They orbit at a speed that matches how fast the earth is spinning, so from the ground they appear to hang at the same spot in the sky.

And also more dots!

Obviously you never worked at Big Net. :)

I guess it depends on how quirky they are. I'm a bit quirky, but I am (at least according to my last review) very productive, helpful and pleasant to be around. My biggest quirk is that to get anything serious done I need long stretches of uninterrupted time, because interruptions completely derail me mentally. My bosses are understanding and they try to make sure they don't stuff me into too many meetings, or at least they try to concentrate them into one or two days a week to minimize my need to stop & start working.

I have other quirks too, though over the past 15+ years in the job force I've learned to hide and/or work around those on my own.

And by the way what kind of a geek would insult female coworkers? Sheesh, those are the ones I go out of my way to help! Maybe it's just because all my female coworkers are grad students... :)

Keep in mind that a large portion of taste is actually smell. Food would never taste interesting again if you lost your sense of smell.

As has been mentioned earlier, Comcast VOIP is out-of-band. It's not that they're giving it priority; it's that it's not even part of the equation. It's just like how their current TV service is handled; your Internet being pegged doesn't stop your TV channels from working either.

Now, if Comcast does start offering regular over-the-Internet video streaming, then yes I would agree it should be treated the same as anyone else's service.

This is standards operating procedure for Viacom. They've had these spats with DISH Network too...at least twice I can remember in the past few years. Every time I hear about one of these disputes, it's always Viacom on one side of it. What does that that tell you about them?

We should use some of those nucular materials. They're much more powerful I hear. :)