our*... really need to pay more attention when previewing. Also, to clarify on the whole "made in" thing, just saying we no longer export products, just crappy tv/movies.

While I do not agree with this crap, and it's basically terrorism in my books, minus the "violence" aspect of it. Though I guess you could argue that putting someone who committed this "crime" with violent murderers and rapists will ultimately result in violence against that person. Anyways, getting that out of the way, this IS in fact dealing with our problems. The U.S. is going down the drains. Everything used to say "Made in U.S.A." on it, now it's all "Made in ." Music/Movies/TV/etc are now are major exports. They are simply protecting profits from those exports. Do I, as an American, agree? Hell, no. Can I somewhat understand the logic behind this? Yes, I can.

The way Apple does updates is a non-issue for most Mac users and makes sense to drop support for older versions.

A.) It keeps most people on a similar OS version, making it easier for Apple and I'd suspect most developers appreciate this as well. It's no fun trying to support a million different OS configurations, which is the case with Windows.
B.) They still support even the oldest Intel Macs with the latest OS, no one is being left out. This again allows everyone to be on a similar OS, making it easier for them.
C.) Unlike Windows where upgrading costs hundreds, even for a laptop that may have only cost $400, an OS X full system upgrade is only $30. If you paid $1,500-$5,000 for a system, $30 shouldn't be making you cringe, and personally, the features added are well worth the $30.
D.) It minimizes the amount of users who, for one reason or another, choose to stick with an OS that is over ten years old. Again, this is an issue for developers, who have to support all these configurations or lose out on a good portion of potential sales.

IMO, Apple is doing things the right way, and if I were in charge of a tech company that produced one of the major consumer operating systems, I would much rather go the route they chose, than the route Microsoft chose. All of these reasons apply to OS X as well as iOS.

There is recourse, depending how you go about it. For example, say you want to carry at work. You don't own that property, so don't assume you just can because you have a permit. Contact the owner of the company (or your branch, etc). Ask them if it is OK to carry, they should be able to give you a response without an issue. If no, that's their right as the property owner, if they say yes, get it in writing. If you're ever fired, and can prove it's related to this, you have the option to take them to court, and can definitely win. How do I know? My uncle had this happen to him and successfully won a suit against them, the judge even lectured the company owner about how wrong and ignorant this was, in more appropriate words.

The other problem, most gun owners have this issue where they need to blab about their guns to everyone they know. Don't, it's plain stupid, especially if you don't know that person's stance on gun control. You don't need to brag to everyone about the guns you have. I, for example, have a good size gun collection. How many people know? Outside of family, 5 or so. They're the people I'd trust with my life anyways, and typically go shooting with me weekly. Just use your brain, brag about your "big tv," not your big gun collection.

The real question is, why only third party companies? This bill should be worded to require consent to share the data with anyone, including whoever produced the device. There is no reason they need this data and it is an intrusion into the privacy of the individuals who were dumb enough to purchase a product from them.

Don't know how I never heard of this. They tax the car purchase, require you to pay to register it, pay for plates, and pay taxes on gas. Why the hell should I then be double taxed, I already paid for the tax on the car AND the gas.

What are you and all the people who replied to you already talking about? Google Chrome most certainly has a Print Preview function. http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7210/screenshot20110614at309.png Notice the Preview button present in the Print dialogue box....

$100, you got off lucky. I had $80 in my checking account, and bought something that was $70.68. Yes, I remember this amount exactly, I'll never forget it. PayPal double charged me, charging the debit card associated with that account, and the actual bank account. So, I overdrafted. The bank charged a $35 fee, but didn't pay the charge, which is standard practice there. So, PayPal, without ever notifying me, and the bank never notified me for over a month, tried to process this charge EVERY DAY for 38 days, at which point I only found out because my monthly statement was in the mail. Yup, a $70.68 purchase that I had the money to cover in the first place, ended up costing me $1,471.36. Yes, that is $1,471.36. Now, my local bank had zero sympathy, and despite the fact they should have notified me about this, wouldn't reduce the fees one cent, and required me to pay it off within 45 days. Being a broke college student who doesn't have a job while in school, I was screwed. Of course, they were happy to give me a loan for $1,515.50 (3% processing fee.) So now, for a damn text book for school, I paid $1,515.50, which will be even more after you account for interest. Lessons learned? NEVER use a local credit union, they're useless idiots. I closed my PayPal account and will never use them again. I also had every bank do a complete block on PayPal, who knows if there will be some mysterious "ghost" charge from my closed PayPal account, I wouldn't be surprised. So while I have sympathy for your $100-$10 purchase, it could be much, much worse.