I didn't read the article yet, but did the reporter give the kid a manual for operating the Walkman? If so, the kid could have resolved some of those issues by reading it. If not, then I understand his confusion. CD's have been the standard for physical media since the early 90's, and manufacturers probably stop making cassette tapes for new albums when he was 3 or 4. CD's are, after all, one-sided.

So, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson are sitting outside heaven's gates, waiting to meet with St. Peter to see if they can get in... Or is that over the line...?

What health insurance company accepts claims for plastic surgery? To my knowledge, procedures for cosmetic reasons aren't covered by any firm, so that's why you need to directly pay for it.

Yes, but the reason that health care costs are so high in America is that we have the best quality of health care in the world. When was the last time that you heard of an American going overseas for a cutting-edge, live-saving procedure that could only be done in Britian, France, or Japan? I can't think of one. But the world is flocking to America to see the best our doctors and other health care professionals have to offer. Everyone, from world leaders like King Hussein of Jordan visiting the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, to little 5-year-old Youssif, the Iraqi boy who was douced in gasoline and set on fire by masked men, who came to America with his entire family to receive surgery to repair his face (provided by a number of generous donors moved by his plight), is coming to the United States to get access to our health care system.

Which is ironic, since Jack Daniel's is made in Tennessee...

Julius Erving. Also known as Dr. J. One could argue that he's not really a doctor, so his doctorate is fictional. One could also argue that as a hall-of-famer, he's a basketball geek.

Pencil and paper.

The "hydro-distribution engineer"...

A waterboy!!

Just don't tell Bobby Boucher...

This job would be great if it weren't for the f***ing customers.

Ain't that the truth some days...

They're eating proteins, not carbs...

No, not little, brown, furry rodents...

Massive, golden, beautiful beasts!!

As most of you know (or maybe don't know), it's called gopher because it was developed at the University of Minnesota... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol)

No, it's laziness. I'll be like "I should put IE 6 on my Mac and Linux boxes". Then I lose my motivation and say "nah, that's too much effort". I don't disagree that this may be an insane idea, but the laziness applies to my action, or lack thereof.

I continue to use IE on a daily basis. Although I was forced to upgrade to 7 at work, I still continue to use 6 on my home Windows PC's. I still need to put it on my Mac and Linux boxes, but I'm lazy.