Micro Center will straight up match Newegg prices. Last week, I got a $229 ASUS Wi-Fi router for $179, and Newegg didn't even have it in stock. I used to work there, and the owner has a very distinct philosophy. They don't (or at least they didn't) take on investors, and they pay for their expansion up front rather than borrowing for it and paying interest on loans. It's much slower growth that way, but they can keep their prices lower without having to constantly impress their investors and driving up their profits. From what I gather from former co-workers that I keep in touch with, they are doing fine financially. I didn't care for working there, but as an IT professional who's constantly in need of same-day parts, I thank the maker that I have one ten minutes drive from me.

I'm pretty sure most of that was English, but you lost me pretty early on there...

How do you define losing? The three best selling phones in Q4 among all carriers were: iPhone 4s, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, in that order. More than half of all phones sold by Verizon in Q4 were iPhones, and they're currently the largest carrier. It would be safe to assume that the numbers would be at least similar with AT&T and Sprint, although they have not published their numbers.

If that's your version of "losing in the smart phone market" then how would you define winning?

If I were to physically deprive an artist of his or her only copy of his or her intellectual property, then we'd be making an apt comparison. As it is, it seems like you're just trolling for the **AA. In the Megaupload case, I would guess that with the amount of data taken down, at least one person, probably thousands, have been deprived of their only copy of data, which is real property. If I download a copy of Michael Jackson's Thriller album from LimeWire, I'm not depriving anyone of anything.

I'm not defending copyright infringement here, I'm just pointing out your terrible logic.

Hahaha.... I'll just set up my network on 172.16.1.x. Muahahahahaha!!

The major difference here is that Stuxnet was a piece of software (allegedly) designed to cause specific hardware failure. They didn't have access to the hardware in question, and it was on a non-Windows system, connected to Windows systems by serial cables. Once it was in the system in question, it wasn't trying to phone home, just disrupt the centrifuge timing enough to destroy it and make it look like an accident. Quite impressive and pretty difficult. On the other hand, the Chinese are manufacturing all of the hardware used in our cell phones. They don't have to worry about secretly installing code on anything. They can just change the chip design in the fab and put whatever they want in there, in addition to what the client ordered. A small hardware daemon that could intercept keystrokes and send them, encrypted, to a series of proxy servers would be nearly impossible to differentiate from legitimate SSL traffic.

Don't forget that these factories could conceivably have the full support of the Chinese government in their actions. That's a lot of resources that could be brought to bear on a relatively simple problem.

What makes you think that his personal feelings on the matter would in anyway affect his political support for it?

Salt is bad for you. The government should outlaw salt because it increases healthcare premiums. And alcohol. And ice cream sandwiches. And swearing. You can see where I'm going with this...

You, sir, are correct. My apologies to Qzukk.

Why would you choose not to ride with an unobtrusive safety device that is statistically proven to increase your odds of surviving a crash by an order of magnitude? I mean, I wholeheartedly agree with the premise that it's none of the government's business whether or not you choose to wear a seatbelt, but honestly, logic and sense should compel you to wear one.