Might take away some of the risks others have already mentioned...

For the simple reason that most people will realize much quicker that their phone is gone.

I also belief some mobile apps exists to store password - not too sure how "secure" they are though.

I suppose they will have some kind of near earth orbit satellite that act as a gateway and it will have firewalls, IDS etc. to offer some protection for the obvious attacks. So the network traffic from this point onward to mars (and beyond) should be largely legit. Then again - I DoS myself sometimes with "legit" traffic in some crazy experiment :-)

Perhaps, but they still need to rip the stuff here on earth, right?

copyright violations... What special privilege do they get from the RIAA etc. I want it too!

...will it my $TERM faster?

Most people I know take their mobile phone with them when they leave their desks, so why not use a Bluetooth app (like this one) to lock the screen once your phone is out of range.

Are you nuts!? 10 degrees Celsius is damn cold. It's even below our average winter temps in South Africa and I look like an Eskimo in Winter!

...it must have happened shortly after the monolith appeared :-)

For those who don't know about Seacom yet, look here for a quick intro video.

This is however still no silver bullet, as the local Telkom exchanges (where our 4MB lines plug in) can not yet handle higher speeds. Apparently they tested 8MB ADSL earlier and found some issues (I'm too lazy to goole it now...)

<super_shield>If you're of the Christian faith, then mortality is already a done deal :-)</super_shield>

Missing option: I'm a lesbian trapped in a mans body