I can't actually view the page at work but I believe this should address your claim that

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/59050
For those too lazy to click the link, or limited net access like me, Sony are planning on releasing a tool that will let you copy your UMD disks to the new PSP Go.

I second this, I'm in the UK where Fosters is massive (due to its cheapness) and it's nowt but piss water.

I'd have thought syphoning (sp?) petrol would be more of an issue than car battery theft would be simply due to the awquardness in location (if underneath the car), size and weight. I can't imagine they'd be very easy to remove and run off with.

Gumtree is our equivalent. I just found a place to live on there last week.

You're right, but for me that's down to the fact that the batteries are rediculously expensive I'd rather put up with the low charge or just save up and buy a whole new laptop.

And on the Home page I get this:

If it suddenly completely legal to download films and music and the artists/producers are getting their money through my tax, what incentive is there for me to go out and buy the CD/DVD/Mp3 from a brick shop or even from a digital content delivery site like iTunes?
Something tells me that these companys would have even bigger influence than our UK's MPIAA/RIAA (BMI?) in lobbying to get such legislation passed once it becomes apparent that *their* business model is under threat.
In the future I may welcome this, however at the moment, I do not think there's any way the money could be divided fairly between artists and considering the state of our economy at the moment, that's just too many lost jobs for the government to create.

Just enough time to toss Tom Cruise in!

If the VCR breaks and you throw the whole thing out then you're an idiot. Whats stopping you from buying an extra external VCR? Similarly here, you could buy an extra set top box, there's nothing stopping you from doing that. Personally I think this is neat. This is for people like me who want stuff integrated. We'll pay the extra for doohickies with these features and you can pay less for those without.
I really don't get what you're bitching about.