Their profit does not take precedence over our survival.

Really

Dell is too conservative (in the sense of protecting the status quo) to change directions quickly. Of course what one might call conservative could actually be timidity.

I think they have allowed their currency to float.

You have a wide selection. Olympus XZ1 is a very good camera with a bright lens. The S series of Canon S95, or the new S100 will return very good results. I know little of the Nikon, but their new V1 is getting very good reviews. Steve Huff Photo and DigitalRev on YouTube have good reviews. The price might turn you off. The Samsung TL500 rates well, but not as easy to find Mirrorless cameras like the new Olympus pen cameras look hot. Lumix/Panasonic makes some fine cameras, and I would fill your needs. Read reviews of all the cameras, try to actually hold the camera before you buy. Don't get caught up in megapixels. There's a saying that the best camera is the one you have with you. Buy something that is convenient to carry. Take a whole bunch of photos. That's how you become a good photographer. Practice.

have "one more thing." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHJkAYdT7qo

Why use something at home that makes you think of work? OSX and sometimes Ubuntu for me. Retired, but I still have Windows nightmares.

Let a two year kid play with it.

I don't watch TV other than PBS, and my radio is NPR. Our folk music could become the property of the corporate world. That's what I am concerned about. I can imagine what will happen to the pro labor songs and poetry.

When are we going to stand up to those corporate thieves. Not only do they want to possess all our money, now they want sole ownership of our culture. Fuck em!

The "ownership society" was all about imprisoning us with debt. We thought we would own a home, but it turned out that the bank owns us. Some totalitarian countries keep people in line with guns and tanks, ours uses soul less corporations and banks.

Read "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein. Remember the spending was on tax cuts for millionaires and wars that only served to fill the pockets of the rich war profiteers. Now the corporatist want to give more tax cuts to the rich, then cut services for the poor, old, and sick. The rich have looted our treasury and now want us of the working class to pay for their treasonous act.

If so, the IMF takes over our economy. Judging from what they have done to countries like Malawi, Niger, and other victims, they will sell our assets off at pennies on the dollar to domestic and foreign corporations, force the end to the social safety net, workers rights, and any charitable work by the government. Famine and other cases of human suffering has no effect on the IMF. Corporate profit is all that matters. We will be owned by the people who forced this crisis. It is called "Disaster Capitalism."

Remember when ms used large packaging to decrease shelf space? Payback is a bitch.

That's no more offensive than Rick Santorum or Palin.