That was a nice calculator. But there is no way an air security person would understand it. They all failed math.

If you think the TSA isn't a major part of that, just look at how many people on this thread said they aren't flying domestically (or, if foreign, to the US) anymore.

We just booked on JetBlue and the first checked bag was free (even though we typically all go with carryons because you never can be too sure how you'll get to your destination.

The real enemy is drugs. If you look at all the security measures that changed, they all have to do with somebody that smuggled drugs. Why do you take your shoes off? It's not the shoe bomber, it's the girl whose story was featured on "Locked Up Abroad" who was filling her oversized shoes with hashish.

I suspect they found somebody that packed their laptop's battery compartment with drugs.

Like "marriage".

Yep, we'll keep 300 people safe while bankrupting the country and killing all our businesses. But...terrorists...

I forgot to bring my charger this weekend and my phone (which I was using for navigation) died so badly it wouldn't do anything THE FIRST DAY.

And how many cell phone battery bombs have there been yet?

Because inevitably if you travel for any extended length of time your battery WILL be dead. Now visitors to our country start by throwing away their PHONE? Yeah, that's going to encourage tourism...

True. I haven't needed it yet, but the fact that I CAN replace it is a large part of why I like the Samsung.

And back then, I found it to be very helpful and accurate. Now, not at all.

Netflix's rating system is worse than ever. It recently said that I would like "Amber Alert" at a 4.8 out of 5. I thought, "Not likely", but I tried it anyway. I turned it off in 10 minutes and rated it a 1 (which for me means couldn't finish). How on earth did it think I (or anyone else) would like that horrible movie with ugly, stupid people screaming at each other the whole time?

9/11 confirms your claims...in the negative. Many people made calls that day when they knew they were going to die.

Well, he dresses like a 12 year old girl, so I think it was him...

These were the "Silk Road" bitcoins, not Dread Pirate Roberts' (Ross Ulbricht's) bitcoins. He said, "they aren't mine". The government gave time for anyone to claim them. Nobody did.