I think the product is dead because of the douchebag glassholes.

I don't think all Google glass owners were obnoxious jackasses, but unfortunately it only took a minority that are to ruin the product for the rest of them.

TBH, it doesn't matter, though you are incorrect on more than a few points: Saturnalia ends a few days prior to Christmas. Traditionally, Christmas begins on December 25th and lasts until Epiphany (January 8) - well outside of most pagan calendars, which centered around or ended on the Winter Solstice (Dec. 21).

You fudged the dates a bit. "Dies Natalis Solis Invicti" (Birthday of the unconquered Sun) was celebrated on Dec 25th. It was replaced by Christmas during the reign of Constantine.

I never have understood the world's fetish with the US dollar.

It's because the US has both a stable government and a large economy.

The neighborhood needs to petition their local government to allow for the street to be closed on one end or even the mid block during rush hour. The neighbors can still get in and out, but the street becomes completely worthless as a route for folks passing-thru.

Just wanted to report my own anecdotal observation that after updating Firefox to 34, my default search engine remained set as "Google" and did not require me to change the setting.

I assume only users installing Firefox for the first time will get the "Yahoo" search setting.

Firefox being open source doesn't mean that there aren't any paid employees working on it. Also Mozilla still has to pay for hosting and other business/foundation related expenses.