To be honest the Tseng also worked wonders for Windows 3.1, not just games :) Ahh the bad old days... God I've spent so much money on computers and computer stuff. Sigh.

A much simpler answer is you lack a basic understanding of metaphor.

Send him to the arctic to look for penguins and the first polar bear he sees will teach him the difference between the poles rather quickly.

In exactly the same way that the lack of "divine manifestation" disproves the existence of god. Unless, of course, you "believe". Then you'll see divine manifestations everywhere, even in your breakfast cereal.

Anthropogenic global warming is causing the wind, of course!

Trust your government. That's what they meant by "trusted computing".

Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's? Banks have always existed to fuck people. We put up with it because it's an easier system to deal with than using cattle, chickens or rocks to trade with.

The rules are always for the little guy. Don't you get it yet?

In the 90's it went the other way when the internet suddenly became "popular", flat rate monthly pricing was introduced, and suddenly all the plebs could afford it. Yes I remember things were quite civilized in the CompuServe forums, at $6/hour + connection charges. I used to play a MUD called "Island of Kesmai", and those of us who played it were very friendly and we helped each other out. Then Kesmai corp decided to "upgrade" their game to real graphics and host it on GameStorm for $10 a month. Almost instantly it was filled with trolls, beggars, thieves and other scoundrels who wanted your stuff for free or were prepared to break the rules of the game to get it. Flat rate may be a money-maker, but we went from a 5 star exclusive restaurant to McDonald's.

Tell that to US prosecutors. They're about to throw the book at a teenager who was "virtually" shooting classmates through an app on his phone that superimposed a FPS style "gun" on his camera output. The only thing the prosecution has to go on is "intent", because no one was actually shot, and no one was threatened. There wasn't even the possibility to carry out a threat or shooting, because there was no weapon involved. BUT the kid ends up in jail. So yeah I think the US thinks it CAN regulate or legislate intent. Take care lest you commit a thought crime, citizen.

If you want to be absolutely sure who the person is, maybe you can ask the NSA - maybe they will provide that government service for you, for a small fee :)

The terms of service do not have the full force of civil or criminal law - despite the providing company wanting them to. You can break the ToS all you want and I promise the SWAT team won't come and break down your door. Unless of course you're breaking the law as well.

Don't have a "mobile phone". Oh the alternative is sending it to a different email address - I think that's what either gmail or hotmail does not. Since I have a few websites, creating a temporary email account is rather simple.

Facebook = real identities? Don't tell my dog, she has an account.

I happen to be a character in a book - well a series of books, actually :)