The difference is the poster probably doesn't have powerful lobbying groups to make it that way.

At first I thought this was irrelevant, at best a distraction from the serious topics that need to be addressed, such as freedom vs security, the importance of the second amendment, how we as a society treat the mentally ill.

Then I considered his words and I did some research and it turns out he was on the right track he just didn't take the idea far enough. Allow me to sum up firearm history. Around the third century the Roman Empire adopted Christianity. A few centuries later the Chinese invent the first firearms. Since then firearm deaths have increased roughly 2.9 billion percent!

The only rational conclusion is that our rejection of European polytheistic religions and religious philosophy caused this tragic event. To prevent future gun violence we as a nation must return to worshiping the Polytheistic gods of our ancestors. Obviously not all of them, that would be chaos. I'd recommend the Celtic gods but I'm obviously biased since I'm of English/Irish descent. A strong case can be made for the Norse gods since their movies tend to gross higher in the box office.

1. The cost of electricity is not going to stay the same for 15-30 years. It will almost certainly rise quite a bit. That needs to be factored in.

2. Paying for 30 years up front? That's why God made HELOCS.

I'm not sure how it is in your neck of the woods but I have a system in Las Vegas and there it's actually illegal for HOAs to object to solar panels.

I can't tell if this is a serious question or if this is part of certain members of Slashdot's bizarre disdain for anything new but here goes:

I have a Galaxy Note 2. It has a 5.5 inch screen. This makes for a pretty large phone and when I'm carrying it I'm pretty aware that it's in my pocket. If it were flexible it would conform to the curve of my leg enough that it would be more comfortable to carry. So there, I hope that helps.

But I have to say that when I was in school, the fact that I did pretty well academically is always something that earned me respect. I run ins with my fair share of bullies and shitheads but really it didn't seem to have much to do with my intellect. Stupid kids got bullied just as much.

I have to wonder if this whole concept of "nerd persecution" is concocted by nerds who don't want to admit that maybe they have obnoxious personalities and kind of had it coming.

for all the blacks and latinos who voted against Romney solely because he's white? This problem goes both ways.

I think I'll choose to be optimistic. Look at all the Star Wars novels. It's a huge universe with lots of stories to tell. Disney easily has a lot of material to release a new movie every few years. Also, how it anything they make possibly be worse than Attack of the Clones?

I see where you're coming from. On the other hand, getting maimed in a wreck isn't something that costs only you. Even in the US a lot of public funds go into the health care system. So if wearing a piece of Tupperware on your head is the difference between the taxpayers paying for a few broken bones or years as a vegetable then yeah, I'd say the government can make the decision for you.

I'm guessing you haven't met a lot of Mormons. They're not exactly an exuberant people. Their services almost seem like funerals. If they feel like they're out of their element, random haha's tend to pop up.

Blaming Terry Jones for this is like blaming a rape victim for dressing too provocatively.

It's only labeled internally as 6.1 for compatibility reasons. There's an article that I can't find that explains it better but this one comes close http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/archive/b/windowsvista/archive/2008/10/13/introducing-windows-7.aspx

Well, Stan, the truth is marijuana probably isn't gonna make you kill people, and...it most likely isn't gonna fund terrorism, but...well, son, pot makes you feel fine with being bored and...it's when you're bored that you should be learning some new skill or discovering some new science or...being creative. If you smoke pot you may grow up to find out that you aren't good at anything!

-Randy Marsh

Because it's designed and manufactured in the USA http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/google-q-is-designed-and-manufactured-in-the-u-s-a/

So few weeks ago I bought a refurbished laptop. It was an Acer for about $260. Of course like just about any Windows laptop it was bogged down with crapware so I wiped it out and reinstalled Windows 7. Then it stopped turning on. I sent it back for a replacement but they claimed that reinstalling Windows voided the warranty. I'm pretty sure it's a violation of the Magnuson-Moss warranty act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson-Moss_Warranty_Act. I paid for it through Paypal so I filed a fraud claim against them and Newegg finally gave me an exchange.

So, yeah, in the future I'm definitely going to make a stock image backup so I can restore it before sending it back for repairs. That or I'll smash the hard drive so they don't know I did anything.