Pretty much, and partly the reason I am shooting with a 5D now. I absolutely have no choice but to shoot at 3200 at some dog show events, and those images need to be clean and the action properly frozen. The XSi I used as my stepping stone into SLR's maxed out at 1600 and was noisy as hell. The 50D I had after that, when expanded, topped at 6400 IIRC but 1600 was pretty much tops for usable photos. There was some nasty banding I could not cleanup at 3200. So, in support of your argument, yes...there are times when the camera you shoot with will matter, but at the same time I tend to lean on the "It's the photographer, not the equipment" side of the camp more or less.

Thats ok, just switch to Geico and you could save...err you'll be at normal rates again!

No, but you have a human birth right of free will. No one can force you to do anything against your will. Obviously there can and/or will be penalties for exercising your right of free will at times, but thats a choice some people are willing to take in some areas.

Never I'm afraid. I'm even more afraid that they will, unfortunately, keep trying.

Sounds great, where can I sign up? Oh wait...

I know this is a late reply to this, but...

I never understood the point of these. Do they honestly expect people will be honest in their reply? I do pretty much the same as you, but if only for getting through it quicker by selecting a random year so long as its 18+ years or so I don't much care. It wouldn't matter if I were 50 or 5, this check does nothing but block usage of the website. They all need to be removed.

If that wasn't so true it'd be hilarious. Sadly, too, you can be assured that if/when MS does release a patch, they will wait until a Tuesday to do so.

...and the only thing I can say is:

LOL

dont forget the swiss army knife!