Agreed on +6 awesome. Thanks very much for your insightful explanation in plain words.

A 50MPH car isn't going any faster when put on a 100MPH highway.

A bit of information I found interesting: "Tentative EPA methodology results show 25 kilowatt hours/100 miles electrical efficiency in city cycle". Maybe miles per kW will become the "MPG" for electric cars?

Could you please point out some good resources to learn this kind of stuff? I'm considered the 'IT guy' among my friends and family, but when their machines get infected I don't know more than running anti-virus, and, last resort, reinstall Windows. I'd love to learn how to see if a machine is "clean" and, if necessary, how to clean it up. Thanks.

Don't know if it's still alive or not, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silkroad_Online is very much based on Chinese art style and mythology.

Though generally regarded as ineffective, but if enough people join the effort... http://www.petitiononline.com/LANSC2/petition.html

We need to have some sort of "hall of fame" for posts like these.

I just help a friend, who has 10+ years old TV and antenna, set up the converter, and her family was amazed by how clear (not to mention watchable) the TV has become. OTOH, My family has one of those big antenna you stick in the attic, so reception wasn't much of an improvement for me, but the programming guide was a welcomed new feature. So, so far, the DTV transition has been a good experience.

17" CRT monitor here using 1024 x 768--anything bigger makes text hard to read. I most quite a bit of time making stuff fit on screen.