Correct. That's why there are moves to change the law to make house purchases more attractive to foreigners.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203752604576641421449460968.html
Spend more that $500,000 and get a residnecy visa.

The newer SMB2 protocol in post Vista version of windows is much more efficient in network usage. Samba 3.6 now has SMB2 support, but the article doesn't say which (if any) of these devices support the newer protocol.

Maybe, maybe not. If people find it useful they will use it. Plenty used ActiveX back in the day and flash is nearly everywhere despite it's downsides. There are only two architectures that are important for web browsers right now, X86 and ARM. Native Client runs in the browser, it doesn't rely on OS support. If Firefox and Opera were to support it it would be available on a huge number of platforms, including iOS.

Typically a good design has an energy absorbing crumple zone around a rigid passenger compartment.

"... filled various body cavities in the Pinto with rigid urethane foam."
Without seeing the article it's not clear what they did, but urethane foam would also be an energy absorber when it is deformed. It is possible to create polyurethanes with vastly differing flexibility. When they are foamed, their properties are vastly different. Rigid polyurethane foam is the type that is used for insulation (in refrigerators for example) and flexible polyurethane foam, 'foam rubber' is the type that is used to cushion seating.

Morons
http://www.viola.org/

The AES instruction set referred to as security processing instructions in the summary will accelereate ssh.

Turboielectric warships were used in the earlier part of the 20th century. For example the first US aircraft carrier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Langley_(CV-1)

This is because of New Zealand's tax system.
http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/Page____12961.aspx
Once you subtract the excise diesel is more expensive