Gah, I should add that music and movie productions are done in our region of the world, and have costs to match.

Over priced compared to what? The pirated copies? Letting people who infringe copyright dictate price point is not a good idea.

In the UK a new release DVD can be anywhere between £10 and £15; a trip to the cinema for 4 people can be upward of £35. I'd say the price point for a DVD that you can keep, share, re-sell etc, is about right. Sure it would be nice if it was cheaper.

At the end of the day these companies have costs, risks, and an obligation to make huge profits. Do other manufacturers listen when you tell them to reduce prices and make less profit?

Or rather, the second?

What if a car crashed into an oil riser?

Cellphone companies find cellphones pose no health risk.

Yes the survey was conducted by the WHO, by then there is this gem

Sounds like it was a bit of a waste of time really...

... I mean, is there ever anything genuine shared on there? lady_gaga-poker_face.exe THAT LOOKS GENUINE *click*click*

I think it is down to how many companies have burned their users in the past. Last.fm, Facebook etc. were all 'trusted' by users until their moral compasses went haywire. I think distrusting content providers* is healthy, if only from a security and privacy perspective.

*Yes I realise Google searches don't technically provide content

Language evolves, get over it. I see people cringing when someone says 'queer' to describe an unusual situation, or 'gay' to describe an overtly jolly individual.

I guess all this drama could have been avoided if the author had just used the term 'cracker'. Oh well. 20:20 hindsight and all that...

If that's the case, why not get online retailers to add an additional tax to products shipped to NC zip codes, which is then handed over?

I'm not familiar with the US tax system, but in the UK VAT is added at the point of sale, included in the price, and the total gathered by the supplier is paid once a year to the tax man.

If this is just to get taxes, why do they need personal information? So they can pursue cases individually? Talk about ball-ache.

I wonder why... "lol guys, where's that flag from 40 years ago?" *dons flame-retardant suit*

You wouldn't want an airliner to fly through your balls?

and another 28% saw a tumour size reduction of more than half. I'd hardly call that a 'cure'.

Perhaps a more correct title would have been 'scientists pave the way for melanoma cure' or 'scientists discover new treatment of melanoma', but I suppose that is not as sensationalist.

What about collisions that could have been avoided by fast evasive action? There's a very good reason why rally drivers always have two hands on the steering wheel. You have a higher degree of control and precision when you use both arms, however good your 'multitasking' skills are.

The ISP in question only controls 30 networks, yet other routers blindly accepted thousands. Why isn't there basic verification of such re-configurations? I'm actually very shocked, the potential for abuse is huge; and TWICE as well.

Seriously? $55.8 million for a single seat? And that's value for money compared to launching a shuttle?

Hear me out for a minute... the rocket is just going straight up, what's so hard? Just strap a sealed chamber onto a grain silo of fuel, surely? Are you telling me that if I had the best part of $60 million I couldn't design, build and fly my own rocket in to space? Even a brute force solution wouldn't be that expense, surely?