ask the greeks, the irish and other EU countries how that's working out.......

holy fuck dude, give it a rest.
you've posted the same dribble three times in less than 20 comments.

several including built in options and free to use options including most anything from linux (via cygwin) or via additional program like SyncBack.

throw in things like Dropbox which are cross platform, or *gasp* paid solutions like carbonite or mozy, and those without backup are either uncaring or completely clueless.

hell even my 60 year old mother wanted to know how to make sure her "pictures" sere backed up in case something happened.

you must be new around here.......

and to auctions in general......

It's called BBCAmerica.
Dr Who
Torchwood
Being Human
Etc.

more original and better programming than "Sci-FI" ever had.

(BTW, Stargate SG1 started on Showtime, not Sci-Fi)

Considering DirecTV already dropped Versus from their standard packages, I concur. Less wrestling on my TV is better.

you must not watc ha lot of the Food Network.

it used to be people showing and teaching how to cook.

now it's reality cooking (ace of cakes/dinner impossible/restaurant impossible/throwdown/etc) mixed with "showcase random restaurants" programming (Diners Drive-ins and dives/the best thing i ever/etc) with a few shows still teaching real cooking(Good Eats), and not how to pour stuff out of a box/can/jar into a pan and call it cooking.

That's also why there is now a new channel called "The Cooking Channel".

its a free bonus to the service i was already paying for which is to get my items from amazon shipped to me 2 day UPS for free.

I see I'm not the only one to think this.

Damn, that means there is someone else in this world as fucked up as I am.

I feel sorry for you. :D

It's already been proven the previous incarnation wasn't financially viable.

thus the reason it was sold to NBC/Universal.

my state doesnt even check ID's, and it's one of the most important states for early "leanings" of major elections.

god love walking in, saying your name ONCE, taking a ballot, marking it, and sliding it into an electronic reader.

yeah, a paper trail means it's a better process........

you find this unusual for something run by the government?

they've all.....

not they all.....

STOP USING LOGIC ON /.

There are a lot of free Apps that have extensive revenue streams for both the developer and Apple.
option 1: Develop free version that has limited functionality and offer in App upgrade to paid version with full functionality. Both Apple and developer get a cut of all upgrades.
Option 2: Develop free version that is Ad supported utilizing Apples iAd service. Every use of app makes money for both developer and Apple.
Option 3: Offer free version of App that has ability to purchase "stuff" in App. This is allowed within the context of Apples agreement and again, both developer and Apple will make money off of this. The Kindle, Sony Reader, and other eReader apps are/will be an example fo this. The apps are free, purchase of the books in App will net Apple 30% of the purchase price.