Eh, all 120HZ monitors are TN displays, and by now I'm kinda spoiled by MVA and IPS...

Some old P90s that I worked on had an Award or American Megatrends BIOS, which had a graphical (640x480x16) environment and supported a PS/2 mouse. I like UEFI, especially for the ability to boot external software directly (such as bios updaters or OS installers), but the bells and whistles could be done in BIOS, at least to a certain extent.

Depends whether the FPS in question is Quake or not.

... when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

Yes, WP7 AND WinMobile at 20%... including 0.5% WP7 and 19.5% WinMobile.

there is no way a @#$ robot can judge what to do about oncoming accidents, like a pedestrian, a deer, a squirrel, a semi jackknifing(...)

The same holds true for many people. And robots probably have a much easier time driving and talking on their cellphones.

I'm hoping for a price drop on Sandy Bridge processors during this time, since there'll be no boards to put them in...

That may be true, but to be honest, I'll take a deep and buggy game over any polished, yet shallow turd any day.

When will we get the fun song-and-dance explanation of the technology, just like we did when perpendicular recording was coming out?

I pity you FPS addicts who will never know the pleasure of weaving your on-screen character through an intricate ballet of running, jumping, dancing, and attacking
...you know, like in Quake 3.

The pictures of these houses are making me hungry. Mmm, tasty flesh.

For example you still cant download Assassins Creed II and it has been out for almost an month already.

On the other hand, C&C4 is already cracked and readily available.

if for no other reason then because US imposes on me a culture different from my own, while in USSR I at very least had the luxury of having my native culture being forced on myself

Isn't every country like that? There is a set of dominating values in every region, and a certain level of conformance to these levels is always expected. The question whether they are "native" and "non-native" is a secondary matter, as native values may not correspond with your point of view and can be more "binding" that those of another country. The only difference is that one tends to be more accustomed to their native values, and thus more forgiving in their evaluation, which is often clouded by nostalgia.

That said, as a citizen of a former Eastern Bloc country, I wouldn't choose neither my home country nor the US as my ideal place to live.

A carrier blocking any phone that is not sim-locked and is technologically compatible with the cellular network? Is that even legal? This sounds preposterous, but I live in Europe...