Who do you know that honestly thinks the security theater is working? We tolerate it but I almost no one encourages it. The only reason this passed is the same reason we have the TSA in the first place, they're pork contracts designed to siphon money into selected pocketbooks and everyone with any power is in on it.

Why the fuck do I give a shit about your gaddamn captcha. It's not a fucking fortune cookie you stupid bint.

Sidewalk is a specific type of pavement, in that it is on the side of the road for use by pedestrians (and arguably bicycles). Pavement is pretty much any type of concrete or blacktop surface.

I hear you, I was just thinking this the other day. My last two phones have been touchscreen only, the Nexus 1 and now a Captivate (ATT Galaxy S). I switched from sliding qwerty when I got my first Android phone and did it mostly because at the time that was really the only option. Now that there are more choices I have been looking for a sliding Android because I have never been that great with the on-screen keyboard compared to a real keyboard.

But then who would run the country?

What? They totally made a client for Windows. I used it 1999 - 2001 ish.

Sure, there are plenty of ways to make money in this new environment but it's nowhere near the level they were once making. Who wants to compete when you can just shut out all the competition?

1. Start Israeli company that sells useless shit
2. Make business requests to many large US corporations
3. Make subtle remarks about this law in negotiations.
4. Profit!!!!

Does it run Linux?

Mint flavored birth control pills.

Says who? Everyone knows they don't have a good reason to keep it secret.

Very interesting and thanks for taking the time to explain it. I'm familiar with the falsification idea but I don't think I've heard of the induction problem before. +1 enlightenment

Thanks for making the point more clear. We can't predict the future so we can't know if in ten feet the road will vanish beneath me or that my electrons won't go flying off into space. Fair enough.

Haven't we proven enough of our theories about this world that we know for certain things are stable to a known degree? Or is it like the "law" of gravity, not proven but correct according to a large body of evidence? Do you mean to say that we know no absolutes?

I don't understand this, I don't need faith to believe there is order in the universe. It's been proven that there is a certain amount of order and I can reproduce those measurements if I wanted to see for myself. Causality is equally provable. We don't know how everything works yet but the stuff we are sure about I don't need faith to believe. The other stuff we make our best guess while reserving the right to change our mind pending further data.