Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right–a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world. Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing government may choose to exercise it. Any portion of such people, that can, may revolutionize, and make their own of so much of the territory as they inhabit.

So, back to the laptop saga…. I heard from a new contact today. She said that the computer should have the ‘Intel Centrino chip’ in it, and that I would have to subscribe to a service in order to use it. And, she added, if it doesn’t have this ‘chip’, then it is Sony’s mistake and to let her know.

She doesn’t really know what she’s talking about, but I hope all the same that she can do something about my lappy not being wireless.

Of course, what they don’t know is that if they said to me, “Well, that’s what you’re getting. Deal with it.”, I would say, “okay!” and walk away smiling. But, shhh… don’t tell them that.