Because it cost more than $5mil to run it for that time, and/or it didn't look like it would produce a profit in the future?

They really need to make a sequel for that. Index just isn't nearly as interesting as Railgun. She really started to come into her own at the end of the series, walking on walls and stuff. She was really starting to see the full potential of her ability.

Why not be picky? Have you seen the stats for divorce lately? Anything is better if it helps people have good relationships instead settling for whatever came along when got fed up.

True love is unrealistic. That doesn't mean it's a bad goal.

I'm currently dating a wonderful girl I met online after many years of not finding anyone I would spend my life with. Had I not been 'picky' I could have settled for any number of other women that wouldn't make me happy. Why would I do that to myself?

I actually agree that we are too cautious in our space explorations. We need to take more risks and spend more money.

But in this case, they were told exactly what would fail, why, and how. And they argued late into the night, and Boisjoly was so sure that he refused to watch the launch. There was absolutely no doubt in 5 engineers' minds that this would happen.

This was not an acceptable risk. It was easily avoidable. Not with 14 lives at stake. (The $5 billion ship might have been acceptable, though.)

The summary is so contradictory because it quotes from 2 articles, and each of them is completely different. One says that the parts were space-tested and fine, and the other says they were never space-certified and were definitely bad. The first one says instead that a software bug caused parts of the system to reboot. The second doesn't know what happened and just blames faulty hardware.

Maybe he means http://www.geekologie.com/2010/03/topeka-kansas-renamed-google-k.php

By letting his good name remain sullied, they are somehow making sure they don't make unjust laws in the future?

I say the opposite. By leaving that as a crime on his record, they are saying that they could return to having that as a crime at any time. They have not legally acknowledged the wrongness, despite their public apology.

Grant a blanket pardon to everyone they convicted of this 'crime' that was not a crime and they WILL send the message that justice is their goal.

Yes, I spoke to them on the phone about this.

So even though we know the law was unjust, and that he was justified in breaking it, he still can't get a posthumous pardon for it? Wow. Guilty of being gay. Who'd have thunk it?

Unless they're saying that they think the law was just. And I'm sure they really, really don't want to say that.

This is my only complaint about T-Mobile's customer service. The only way to block this is to pay $5/month and then micromanage your lines. -sigh-

I had this problem with my father's line. He somehow got signed up for all kinds of garbage, and we didn't figure it out until later. (Really gotta watch that bill better.) They reversed a few months' charges, but they're only willing to go back so far. (I don't blame them, there.)

But I did expect them to help me prevent the charges in the future, without me paying for the service.

I think the most important part is actually "possible red flags". This automatically scans, but doesn't seem to automatically ban.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz "It is made up of a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall formula SiO2."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_dioxide "Silica is used primarily in the production of glass for windows, drinking glasses, beverage bottles, and many other uses."

Glass and quartz.

Offering an attractive suite of free resources, and more attractive non-free resources, means that the free ones are loss leaders. Once you get someone using your platform for free stuff, it's easier to get them to use their existing account for non-free stuff. Compared to getting them to start using your services from scratch, I mean.

I actually meant it as an adult, but others took it to mean as a country... And I find I can't really disagree with them... But I don't think kids learn to bully other kids by watching our government bully other nations. At least, not at first. They might get some tips from it later, though.

So when those kids go outside and get bullied, there will be a support program for them. -sigh-

The best way to teach out kids that bullying is bad is to stop doing it ourselves, and to teach them it's not okay to pick on others for any reason. Mine taught me, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." For me, it stuck. For others, it apparently didn't, or they weren't taught it. Am I perfect at it? No. But I try.

But a government program to teach it? No way. It'll never work. It has to be something every citizen wants, not something that the government tries to force us into. Actually wants, not just says they want.

I'm not against providing nice, safe outdoor play areas for kids. Hopefully away from my apartment windows and doors. I would have loved to have it as a kid, and I'd love to have them away from my apartment now. But attacking an industry to do so is not the way to go about it.