Everything you really need to know about Tesla vs Edison:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gOR91oentQ

Oh, fuck off. Maybe it's NICE for grandparents to be able to talk to their kids, even though they live thousands of miles away. I've started skypeing with my mother-in-law (who lives on the other side of the Atlantic), and it's great that she can coo over her new grandchild. It wouldn't be emotionally scarring if she didn't, but it's great that she can.

They make you sound CRAZY

I also have some multi-bon joy joys!

Not true - when Battle.net is down you can still play, you just don't get any awards / medals / unlockable things.

Luxury. We used to dream of living on a rusty chainlink fence.

How about the VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas): http://www.vsointernational.org/ For a while I was thinking about apply to work in Nepal as a computing instructor / network guy

This is a valid answer to a dumb question, why is it (and not the GP) marked as a troll?

"Beards and Suspenders"

A phrase guaranteed to make any Brit shudder.

A story about the UK, and I have scroll halfway down the page to find a reference to Orwell?

Come on Slashdot, you can do better than that!