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We hope it will have that effect in London [1]. The plans for the legacy are beyond what some advertisements could achieve [2].

[1] http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/newsrelease.asp?newsPk=1331 [2] http://www.londonlegacy.co.uk/

Should a top diplomat not work for a government because they are corrupt too? Or a talented young footballer in the favelas of Sao Paulo not dream of winning the World Cup and earning a good wage because FIFA is corrupt also?[1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA#Allegations_of_corruption_...

>Meanwhile, other people study and work their whole lives trying to cure cancer or end poverty.

And lots of people spend their time driving a delivery van or installing windows, but we don't belittle that. Bringing entertainment or inspiring seems a good way to spend a life to me.

>Doing sports seems to be a very self-centered, egoistical thing.

If you have ever met top class scientists and acadmeics, I think you will see, unfortunately, that some of them can be equally self-centred and egotistical too. I'm sure the same could be said about execs of pharma companies. So, I guess I wonder if there are egotistical people or egotistical activities?

>The only thing I can accept is that it motivates people to push harder and explore boundaries of human achievement.

+ the benefits of encouraging people to take up recreational sport - for exercise [more than an @officeworkout though ;-) ]and the friends it leads to. Also for some people it leads to a nice career and gives them opportunities to see the world.

It is a legitimate point that there are lots of controversial commercial issues at the Olympics (e.g. petitmiam's fish and chips comment), but that should not detract from admiring the motivation and efforts of the elite athletes competing. They train their wholes live and push themselves through mental and physical barriers.

OP referred to "long-term debt", so I think the point is that if interest rates spike then those with fixed interest rate loans are not affected and therefore able to continue with cheap long-term debt.

I am using the Customer Preview without the 365 cloud storage. It is not mandatory in my experience; you can just chose to not log in with a WLID.

One option is to store your data on Amazon's S3 instance in Dublin. You can use https://www.jungledisk.com/ or other tools to do that.

Edit: There is also a good overview of options (inc. location) here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_online_backup_ser...

Several Kickstarters have badly struggled to meet their phenomenal demand - see the comments for those waiting for Elevation Docks: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop/elevation-dock-the-b...

I agree with this way of thinking. phkamp has come up with some innovative ideas, but if it doesn't come easy for the rest of us there are lots of techniques to help e.g. asking, "if I was superman and could implement any solution, what would it be" http://personalexcellence.co/blog/25-brainstorming-technique...