I was wondering when uplift was going to be mentioned!

I think you're pretty much describing the principal of a distributed internet. And I also think you are absolutely correct.

I consolidate all of my passwords in KeePass, and I'm the only one in control of that information. When you think about it, the only person you can trust with that info is yourself.

I have a N900, runs OpenSSH client and server, so you could SSH into your phone from your server if you really wanted to be crazy.

The more likely persons to use the cracked key are the Chinese/Taiwanese who could make HDMI chips for pennies on the dollar for what NA companies could, and then not have to pay HDMI/HDCP rights for those chips. Cheap 3rd party HDMI chips will be going into KiRF products anytime now...

The Montreal olympics were a horrible mess of a disaster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics#Legacy
The debt for the stadium was finally paid off in 2006, 30 years later!

Just to clarify here, by "WC" you mean water closet, right? I'm not too sure many people would understand what that was, unless they are either old or know a thing or two about old houses.

Now, I'm living in the Toronto area, where they haven't had wc's for a long time, but if you go out west they were a bit slower on the uptake with indoor plumbing (rural areas even less so, we're talking not till the 50's here). So I would think many more people in western canada would understand that.

Also, I've lived in Pittsburgh and said bathroom all the time. Usually people just smirk but they know what you are talking about. I don't know about bank machine though...

It's only a service if both parties agree to the service being offered and paid for before hand. Obviously this isn't the case.

Why should someone bother decorating their house when they just need a roof over their heads?

I mean really, the desktop is no different. People like working/living in nice environments, because they are happier and more comfortable doing so. That happiness and comfort is what makes them more productive.

I thought this idea was pretty obvious...

If you live in Alberta the utilities actually pass the cost directly to the consumer. It's a long and complicated explanation but the consumer is actually the one that gets pinned for poor power factors. Or you can just add some caps to those suckers and you're set ;)

What?

I'm thinking the same thing; pull something like that on any kid of mine and you'd be left with a corpse on the defence stand... That sounded a bit weirder than I thought but you get the idea :P.

Particularly when you come from Canada :/

Jeff was against standing armies... (Scroll down a bit...) http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff1480.htm