Exactly! Just look at how well our current regulations work in the oil, auto, loan, and investment industries to understand why intense regulation is the key to success!

You mention auto regulation. Not sure why. Cars are much safer than they have ever been, fuel efficiency is better than ever (and will continue to increase due to regulation). Cars have not increased at a faster pace then inflation. They properly regulated auto manufacturing industry is a perfect example of how things SHOULD be done.

So we have WiFi Police, and Brand Police (to protect what is really important, sponsors and their branding, even from those ungrateful unpaid athletes).

But there was a shortage in real security. Nice to see what the priorities really were for the IOC.

Though I think it is helpful when the parents know and can help the children, its more than that. Parents who help and encourage their children and create an environment where their children can succeed is more important than anything.

You can have parents who have very little formal education who can truly be great parents and can help their children do what they didn't/couldn't.

KeepassX in a Dropbox (or some similar sharing) folder works great. More secure encryption than Excel and better for the purpose.

3. Mobile data pricing.

Yeah - that's covered by the well known "Pay Us Moore" law.

Sure but what license are they using? I make sure all my malware is GPL3. None of that BSD licensed malware for me!

Though the patriot act had aspects that affected telecommunication, I don't see that it would be considered 'the single worst telecom bill' since its not really a telecom bill.

It's like a price on an estate: as remarkable as this is, it's only 55.3 million!

55.3 million what?? miles? not even close...

The GP was comparing the distance to the price of a luxury estate (55.3 million dollars/pounds/euro/etc). They were not saying it was 55.3 million anything in distance.

My father for YEARS drove into Manhattan for work (from the Nassau/Queens border). He only stopped driving in when he lost his parking space, more than two decades after driving in.

He was initially frustrated and annoyed since he was so used to being 'independent' and having the control a driver has. Once he actually was on the train for a few weeks he told me how he wishes he switched much earlier.

I think many of those who are opposed to public transportation really haven't taken it more than occasionally. Once you have to take it for a while you learn how to use it effectively and it really does give you more time (to read, text, plan world domination, etc.).