In Canada we dropped the penny without much fanfare at all. It was practically seamless. We just round up or down to the nearest 5 cent position when paying cash, otherwise when paying electronic, you pay the exact amount. It's really not that hard.

I know several people who have bought Fire sticks in the last year simply to have them hacked and pay a cheap monthly fee to someone so they can get cheap cable TV. Most of them aren't using them for legal streaming methods, just using it to drop the several different paid services to save $200+ a month.

So popular in fact, this was the first time I've heard of it.

I've never seen Star Wars. Can't vote!

/. was one of the sites that got me so heavily into IT. I remember that one of my highlights early on in my IT career was getting an article about me posted on /. (http://slashdot.org/story/01/02/19/1558257/Student-Run-IT-System-Just-Makes-Sense). Sad to see Rob move on - but all the best!

The ol 'designers haven't figured out how to design efficient website' argument is rolled out now and then and it think it's time it was put to rest.

We're not on dialup anymore - there is no need to waste time on getting the most minimalistic (in terms of file size) anymore. Yes it's a nice to have, but no longer essential. Even mobile phones which are the closest to dial-up are heading down the fast 3G route.

It's the same as to why we don't need to program in machine code anymore to make the most 'efficient' program possible ... it's okay to use higher level coding tools.

I reckon most of these 'the internet is too slow' articles are just a media beatup. I'm yet to meet anyone who has 'slow' internet.

I know it's a bit late for you, but there is something to say about researching the courses you're taking at school.

Yeah, I listen to them too. They have an excellent variety of live shows.

Funny guys, and awesome tunes.

Now let me make this perfectly clear. No-one is to throw ANHYTHING, until I blow this whistle ... even if they do say that Teoma will topple Google!