Completely irrational, but after having a Windows Mobile phone, I don't want a Windows Phone. I just can't stand the thought of going back to Microsoft for my phone.

With enough money, you could just buy HBO completely! That'd solve the problem!

I do to debug code sometimes

I got a few:

• Linux x86/64
• Linux PPC
• zLinux
• Windows 7
• Android
• AIX
• z/OS
• Arduino?

I say Arduino as I write lots of code for my Arduino. While it doesn't have a big name OS, I think it's relevant. I didn't bother to include anything else 'embedded'.

I actually have used Technic Pack, I just don't have time to play anymore, so sometimes I'll work and have a video open in the background.

I watch the posters videos, they're pretty cool. If you're into minecraft, especially the mods, check him out. That being said, I'm pretty excited for this. I'm looking forward to seeing people's creations from this.

It better have one for do-whiles, I always feel like I've made a great accomplishment when I use one. It makes a day a little less sucky.

Of course not, the terrorists aren't dumb enough to do something that they KNOW will get themselves caught.

Sure, but if we didn't have scanners and it was fairly trivial to get through security, they number would skyrocket. That's like saying 'we have this drug that virtually eliminates cancer, but rarely people will die from it". The overall net effect is that more lives will be saved than lost, just it's unfortunate that they can't all be saved. At least if you die from cancer you get to say goodbye to your family.

The US requires fingerprints depending on your nationality, I think if you're *NOT* North American, but I could be wrong.

I don't generally hit the 30Mbps, except when I'm downloading doing Gentoo updates. It's really nice to have, but I don't really use it to it's full potential right now.

Problem is that will push the cost of shipping up extremely high, rising the price of products (massive inflation), people will demand greater wages to afford things like bread. I'm really sceptical as to whether that would actually work in the long term. I think forcing people to become more energy efficient is a much better solution because it actually fixes the direct problem, rather than trying to outsmart people and working around it.

How is 10Mbps plenty? 10Mbps internet connections are becoming more common, I currently pay for 15 but average about 30Mbps. That's only going to keep increasing.

But that's off topic. 10Mbps was infact really fast, and yes most likely over-specced. 1Gbps is really nice, there's not much need for anything faster to the end machine right now, at least not in the home or small business area. My switch is 1Gbps but has 10Gbps switching fabic, it seems completely sufficient for anything I need now and going forward for at least 4 years.

I don't plug my computer directly into the wall because I have more than two things to plug in. I use a surge protector because I want to protect my computer and data (the most important) from surges. My TV is also on a surge protector, however I would care less if that got fried (it's just a tv). I certainly don't do any of the power filtering on either.

Unless you used that energy to recharge some capacitors or batteries or something useful. Even if that power went into the electrical system directly there'd be less of a demand on the engine and thusly use less fuel.