That is pretty much how much they cost when buying from Amazon or iTunes. Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

..a real-time man-bear-pig tracking network formed by the immense fleet of Tesla vehicles. They expect to have the creature's location pinpointed by 2015. Did you really think Al Gore was involved because of the green initiative?

This is actually one thing that the Federal Government should be spending money on, as it does not fall to the powers and responsibilities of the states.

Or, who really needs an excuse to use the inflatable ramp to get out of a plane?

Around where I live, the volunteer fire company donation is also optional. They will always come to your house if you call 911 in need of help, however, if you didn't make the donation that year, you get charged at least four figures for their services. The donation is a bargain, and you'd be an idiot not to pay it. "South Fulton's mayor said that the fire department can't let homeowners pay the fee on the spot, because the only people who would pay would be those whose homes are on fire." It's almost like buying health insurance only when you get sick, how would the insurance (or fire) company survive?

I think Blu-Ray will get passed by. Sony's crybaby bitchy attitude killed the last HD optical possibility. Their format war postponed the inception of HD optical media too long, and prices have been steadily too high for movies ever since because they are trying to make up the costs of this war (you don't think it really costs that much more to make a Blu-Ray vs DVD?). Now, hopefully we will move to solid state media storage, such as Secure digital ROM or some variant, where the physical media size is much smaller and more robust. I still think people want to own physical media, just not in $25-$30 optical formats.

While I can see the merits of ethics training in employment (especially with matters of personal privacy), I don't believe it has any impact of whether a person will become a terrorist or not. It is only useful for people who already have morally sound foundations and are willing to absorb a little more info to improve their abilities (or cover their ass). "If only Osama had taken that ethics course!"

It's called parenting, it's supposed to make kids not turn into total screw-ups. It's not the responsibility of a university to teach people morals; people don't pay for that.

I'd wager that those with political science and law degrees have caused more deaths than all of the engineering varieties. Also, Hitler was an artist/writer. Now which field of study is responsible for the worst terror the world has ever seen?

You mean a business doesn't want itself legislated out of existence?

Head west, and start circling Washington, D.C.

you'd be an idiot not to use anything but a real-time operating system (RTOS). If they use a windows, mac, or linux box for this, then they're idiots and should be held liable. Chances are it's a PLC though, especially for industrial work.

It's ok to oppose gov't regulation of the internet, unless a republican opposes it too, then it must be bad?

Yes, the best we could come up with is Ben Affleck playing a super-computer-genius by connecting a ribbon cable to a microchip (paycheck). Do that, and you get to sleep with Uma Thurman. Ooo, big prize.