Don't forget the glory hole!

As a United Statsian I can say that I once held us in esteem too. Now American exceptionalism, hyper-partisan politics, and Orwellian jingoism are the new norm. My wife and I have been seriously considering moving to another country while the getting is good. Any suggestions for an application developer and an environmental engineer?

I want to sincerely thank you all for making my damned day so early in the morning. Now to explain to my cube-mates why I'm stifling laughter.

Am I reading that right? It sounds like you want to feed starving children to other countries. Granted this will do a lot to feed others and to help take care of population growth, but how much sustenance can a starving child give? Really, we should start by eating the fat kids here in the U.S.

Caveat: As always, YMMV. I went over on my T-Mobile data a few months ago while at a conference. To my surprise even at 5GB I wasn't throttled. When I got back to my hometown I walked into one of their stores while my wife was shopping and asked them about it. The answer I got was that they reserve the right to throttle if you go over and that it's not an automatic thing. I have no idea if this is correct since in my experience salespeople are about as ill-informed as viewers of Fox News, but it is something to think about.

Really? Take a burned DVD over 5 years and try to read it. When I was in grad school I had a professor lose years of data because the disc decayed so badly. Granted the humidity and heat of Texas probably had something to do with it as well, but the discs themselves were in a dark place. You may be right regarding pressed optical media, but the consumer grade stuff will simply not outlast a decent hard drive.

The parent was talking about a self-hosted NAS device. I have 8 TB of space at home (RAID 5) and despite home movies, and raw pictures (minds out of the gutters, people) I haven't come close to filling it up. The initial purchase was a bit steep, but I trust it a helluva a lot more than optical storage.

FTFY

Note to the NSA: I would not do this, I detest terrorism more than I detest the terrorism that you use to try to stop it.

Note to self...hot pockets and cheetos flavored lube!

I am not an avid gamer, but I do occasionally play games. I will never drop $60 on a new game, and I won't go to Gamestop to spend $50 on a used one. What I will do, however is occasionally troll garage sales, and Amazon for interesting looking games. I bought the Force Unleashed I and II for $8 total a few weeks ago. If Microsoft's new system were in place, I never could have done that.

Two words...Faraday Cage

This is nothing more than a slap in the face of Capitalism. I say let the free market decide who lives and who dies!

Aww...somebody got lost on the way to Fox News.

I'm simply restating what was told to me by the Verizon customer service rep I talked to. In practice maybe they don't drop you, but they are legally allowed to.

I was looking closely at their month-to-month offerings, but their Android devices were all neutered versions of the contract versions. There is a lengthy process of converting an S4 or HTC One into a month-to-month phone but it requires a sacrificial lamb (a month-to-month device) and if Verizon catches wind of your rooting, you'll be dropped like a call on Sprint and be out the cash you spent on both devices.

I'm sticking with T-Mobile and my Nexus 4. HSPA is fast enough for my remote browsing needs and in most places I'm surrounded by WiFi anyway. I admit that they're not the most reliable or the fastest, but they are the most consumer friendly.