https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly

Good resource for keyboard computing. Not sure if Firefox is your weapon of choice, but a good deal of the key combinations work across most browsers.

The solution is on the way then: http://www.ouya.tv/

That will solve both steps 1 and step 2 for you. As well as being a slight bit cheaper than buying your own mini-pc, and at the same time have a more limited application purpose. However, it sounds to me like that isn't something you would consider a problem?

I should clarify also -- the mentality I am approaching this with is:
If I have a solution that works for me, I'll share it with others. If that solutions helps others, cool. If not, I shrug and move on.

Yeah, I understand exactly what you're saying, and tradition can certainly be a reason. It's not one that I personally follow, but I accept that it is valid. I always thought the point of playing games like that with others was the bonding experience and which game you play, and on what system you play it, was kind of a secondary factor. I know I played a ton of ridiculous games with my friends.

Also, I really don't understand the "I don't want to hook a computer up to my TV" mentality though. Consoles are just niche PCs after all -- to each their own though. It's really none of my business, but the options are out there, even if they aren't ideal. It's not like I'm planning to lead a revolution in the gaming market, so I really only tend to focus on personal solutions.

There's no reason that it can't though. I'm sure there are some indie games out there that cater to a crowd like that. USB controllers aren't expensive, and a laptop or mini computer (typically costing less than a gaming console, I see one right now for $250 with better specs than the current gen of consoles). You could tote that around to a friends house with remotes, load up some emulation software for old games or load in your shiny new game with multiplayer support through the HDMI out.

Not saying that it is the same, but I have been doing this with a laptop since near 2004. Having a wide selection of roms to choose from is nice too. As a bonus, you can upgrade or repair the mini PC as needed, to an extent of course. You're still limited by what's available in that form factor.

The option is there though, costs roughly the same as a console, with the addition that it is slightly more complex (and rewarding) when pulled off correctly.

Just pray you never have to call them for support though, am I right? My wife and I run on Virgin Mobile as well. I bought her a new phone recently and we made the unfortunate (and undocumented) mistake of turning on the new phone before her old one was deactivated. It took us 3 days and calling literally 9 different people before one of them was able to make the magical change to her account that fixed it. She was about ready to just send it back at that point.

But yeah, coverage isn't something I care about either. I rarely use my phone for anything other than notifications, email alerts, calendar alerts, waking my arse up in the morning and making sure I take my lunch break. That's about it. Also, I can't stand the thought of being locked in to a contract. Freeee-dom! sorta.

I think the problem though is that the ground which the bullets are being put in to was not the ground in which the lead originally came from. Also, lead is not usually found in the same form when it is in the ground. There is probably some legitimate concern about how it gets back into the ground.

The answer to that is 'no'. There is plenty of evil in the world without anyone helping to add to it. If bad things happen to bad people, so be it, but no one should become an avatar of the distasteful and evil willingly. We become what we regularly do, and if you do evil regularly, no matter the reason, you will become evil.

History has shown time and time again, that you need not become evil to defeat it. Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday is coming up, and he should be a big reminder of what it means to stand up against injustice without sacrificing your own ideals. I say this in a poetic way, not in a literal or religious one: A victory at the cost of the soul, is no victory at all.

Also, being able to control the rate at which it is consumed would be better than the "bomb" scenario that is currently depicted.

Interesting post. I don't see why it was modded "Troll". Unless someone was horribly offended by your lol'ing and paragraph structure. The information about zinc seems moderately accurate, according to this study. Many other sources are available as well.

Unfortunately, that is exactly what I mean. They have shutdown some other games in a similar fashion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCsoft#End_of_Life_.2F_Closed .

I don't know the stories behind them, but I heard on the forums at Titan that they refused to sell the rights to some of the failures on that list as well.

CoH Community: http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,4877.0.html
NCSoft Response: http://us.ncsoft.com/en/news/response-to-city-of-heroes-player-and-fan-suggestions.html
CoH Community: http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,5467.0.html

The rest is speculation. Considering the history of NCSoft business practices, this seems par for the course though.

I wouldn't say that it should be removed from Google due to an Australian ruling, it should be removed from https://www.google.com.au/. I don't know anything about Australian law, but their laws should not affect our results, and vice versa. I'm sure this is what you meant, but I just wanted to clarify that point, just in case.

Yeah! Those damned Canadians, Mexicans, Brazilians, etc.. always citing U.S. constitution! Curse you Americans!

While it would definitely suck if these companies took on policies for the sole purpose of promoting the interests of another company, regardless of damages it might inflict on the public. We still have a choice to use another service.

If Google can't find what you're looking for, we'll find another search engine. If Facebook is stopping you from sharing information with your friends, people will find a new medium to share that information over. If banks stop processing payments... pretty sure that is illegal, so after switching to a different bank, and possibly pressing charges against your current bank, that would be resolved as well.

On the upside, when sharing something that *might* be protected by copyright is blocked, at least it won't be a criminal act that will put you or your loved ones behind bars.