How do you feel about people who new better, bought the phone and jail-broke it?

My understanding was that the hardware vendors knew that because Microsoft had started to advertise Vista and that it would require better hardware, that no-one would buy any hardware until Vista was released.

That threatened to destroy a couple of quarters for HW manufacturers.

That's why they created the certification program. Seems like this is a matter of false advertising, if they sold systems that didn't actually run Vista.

It's bad enough that large organizations like banks, insurance companies and webs sites have all this info on you. But the scariest thing is the fact that the Gov't can get hold of all of the databases and bring the info together all at once. Then they can build all kinds of mapping/statistical programs to monitor your lives either has groups or individuals.

So, much worse than any entity having information on you, the scary thing, is the one entity that can demand access to all other databases and merge the data together.

Learning a 2nd/3rd language is a huge waste of time. What do you really learn by adding a list of words to your brain that is a copy of the words you already know, but in a different language?

Think of the opportunity cost of all thing other things you could have learned instead that would actually help you understand the world around you.

Just pick a language already, any language (does not have to be English). There would be so much saved effort in understanding each other and passing on knowledge between civilizations. Best of all, it would make it harder for politicians to say one thing to one group and something else to another, hiding it based on language differences.

What do I not understand here? We buy insurance because we are uncertain about our future prospects, so we can't prepare for them. Insurance is providing a useful service, what's evil about that? Anyway, if testing is going to remove some or most of that uncertainty, we don't need insurance. Those who now now they are unlikely to get those diseases can now save the money to put toward their family, charity, etc. Those that now know that they are likely to have a disease, can adjust. They may choose to plan for these costs and save more, or they may plan to spend the money and enjoy what ever time they have. Why should the government come in and remove these choices from people. Why should you be forced to pay for your future healthcare costs if you don't want to. Or why should you be forced to pay for someone else. We should be allowed to choose. It's called freedom!