The area is very sparse when you factor in income and cost of living, they probably don't even count households below a defined level, so on that basis the households per square mile is far less than you would think.

Most likely they didn't fail, they just define success differently and that definition is backed by precedent when a town of 2000 used a $250.00/hr lawyer tried to sue them for the same thing.

I read an blog article written by Bob Metcalfe a few years ago where he mentioned that every building in Manhattan is within 150 feet of a fiber optic cable, and only a hardware install from being an OC768, if your curious that would be a monthly inernet bill of between $1.5 - 2.5M and carry 975 times the bandwidth of Verizon's FiOS. The one of biggest expense in putting in a fiber network is actually laying the fiber and laying 1 cable isn't significantly less expensive than laying 50, which is why most of the fiber is dark, it's cheaper to put it in now before labor costs go up.

The copyright owner/owners can always re-issue under any licence they choose at any time, the only complication that can arise is when there are multiple owners who can't or will not agree to change the licence. This is a problem with the Linux kernal because there have been so many contributions that have been added and removed over the decades that no one knows who all the copyright owners are.

If she is exceptionally busty, I would shrug and think "meh". Then I wait and see if there is a nice rear view instead as she goes on by. ;) *** giggity ***

I've got to say, I hate the idea that if you join the US you, it's eternal on pain of death. I'm pretty much universally for the devolution of powers and rights to smaller political entity. Just look at countries ranked on the wellness and happiness scales. People have far greater trust in government institutions in smaller countries.

I believe states should be able to secede, regardless of reason. I'm not saying the southern secession followed a good protocol in deciding when to secede, but I think you would be very surprised if you actually read some of the history of how the transition took place. Think about everything that has to switch over. The federal government was far less monstrous 150 years ago, but courthouses, judges, tax officials, military installations, etc, all had a transition to go through. Many were very straightforward. Courthouse employees came to work one day as US employees, the next as Confederates. IMO, once the secession took place, the view of the north was the treason already occurred.

No, completely wrong. Treason can be justified IF YOU WIN, in which case, it's no longer treason.

That's why I was confused! Perhaps you have never actually talked to someone who has a southern accent?

You know how you hate southerners and think southern culture is reprehensible? That's why. I don't support statehouses flying confederate flags, but I sure as crap support retailers, ebay sellers, etc, selling them. I remember being disgusted when I read about how Nazi memorabilia or historical items were banned from resale in Germany--history-avoiding pansies. Well, now here we are. In fact we're worse--you can still buy Nazi gear, but mention of a confederate flag is verboten!

History is written by the victors. We know who the victors in the civil war were. By the time of the civil war war, every one of my ancestors had been in the US for at least one generation. I'm fortunate enough to have the diary one of ancestor who participated in Sherman's march to the sea (he was from Ohio). Completely harrowing stuff. On another side, another ancestor fought for the south at Gettysburg (he was from the high mountains of VA/NC area). He lost six brothers in just two days at Gettysburg and was severely wounded. Interestingly enough, not a single ancestor I have tracked down who fought for the confederacy ever owned slaves (at least that I can tell). Most of them are from the mountains, where slavery was never as big. Slavery was the raison d'etre of the civil war for elite on both sides. That's not why the commoners fight. Commoners never fight for the real reason a war is being fought (or rarely, at least), they fight because they are whipped up into some kind of group-fervor. It's clear that even today the northern/southern culture divide exists and is pretty damn pungent.

That's a bad argument. The US says they annexed Hawaii and built military bases there. Nobody stopped them. Ergo, Hawaii is part of the US.

Russia says they annexed Crimea (with a popular vote even [allegedly]) and built military bases there (technically already had military bases there). Nobody stopped them. Ergo, the Crimea is part of Russia.

Actually, the Russian claim to the Crimea goes back far longer and probably has more substance.

Trees? That's nothing. In Chicago they bulldoze entire airfields at night.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meigs_Field

If you want an omelette...

I don't understand why you're writing that in a pseudo-Ebonics dialect? Many of the dialectic features you've toss out there are really primary features of AAVE, not so much SVE (though there is of course overlap).

I've got to say, if your goal is to make Southerns--even those of us whose families are transplants, who don't fly the confederate flag, and who don't have an accent--want to stand up for southern culture--mission accomplished! And no, being a fan of southern culture does not mean you love slavery or hate black people.

I hope English is your second language. Meet Bob.

The plural of company is companies.

Since when is "questionable" a synonym for "evil"?

Those guys are level 2 ISP, one notch below internet backbone, except AT&T which is level 1 too. There is a very good chance Sonic.net is peering with one or more of the 5. When they screw with the traffic, they're very likely screwing with your traffic too.

I would assume that a car insurance company would be a Covered Entity as most States require the insurance to cover the cost of health care necessary as the result of an accident.