I live in NY. I already pay state sales tax on several websites that aren't located in New York State. Also, does this Senator have any idea how much record-keeping overhead this is going to create for small internet stores?

I admit my mistake. I forgot that the shuttles and engines were assembled in the LA area. Nerdrage got the better of me. There's still no reason to snub Houston though. I still smell the dirty hand of politics in this decision.

And the problem is that they've gotten snubbed due to politics. Being reminded that the USS Intrepid (on display in NYC) was involved in the early days of the space program, I can understand one going to NYC. But the closest thing LA has to being involved is the fact that it is near Vandenburg AFB, where the shuttle almost launched from. Any claim about "locations being chosen for their value to the american public" is a load of bull. The entire middle of the country is nowhere near any of the shuttles with these chosen locations.

Same here, I totally forgot I had applied for a job through them when I was hunting for work right out of college.

F**k the cloud. Until there is constant high-speed internet access available across the globe, I reserve my right to retain my information locally, with the option to backup my saves to this so called "cloud." Be it saves, financial data, email, or documents whatever. Call it paranoia, but I'd rather be the one responsible for maintaining the integrity of my data.

No microprocessors here, just hordes of nanometer scale mind-controlled minions doing the same thing that your transistors do.

You know, I really don't care what I get paid in right now, as long as it's actually legal tender. I just want a paycheck.

Combination of Price and Need fulfilled by other device(s). For now, my iPod (when combined with MobileNoter), Netbook, and that archaic thing called "Paper" are meeting my needs just fine. I'll get a tablet when the price comes down and they have a good one that has a hardware keyboard that slides out at a reasonable price.

Do mammals of the family Ursidae deposit fecal matter in areas of arboreal vegitation?

Anyone who seriously wants those things for Christmas should go and look at the unemployment rate. I'd settle for a job for Christmas.

Time to find an alternative to NoMachine then. I guess I could just go back to using nothing but the shell to remote-manage my web server.

Hearing it but not seeing it. I'll stick with my PSP and DS so that my phone's battery isn't drained when I actually need it. Come to think of it, my PSP and DS also have better active use battery life than a phone does. Until that issue is resolved, smartphone gaming will never overtake handheld console gaming. Also, smartphone gaming requires you to actually OWN a smartphone. I'll stick with my relatively simple phone that doesn't give my carrier a chance to "accidentally" charge me for data minutes I didn't use. All it needs to do is make/receive calls and text messages (and frankly I could do without those too).

On both levels. You've got people using their sick days when they aren't sick while we've got near-record unemployment levels. I had a job from July 2009 to June 2010, never took a mental health day, worked overtime when requested, and got laid off in June thanks to NY state cutting funding for state-funded private agencies. These people have (presumably) good paying jobs and are willingly wasting their SICK DAYS to go do whatever while some of us have been trying to find a job that doesn't require us to relocate an absurd distance. Go to work you lazy bums. And people wonder why the rest of the world thinks that Americans have no work ethic... Granted, I'm not supporting employers stalking their employees outside of work. Thats just wrong.