This is utter bollocks. I used to run a large network and if you know there is a critical patch coming, you can plan for it. If you don't, and it gets released haphazardly (OOB), you're just fucked. There is no good way to get it on 200 servers and 2000 desktops in under 48 hours without causing major problems.
Nice offhand remark about Google leaking MS zero days. Got anything to back that up?
tl;dr - utter rubbish. Yes, I work in the field too and have done for over 10 years.

No, but I know where it is.

I think this is because they are an amalgamation of (literally?) every cable company in the UK. What can I say? I get the advertised speed in general, and good uptime - but it does seem to vary a lot with area from what I hear. (I'm in Bristol)

I've got 20mb/s down - ISOs for example do NOT download "instantly" as you put it. On Virgin cable (what I'm on), you can get 120mb/s - which I don't need, but the upstream bandwidth that goes with that would be welcome - takes ages for me to upload a VM to someone else.

The Arctic has lost around 3x what the Antarctic has gained - so the answer to your question is "no", no balance. http://www.skepticalscience.com/arctic-antarctic-sea-ice.htm

Where the fuck did he say he used the sidewalk?

I bet LD50 would. http://andrewferguson.net/2005/11/07/death-by-caffeine-calculator/

I'm sure the dead people are really glad they weren't intentionally killed. Fuck's sake.
PS. Didn't stop in '75. "In November 2000 the European Parliament invited IBFAN, UNICEF, and Nestlé ... UNICEF's legal officer commented on Nestlé's failure to bring its policies into line with the World Health Assembly Resolutions. Nestlé declined an invitation to attend". Fuck Nestle.

That's utter bullshit. NHS does urgent stuff pretty well; try going to a private hospital with a heart attack and see how quickly they get you to an NHS hospital. I have a friend who's kid is in the hospital down the road for urgent cardiac care.

It probably falls down for chronic, long term complaints like painful but not acute knees, hips, etc. But that's a whole different kettle of fish.

FUCKING YES!

Now, I've only presented with mainstream, acute conditions where everyone knows what to do - like a broken arm for example - but I've always found the NHS pretty good. The bare minimum of treatment is the right treatment; re-set it, put a cast on and then send me home. You are re right about the food though.

The question is whether you think the constitution applies to citizens of the US only, or everyone. By my reading, everyone in the world has 1st amendment rights - ie. the US government shall not attempt to restrict their speech. But IANAL.

OTOH, I've very happy with them. Reliably 20Mb/s down, and 2Mb/s up, soon to be doubled, with minimal downtime. I think it depends on the local area you're in, as they are basically an amalgamation of many, many different cable companies.

I can't speak for Latvia, but guys I have worked with in Tallinn, Estonia were good. I apologise for the drunken English tourists on stag weekends :)

Sure, you could instead have essentially an uncooked McDonalds beefburger with a raw egg on. Much yummier!