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Saying "my phone doesn't have this feature, therefore I don't want it", or similar, is a way of thinking I'm always as surprised to hear outside of the kiddies playground. I get furious when I get the error message that this or that content does not display on my laptop. Oh how I wish everyone would just use the same standard.

I had the same problem last summer. I solved it by knocking on my new neighbors door and ask if I could borrow access to his wireless internet connection for a week. No problem.

As a former fisherman in Northern Europe I strongly protest the way you word nr 5. For you Americans, if you substitute North America for North Europe and then think about how large and diverse the area is, you can understand the absurdity of the claim.
You say that Farmed Salmon is lower in everything except poison (well that is basically what you wrote :)) I could argue that the quality of the Salmon would depend on the exact location where it is farmed, which brings me to my protest. You then start to talk about N.E. fish on American Menus, like all fish from that area is polluted. The way you put it one could even understand that all fish on American Menus is polluted.
The North Atlantic Ocean, half of which belongs to Northern Europe, is one of the cleanest and healthiest oceans left in the world. Fresh Cod from that area is the best fish you can get.

I recently had to replace my DVD player and since the price difference is small these days I took the jump to BluRay. Since then I've bought few movies on BluRay. At the moment I have about 10 BluRays, 400 DVDs, 200 Audio Cd's and 1000 books. BluRay is the highest quality video standard widely available today. Although I'm not much for paying lot extra for little more, more quality is always better and the price difference is much smaller than it was. I don't like downloaded or streamed content. The quality (glitchy streaming and highly pixelated pictures) is usually lower than I can accept.
Owning hard copies of movies and books may be as antiquated as buying software in a box but I don't buy software anymore. I use Linux and other free software on most of my computers. I've digitised most of my DVDs and Audio Cd's. I have a copy of quite a few of my paper books on my Kindle (plus lots more and most books and disks I keep in the garage so they don't "mess up" my living room).

I once asked the flight attendant if it was ok that I didn't turn my digital watch off. She didn't get the humour. :)
They are pretty nice and usually don't mind me having the noise cancelling headphones turned on even while taking off and landing.
In my opinion; turning Kindles off instead of just turning their antenna off, insisting that phones are off and not in flight mode and not allowing people to use mp3 players is irrational fear and does not show our civilication in good light, blanket policy or not.

A friend of mine painted the tiles in his bathroom few years ago and it came out very well, it is still nice. But he had to use some special paint with big warning labels and the instructions said that the bathroom had to dry for 3-4 months prior to application. :)

As an electrician I could write a long article on how to save electric energy (and why CF bulbs are marketing hoax) but the old advices from our parents are the best. "If you leave the room, turn off the light", "If you're not watching the TV, turn it off". :) I have found that manufacturers energy usage claims are often very optimistic. But on the other hand, equipment can be very different between manufacturers and age of equipment. My 42" Panasonic Viera Plasma HDTV uses 110 watts when I'm watching a movie. Far cry from the 3oo watts that Plasma TVs are rumored to use, and often did use few years ago.
Power meters like "Kill A Watt" or similar are cheap. They only cost about 20 Euros (equivalent to around 30 dollars) here in The Netherlands,,, so I bought two. :)
PS. I see that Kill A Watt starts at under 20$ at Amazon.com so there is no excuse not to buy one and start measuring. It will pay for itself in less than a year.

The only light in my bedroom (and the only electric appliance) is my JBL Ipod dock/radio/alarm clock. It has adjustable brightness, but it doesn't go down low enough, so I sleep with it pointed away from me. The lowest volume is also too high. I'm planning on surgery to attack both issues. :)

Less light from the same lamp means it uses less energy, unless you covered it with blanket or something (which is not bright :)). If you have the right equipment you can dim almost any light source. That includes fluorescent lights and LEDs. If you have trouble with lights flickering when dimmed, replace the bulbs or the dimmer with different type. The cheap stuff often doesn't cut it.

"Taken in proper lighting, the iPhone's photos could rival those of a much larger and much more expensive DSLR at a fraction of the cost and with much easier usability." I'm not saying this is wrong. Just that it can apply to almost any low budget 5M camera. :)
Also, when looking at graphs, I am always more comfortable to know the numbers that are supposed to be at the edges.