/family in a casual environment. I understand that.

The issue for me is, to use the TV example, my TV doesn't compromise the privacy of my neighbors and acquaintances, Facebook does. I'm not on Facebook because the potential value there is outweighed by my privacy concerns with the service.

Unfortunately, my friends and family *are* on Facebook. This means, as family members share private photographs of me and talk about me on Facebook, my privacy is compromised even though I never agreed to it. This is the real issue here.

I don't know, but I can say with certainty that you're the best comedian in this thread.

My vote will shift, however, as soon as someone inevitably compares DRM to Hitler and/or raping children.

Not to nit-pick, but you may come off as slightly dismissive in that e-mail.

Did you consider the cost and manpower it would take to port those games to Mac/Linux? Did you take into account the infrastructure, cost and services necessary if Humble Bundle provided direct downloads for all of those games? Did you include in your estimations the fact that THQ is on the verge of bankruptcy? What do you consider an indie developer, because you don't really make that clear, either.

Why are you against Steam as a form of DRM? Being against DRM is fine, but you should have a well-reasoned explanation if you don't want to give the impression of being a bit single-minded.

I feel you address your personal concerns and sense of effrontery very well, but you don't express your understanding of how their business works to an extent that would make your voice more likely to be heard. Just my two cents, best wishes and I hope you get a thorough response from the HB people.

Exactly. If this helps save THQ, it helps maintain the diversity of the marketplace, similar to how helping indie developers find success makes it possible to enjoy games we'd never experience otherwise.

Personally, I like the Saints Row series and wouldn't want someone like EA buying THQ and taking it over. This bundle is a great deal and money well-spent IMO.

No, but they did steal the emphasis on fun. Just like GTA, there are no boring missions where you drive your cousin across town to go bowling or play darts together.

Oh wait.