You know, the Mormon Fundie types that marry 14 year olds and such...

I agree! If we are going to make an effort to reduce racism and prejudice, we should start by not letting it have a place in our government. If the punishment for murder is worse for the hate crime, why not just make it worse for everyone else as well?

Killing a dude because he's gay or is in an interracial relationship is just as bad as killing a dude because he likes the Dallas Cowboys as far as I'm concerned. They are both equally despicable acts, and sexual preference is and I think should be treated the same way as preference for any other thing. It's not important and should not be.

MS has their own faults as well, but yes, credit where it's due.

Other than possibly IE (which has gotten better) I can't think of much to complain about MS doing lately. Possibly because I've been doing Apple development heh... I can think of some things Apple does which piss me off a bit - device limits in iTunes, their provisioning scheme, xCode not being very snappy... but you're right, I can't really say Apple is the old MS...

The base non-student version of their software costs 1299.

I do not want to hear ANY complaints about money from them with that kind of audacity.

Quite possible/probable, but I welcome the cheap shot just because I hate bandwidth caps in general. If Comcast got rid of theirs maybe others would follow suit.

They should invest more in infrastructure instead. If their servers or hardware or whatever is getting so clogged up by this traffic, it's a sign they are doing well and need to upgrade. If all the ISPs follow comcast's lead, our bandwidths are only going to decrease...

Sony/DRM/rootkit issues aside, this is a story of bandwidth caps directly killing new services/innovation.

I think they maybe need to outlaw these kind of bandwidth caps, they do nothing but harm...

Maybe ...Unless the guy they fired was in charge of sending out dismissals. This was his final (possibly intentional) mistake. :D

How about internet providers actually invest some more in infrastructure if they are having bandwidth problems? Faster Internet is the reason it's so common today. If we were all still using 2400 baud modems, the internet would not be so widespread as it is today by a longshot. It's the reason we have tons of video flying around the internet, and all the amazing other uses (skype, games, etc.)

Congress should seriously consider passing a law that forbids bandwidth capping. If I have a 5mbps connection I expect to be able to use it as such non-stop. Bandwidth capping just stifles innovation...

Yeah, voluntarily is fine. I just don't care for them shutting off my laundry or perhaps my computer involuntarily.

If the smart meter does what they plan with it (IE: shutting down things I'm using) I will be looking for a hack as well.