But in the UK, if I'm not mistaken, the burden of proof lies on the accusedâ"that is to say, you have to prove that you're not being libelous (search the page for "burden of proof"). Asinine? Absolutely.

So...I don't want my data to somehow magically be restored when I throw an old hard disk into a fire? Where can I read more about this amazing data-recovery technology?

...when even Apple is forced to consider the possibility of losing Jobs.

Actually, Twitter's support tools got hacked. That was in addition to the ongoing phishing scam.

As a comparatively new Hg user, I can't address all of these criticisms, but I can tell you that the Mercurial revision number is not the canonical identifier, in fact it is the SHA hash. The revision number is just a quick shortcut so you can remember revisions easily in the short term, and can be messed up by merges.