Perhaps the savings of not having to deal with multiple phone models outweighs the costs of including hardware for multiple bands? I don't know, but this is a guess.

Yes. But we're not in one where we need an air superiority fighter jet designed to hunt and kill other aircraft.

For many years, states had their own militias. Maine skirmished with Canadian forces IIRC.

As a young person, I cannot confirm that we want to only make phone calls.

The term you're looking for is genericized trademark, I believe.

Many professors hardly ever use their textbooks, making having the things a waste. Not only do they not know the cost (which they could easily look up if they ever cared to), but they listed as required a book that was never opened. It's one thing if you require and use a textbook; it's an entirely different story if you never even use it.

For example, when I took Calculus III, we never even opened the textbook once. All lessons were done old school with a chalkboard and overhead projector. We didn't even use the book for assignments; we were given homemade worksheets and electronically posted problems. It was the same for the previous two courses: We never cracked the book open except for a single instance in Calc I.

I'm willing to bet half of the administrators of these schools have never heard of any alternatives to iPads and so never considered any of the more logical choices (e.g.any e-reader)

But, but, he has a degree! There's no way anyone could ever get a degree and be stupid! The test, therefore, is too hard.

One way to convert if you can't remember the scale is that 32 F = 0 C and that -40C = -40F. With those two points, you should be able to figure it out from there. Set the X value to be the degrees in F, Y to be degrees in C. So you have (32, 0) and (-40, -40). Slope is (Y1 - Y2) / (X1 - X2). Slope intercept form is y = mx + b, where B = y - mx.

So, we end up with m = 40 / 72. Let's pick (32, 0) to solve for b:

0 - 40/72 * (32) = -1280 / 72, which is roughly -17.7.

So we have now, Celsius = (40/72) Fahrenheit - (1280 / 72)

Plug in 212 (boiling point of water in F) and you get back 100. Easy check.

With a calculator, this is fairly trivial to solve, as many calculators will even give you this form of the equation if you just know those two points.

TI 83 you can go:

STAT
STAT Edit

Put the X values in L1, put Y values in L2

Hit STAT again, then go to CALC

Press 4

Hit ENTER and there you go, you now have the slope and intercept solved for you, you just need to know how to apply it.

Hey now, perhaps the AC is still collecting allowance money and just got a nice raise if he'll keep doing the dishes as well as he has been.

I wouldn't say solar and wind require no maintenance. Probably less, but not none, especially in the case of wind. Eventually some of the moving parts will break and have to be repaired / replaced. Solar might require the occasional cleaning for maximum efficiency.

Not exactly:

Later, of course, you swear loyalty to the President, your officers, UCMJ, etc., but I suppose one could argue that since this part of the oath comes first, if there is a conflict between the former and the latter, this part would be more pertinent.

If you're in the suburbs and there are no crosswalks or sidewalks you may just want to not walk anywhere.

We've detected you've joined an illegal terrorist DNS root. By doing so, you are aiding and abetting terrorism. Sorry citizen, but come with us.

And that is the saddest one of all