I think the AI-caused singularity is closer than many predicted, and will take the form of this kind of thing making the world unmanageable, rather than AI becoming self-aware and taking over.

Any guesses as to what kind of copy protection they'll use? :-)

Honor among thieves?

Taking away caps lock would remove an important early warning system for stupid posts. Right now, if I see a post that's in all caps, I can immediately know that the content is stupid without even reading a word of it, and just skip over it and use my time for something worth reading.

Similar issues affect GPS signals coming from the satellite. Variations in the propagation speed of the signal to the receiver due to varying atmospheric conditions in several layers of the atmosphere introduce measurement errors. That's one reason that the more satellites you can see, the better. WAAS also sends approximate correction values for the current conditions as measured by nearby stationary reference receivers.