This is not true when you consider PC games with dedicated servers run by the public.
Team Fortress Classic (2001), Natural Selection(2002), hell, even the original Quake can still be played multiplayer.
Just make sure the games you buy are available with dedicated servers that can be run by the public, and you will never have this problem.

The judge could tell by looking at the pixels.

Free up what used to be the UHF TV spectrum for peer to peer use, and we can do a lot to fix the last mile problem.

I though the UHF frequencies are now being used by ATSC "over the air HDTV."

each pound of which weighs over ten thousand pounds.

Religion: A large popular cult that makes money

Cult: A small unpopular religion

There, fixed that for you.

Sending me the $5 instead of wasting it on a greeting card would be a blessing.

Game modding has been around forever. The very earliest I can think of is changing the rules to board games. Monopoly, for example. Who doesn't play with "house rules" like:

• Tax money goes to the Free Parking jackpot.
• Double money if you land exactly on GO.
• Build with as many houses as you want.
• Build two hotels on one property.
• etc.

It makes the game more fun and exciting. But makes it take longer too.