The top end turntable motors were induction rather than synchronous. A synchronous motor changes its phase angle relative to the power source due to load variations much more, leading to excessive wow. I think there were hybrids that melded the advantages of both, but it has been too long, and I was never really into motors.

Also they have been around since well before crystal oscillator based clocks were economically viable for consumer use. Power companies would tune the frequency to keep them within several seconds. This is going back 50, maybe 60 or more, years. They had an advantage over crystal based clocks in that long term drift was eliminated by the tuning.

These studies always make me wonder whether they are taking into account that techies graduate into management and other higher paying jobs. It may be that the higher earners are getting sorted out of the studies by that age.

Why are they not subjected to civil seizure? I think we all know.

Might have something to do with the high age adjusted suicide rate.

Their older DSL modems used to operate purely as a modem if you connected using PPPoE. I don't know whether that is still an option. Of course then you have to provide your own firewall, NAT, and DHCP.

They charge for the service.

I think the case was started under President Carter and the resolution proposed by AT&T itself, but the comment is insightful. As I recall, and I'm that old, it had become clear that the monopoly was holding up progress, keeping prices high in the face of face of falling costs, and restraining technical advances. The Carterfone (no known relationship) case comes to mind.

Quite a number of years ago I worked for a British Telecom joint venture. The old BT hands like to laugh about sabotaging the connections of their then sole competitor, Mercury Communications.

My take after working for a number of telecom companies is that there is a pervasive culture of impunity.

Fill the fields with plausible garbage. If the data has no legitimate usage, poison it.

Can he do something for me?

I don't think of gold as a hedge. It is more of a speculation. Like other precious metals its value is pretty volatile.

The "robot" is used for a lot more than heart valve surgery. I think it is currently the gold standard for radical prostatectomy.

Are you trying to Hatch a plot?