You know you can disable Google Instant, right?

The moment it has a "Save" feature it can alter things on your machine. In addition to that, it might be the code executed through the exploit that is doing the alteration.
That said, I'm sure Reader has several features one could do without ;)

I guess it's a matter of preference if you're fine with constant tearing or a 30fps framerate. I just doubt that rendering uncapped is "common practice".
But I find it quite misleading to talk about framerate capping. As a simple cap wouldn't guarantee that you present your frames in sync with your screen. So you might get 60fps but still with tearing.
And in a scenario as you describe it, I guess the smartest move would be to lower any graphics setting only slightly and then run on full fps in sync. But I guess that's what the people who suffer from the overheating issue should have done in the first place.
Btw, your render times are off by a factor of 10.

Well, the game SHOULD render at the same framerate as your monitor. Often called VSync. Because rendering more frames that your screen can display doesn't really help that much. Also not synching to your screen will cause tearing.

However, VSync is disabled by default in SC2. And this might cause the issue.

You forgot to pay the executive.

I actually like the idea. Maybe we should call all cellphones iPhone.

A: "What iPhone do you have?"
B: "Oh, I have the Apple one."

Even though I agree with you on the most parts, I think it's worth noting that it is extremely difficult to return items on Steam (if at all possible). Also, keep in mind the price differences Valve places upon customers. A game can cost $35 in the US and costs 35EUR in the EU. I have also personally purchased a game online which required activation on Steam. When trying that, Steam told me I was not allowed to own/use that game where I live and that I should return it. Steam in general refuses to sell me any games that aren't watered down to the lowest "violence" levels. Even though I can buy the original versions right at the store.

Also, "high speed" is kind of a debatable term in this context. I guess 2MB/s is a high speed (I hardly ever get beyond that). But downloading a game from my library still takes longer than installing it from a disc. And the connection issues are even worse for the dedicated servers I run. Installing/updating server installations have always suffered from low speeds for me. This can be very frustrating at times.

I still agree that Steam is most likely the best platform of it's kind around and I appreciate a lot of the benefits compared to retail games. Yet the above mentioned experiences leave at least a bitter aftertaste.

Google translation works just fine here. Must be your mood swings interfering with it :)

What I find the most fascinating about this, is that Facebook read the address book out of people's iPhone to find new friends for them online. And the collected data is permanently stored. German article: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,697733,00.html I don't know if this is the issue described in TFA as the site seems slashdotted.

With Mouse Gestures Redox you just have to hold the right mouse button and click the left one.

Have you even seen the video? Cause you sure sound like you didn't. I guess I could believe that they mistook a guys camera for an RPG. And I guess I understand that you have to kill such a threat. What I don't get is why they killed the people who came to help the wounded. And why they shot a car with children inside. And I have only seen this stuff on a video with suboptimal resolution. Those guys were right there and surely had the ability to analyze the scene better than me. So, don't give me that "war is war" bullshit. And comparing this war with WW2 is almost an insult.

These people with their science talk...

There already is such a button on every computer. It's more widely known as the power button.

Well, the listing included and screens and peripherals. So I thought I'd set the limit a bit higher ;)

If you spend $5000 on a gaming rig, you're an enthusiast. If you spend ~$16.500, you're out of your mind.