Since they are coming out of standby/hibernate/poweroff...wouldn't the computers technically be speeding up?
Also the day the internet crashing causes my pc to stop working is the day I switch to an abacus, damn things always work, but takes forever to render crysis on one.

Thats even better than having extra battries

luckly the XP pro upgrade disk allows you to do a clean install unlike 95...don't know about 98

Thats okay because
*NONE SHALL PASS*

Appearently the problem is not that they weren't talking but that they didn't even show up to answer the questions with a "I can't say". They just blew the Congress off, thats why they are looking at Contempt charges. even if you can't say you are still required to show up...its like being subpoenaed.