You absolutely do NOT need to keep Netflix running on your phone and you absolutely CAN use your phone for something else while the Chromecast is streaming. I've been using a Chromecast since they came out and love it. In fact, my son is using it to watch cartoons on Netflix right now and I started the cartoon via my phone. I just rebooted my phone to see what would happen and sure enough, Netflix kept working just fine on the Chromecast. Once you start the stream, the Chromecast itself is what is communicating with Netflix/Youtube/whatever. One thing you are correct about is the local media streaming. That is a weakness, but you're incorrect on just about everything else in your post.

I think it's the crushingly heavy atmosphere and the green house gasses, etc. But I'm not 100% sure about that.

Unfortunately, the Chinese government already has free reign to do what they want, which is exactly why Google is leaving. I don't see it as a catch-22. China isn't going to let Google offer the services in the way that they (Google) want them to be provided. China has already made it clear that Google needs to comply with China's laws, so Google isn't going to be able to offer unfiltered search results and such. So what's the point of them staying if they are forever forced by the government to play by China's rules, and by staying they make themselves look worse in the eyes of the Western world?

I think this is what he is talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_of_1920%E2%80%9321

Hasn't it always?

Yes, because we all know that no self-professed "Christian" has ever deceived anyone. It therefore has to be one of those awful brown people you see so much about in the news.

Not right. I've gotten ESXi 4 to run on every whitebox system I have tried it on. And you use the Virtual Infrastructure client to connect to it (which comes with it) but you do not need to use VirtualCenter, or vCenter as it is now called.

Chrome BS.

I have a really hard time believing that people who intentionally go out into public with the stated intention of praying for the gay community (most likely to pray that they aren't gay anymore) aren't trying to drum up attention. Therefore I have a very hard time feeling sorry for them when they get exactly the type of attention they wanted.

I am protected. God I feel dirty for having said that.

Oh my science, when will it end?!?!?! Oh, yeah. Tomorrow. Nevermind.

I just want "The April Fool" achievement.

Who cares if other companies already opened brick and mortar stores? Does that automatically mean that Microsoft can't ever open their own store?