I've never bothered with insurance or cases.
I had my iPhone 3G for 3 years, it's scratches to shit on the back and has some cracks on it.
But it's fucking phone, right?
There is signal degradation over length though.
Which is why some decide on HDMI over ethernet for long distances.
But you're right about the cables themselves being essentially the same though.
EDIT: LOOK THAT WAS A SERIOUS POST WITH NO BULLSHIT WHATS GOING ON I DESERVE A GIF RIGHT?
Hehe, I'm not saying that for sure.
It's just... you know how things are.
I'm sure it's a great game, I'm less sure of it being so high in 20 years time.
Or it could just be the flavour of the moment.
In countless "Viewers Best" polls you'll see something fairly recent.
I'm sure Lady GaGa or whatever is in loads of listeners top albums of all time, but then 5 years down the line it's no where to be seem.
You can also change headers using Firefox plugins.
X-header is the plugin I think.
http://lifehacker.com/5583515/access-hulu-from-outside-the-us-without-a-proxy-server
Stuff like that ^.
I dunno.
Just be like a regular person and pirate everything and go to hell for it.