They're entitled to compete in a free economy, and if the government uses taxes to fund a competing service, the government would be undercutting their business.

But that wouldn't happen, the government would 'bail them out', and we'd end up with more transportation than people need and a transportation system hobbling on government crutches... and the whole thing being paid for out of the public's pocket.

...is that it'll steal customers from the airlines, which are already hurting. What will we do then, bail them out?

We're spending too much and we need to stop.

The ignorance seems to be assuming folks lack technical knowledge.

I have had several versions of the iPhone and AT&T (Cingular) on the RAZR for years before that, and I've had very good service. If I were asked, I would have responded with that fact.

It doesn't take technical knowledge - if you can only remember a small number (5 or 6?) of dropped calls over 5 years of moderate usage, you don't have a problem.

Also:

malware != virus

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED052254&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED052254

The Interpretation of Torrance Creativity Scores.

This study tests the appropriateness of Torrance's assumptions of trait independence and the combinability of measures (Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking) with respect to the scoring of the tests for a younger population and estimates the homogeneity of the scores. The sample consisted of 128 elementary school children. Results indicate that separate scoring for fluency, flexibility, and originality traits is not warranted, because any special dispositions for these traits that may exist are overwhelmed by the task specificity of the scores. It is suggested that the Torrance scores reveal nothing interesting about the individual, and the report contends that use of more than a single score from the Torrance battery makes little sense. The major question still unanswered is when, if ever, it makes sense to use a score from the Torrance battery.

I'd find a new job and negotiate a higher salary, then turn in my 2 weeks notice. If you want to accept the probable counter-offer you can, but don't be surprised if it's not forthcoming in this day and age.

No matter how important YOU think you are, it's their opinion of you that matters where wages are concerned.

I'd not let the guy tag the side of my house either. That's not censorship, that's me exercising my rights.

From the patent application:
First: Note the question mark in the subject of this post. Then read the following;

Inventors: Uhlik; Christopher R. (Danville, CA), Orchard; John T. (Palo Alto, CA)
Appl. No.: 11/497,567
Filed: July 31, 2006

http://home.pacbell.net/cuhlik/cu_resume.html
Dr. Chris Uhlik
7/2002 to present, Engineering Director -- Google, Inc. Mountain View, CA

http://www.spoke.com/info/p2WHRbr/JohnOrchard
John Orchard, Dir Engineering, Vyyo Inc.

Ah, you feel an anonymous post on an internet forum with no citation is capable of rebutting a research paper from one of the most influential research organizations in the US.

Oh SNAP! You got me!

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2004/01/Understanding-Poverty-in-America

http://www.epionline.org/study_detail.cfm?sid=122

"Will this bill do what the administration claims to do"?

Yes it will. It claims to tax the households in the upper 5% much greater than it does today, it claims to increase insurance costs for a large percentage of folks, and it will re-distribute the wealth it collects into the medical industry to provide health care for the lowest percentage of folks who mostly don't have insurance because they would rather have multiple TV's, cars and luxury items rather than buy health insurance.

I read the title and the article, then started reading the replies. I was wondering who could have possibly have considered this news worthy and kdawson was the only one that came to mind, so I checked (which isn't something I normally do)

Yeah, kdawson ... "stuff that matters" indeed.