No, it is corporatism still. Who benefits? Private insurance companies. Well, and maybe the very bottom 5% of the population... If it was socialism (like single payer) everyone would benefit, except those who matter least (corporations).

Lose your job, and see how well you do. Especially if you have kids, disabilities, or health problems.

Now come back and tell me how "socialist" we are.

It could be genuine. I had a friend, with a masters in PoliSci, who adhered to this position, as did her professors (at Georgetown). I also had a couple of friends who went through the Iraq wringer (Army) who left the service with this point of view. It must be somewhat common, since we do manage to start unprovoked wars all over the place without any political fallout to those who started them...

Trolling or genuine, who knows?

Seriously though, if we take your argument at face value, we're forced to ask; who gets to police us? Also, who made our judgements the so-called correct ones? And how can we actually claim authority over international morality when we're pretty much assholes, and do pretty much everything we condemn in others?

Why would it have to be under $150? If we're talking industrial CAD applications, money isn't that much of an object as long as it is more effective/efficient. We're not talking hobby work, or making video game models here, we're talking rocket engines. If you can afford to manufacture a working rocket, and launch it, I doubt you care if you break $150 for an input device.

I can do most of my stuff with a $200 point and shoot camera, yet I have a fairly pricey kit... Why? Versitility and increased effectiveness. I don't own the most expensive (or even close to it), because there is a point, for what I need to do, where diminishing returns set in. If I really needed it, and made enough to warrant it, I'd cough up more.

You realize that the U.S. isn't the world, and if it was AZ would be 2% of the world? Perhaps a bit less, since The Rez uses DST, even if the rest of the state doesn't.

Further, for the countries of the world that do use DST, which isn't a majority from the looks of it, they use differing standards so "Smart" appliances would still be useless for them, if they are locked into U.S. DST.

Furthermore, why the hell would anyone actually WANT DST... Its a dumb system, and should probably die. For once Arizona is smarter than the rest of the U.S., at least on this front. I will celebrate tonight.

Finance it.

Hey, not all of us are as creepy as our politicians.. Actually Arizona could be two states, Maricopa County (Phoenix), and Everything Else. The other large population center (Tucson) leans heavily towards the left, as does a decent swath of Northern Arizona. Phoenix is the problem. As a person who lives there, I'd be happy if it was erased from the map. People aren't meant to live here.

I don't know, I've seen some watches I'd cough up a $900 for, or more, if (big if, there) I had a couple extra grand to toss around. I don't, so... If you have the money, there is nothing wrong with spending it. I've bought some things that people with less money would think wasteful. If your living above sustenance level, you probably have too.

Also, there is something beautiful and awesome about a fine mechanical watch... Its pre-digital, pre-analogue, nerdy. One of my relatives got a "class-A" knock-off Vacheron Constantin watch in China for $100, and it is one of the most beautiful bits of tech I've ever seen (with the whole movement visible through the crystal back).. The genuine one would probably floor me, and set me back the cost of a luxury car (or more, they can go up to several MILLION dollars).

And if its like most clocks, its useless for me, since it automatically sets DST. Pretty much every auto-setting clock I've owned has gone in the trash, since they don't work in Arizona.

This might be true of dark chocolate, but British milk chocolate is evil, at least as far as I've experienced it at import stores.

I'm not a huge fan of milk chocolate (the opposite of a fan, generally), but the American version isn't quite as anemic, and doesn't turn into mouth slime. Again, it doesn't matter much, since milk chocolate is pretty vile universally, barring some exceptions (again, Pocky... mmmm).

Briefly they test dark chocolate coffee ones... They were among the best candy bars I've ever had. Obviously this meant they were discontinued.

As for the US ones sucking, at least, in the candy sphere, we're still better than the UK. I've never had a good British chocolate, their milk chocolate makes ours look good. Doubly true for the hideous Aero bars... Bleh.

Green tea KitKats are amazing. You make me want to hop over to our local asian market and grab some candy... And Pocky. Tons of Pocky. Washed down with a cold bottle of Malta... There goes the money reserved for actual food... thanks.

This is true, as it speaks to the reason behind the statement. Sadly, this doesn't really speak to the potential truth of the statement itself. Truth can be propaganda, as well as lies.

Judging from my experience with American law enforcement, and "justice", and everything else I've read, this smells a wee bit truthful. It still serves Russia nicely (them being, perhaps, bigger dicks than us), but I still think they might have a valid point. We're not the good guys, by any stretch. We only look out for our own interests, and by "our", I of course mean only our governments, not "our" as in "we the people".

I really don't get all the hate on this service. It is better than the alternative; devices that are never updated because carriers and manufacturers would rather you go out and buy more hardware every year. This happened to my Droid (Verizon) and Transformer (ASUS), after a single update, they never received even a modicum of support again.

Oh no, Android is slightly more useful, at the cost of carriers and manufactures... must be a terrible plot.

I understand wanting control, but sadly mobile devices have moved way beyond that. You can't control your hardware nor, really, your software. They aren't desktop computers... Sadly. I would kill for upgradable mobile devices, so I don't have to toss them every year. I find disposable hardware to be a bit vulgar. Then add in the fact, that sans rooting (if possible) that your device will never, ever, see an upgrade. So to get more functions, and security, you need to go shell out $300+ for a new device. If you're not on a contract, then you might just be screwed.

I'm also happy that Google recognizes, finally, fragmentation.

It depends. I had a party at my house once, and someone posted photos to Facebook from their phone, tagging my house as a location. I have never been able to remove this. Even flagging the photos doesn't remove the "check in" as my house as a public location. Trying to complain doesn't work, since my house isn't actually associated with me, according to Facebook, I am not the owner of this "venue". So, despite me never telling facebook my address, and removing all location data from everything I share, Facebook now can associate me with an address.

The problem with things like Facebook, is that you have no power over what others can do with your information. You can abstain from using it, or use it as responsibly as possible, and it doesn't matter once someone posts something about you.