If you make an Opendns acct and link your IP you can shut off the NXDomain crap.

This is simply branded Razer. Razer did not develop it.

It can work like that if you want; just hold it like a pistol grip and the gun will lock orientation to it on screen.

The earth's magnetic field has one orientation, you can't get position off of that...

No, it uses multiple differently oriented magnetic fields to calculate it's position. (earth's has one orientation)

Razer did not develop this. It was developed by Sixense and branded Razer by Dell.

The base station is tiny and you can put it wherever you like, even behind you, because it's absolute position/orientation, not relative position.

It only deflects if you get VERY close (inches) from a large metal object, like a shelving unit. Also CRTs could play merry hell with it if you got the controller less than a foot from them. The EMF from a normal computer isn't even remotely a problem, the magnetic field from the base station is very strong.

Define reasonable distance. In this case it has millimeter accuracy to 6 feet from the base station, with slightly less accuracy out to 8 feet. You don't need a slew of sensors, just one magnetic sensor for each axis per controller (read: three).

Isn't first to file REALLY bad? It helps patent trolls doesn't it?

And this is why all traffic should be obfuscated, if not encrypted. The ISPs have no business knowing what the content of the packets going across their wires are.

, wouldn't this royally screw up incoming connections unless they used some kind of rapid renewing PAT?

True, but the flaming crazies on the other side of the fence challenge the other half of things. It all balances out.

Everyone needs to get off their asses and enable https.

You're correct, it's the opamps I was thinking of, I remember doing some reading up on them when I was reading about soundcards and technical papers 5 years ago when I was bored.