The question isn't about whether she was lying. Nobody is contesting what the blogger has claimed to have happened

Aside from the TSA member of staff, who considers it to be defamation. That seems to be a pretty strong sign that they contest what happened.

Defamation is not protected by the first amendment.

The 1st Amendment does not cover defamation.

I'm not from the USA, and even I know this. No reasonable free speech law covers libel or slander.

So what you're saying is you've bought blacklights for your grow-op?

Those who don't want this bullshit can install the lovely Facebook Disconnect extension for Chrome, which removes any and all Facebook tracking from any non-Facebook pages.

Pain in the arse to have to install an extension because of one company's idiocy, but there we go.

RIM have somewhere near 40% of the youth market in the United Kingdom. Anecdotally, BlackBerry phones are quite popular for people who need functional smartphones for very cheap prices (I have a BlackBerry Curve 3G, which you can currently get for £10 a month) and BBM is considered a killer app for them given that it costs absolutely nothing and so is a godsend for those on pay as you go (prepay) tariffs.

Of course they're also still popular with corporate types. But they have a strong foothold in the personal side now as well. Certainly I prefer my Curve to the piece of shit Android phone I had before.

Those crappy devices are still smartphones, in the same way that Model Ts are still cars.

Symbian and WM were developed for the regular mobile phone market - before smartphones existed, and before IOS existed.

What on earth are you talking about? A mobile phone running a general-purpose embedded OS such as Windows Mobile or Symbian is a smartphone.

I can see the sense in having a disparity there. Leading a school or whatever in prayer is clearly going in favour of one particular religion, while views critical of religion as a whole do not exclude anyone.

People I hear saying that about BioShock either don't pay attention to the plot, the audio diaries, the setting etc or don't care.

It isn't a game for people who want to run and shoot things. Hell, while it's good (very, very good - damn near my favourite game ever) I'd hardly call it fun. A lot of thought is put into it but it demands the player put a lot of thought in too.

I do find it stupid how people seem opposed to getting off fossil fuels etc because "it won't help". Yeah... but how about we not burn fossil fuels and drive everywhere because pumping noxious gases into the atmosphere and slowly getting fatter are bad things?

That said, I've seen plenty of inconsiderate dickish cyclists who cycle on pavements and such. Of an evening I usually walk for exercise along Southsea Esplanade in Portsmouth (esplanade = long paved section alongside the sea), which itself has a long cycle lane alongside its entire length. The number of cretins I see cycling on the esplanade and completely ignoring the cycle lanes is really beginning to grate...

I live in Portsmouth. We have lots of cycle routes and many, many people who cycle everywhere. Admittedly Portsmouth is a relatively small city geographically, but biking is a very popular option for getting around here (especially given the absurdly tiny initial and ongoing investments for a cycle compared to a car, and the absolutely insane parking problems we have here).

Debian seem quite happy with the licensing of X.org. Were what you are saying true, they'd go haywire. As it is, it's in main and it's free.

What you have described is, sadly, now a government initiative in the UK.

The Stupidest Idea Ever

I have the unlimited package referred to. It's £28 per month, and the speeds are fairly good for ADSL. I get the whole of what the line checker says I should get most of the time, and the service has been solid.

HOWEVER for online gaming BT suck, as they apparently can't put me on fastpath rather than interleaved, and their customer service is absolutely shite in every way imaginable. If you can deal with that then BT are great. Personally I regret entering into a contract with the twats.

I joined them in April this year. I say "joined" - the actual service didn't work until June.

Posted this link already: my funtimes with BT.

Needless to say, not happy.