End the coverage debate: http://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/pcc.aspx

There is a lot of area that isn't covered, but most sections of interstate are covered.

So many [stupid] websites have code in the site that, as soon as you visit, a pop-up with a message something to the effect of, "Welcome Apple iPhone user! We have an app for our website, why don't you use that instead!" then, tiny text to actually attempt to view the site. Not only that, but often, the website then attempts to give me a mobile "optimized" version of the website. Dang it! I don't want an optimized version with limited functionality.

To solve this, I have installed and use the Terra web browser on my iPad2 as it can masquerade as different versions of IE or Safari. Much of the time, I run in "IE" mode so that websites don't suspect I am running through the ipad; then I always see the "real" site.

Great quote! Thanks for sharing. It made my day!

I agree with you; the scrapes and falls are a long-term benefit to the child, but it is rarely a short-term benefit to the parent.

And, if you haven't seen it, this is a great TED talk.

Case in point: My 3 year old knows how to use a screwdriver and can easily find screws around the house to take out and put into things. Yesterday I was, for the first time, wishing I had bought those little electrical outlet cover things.

I went to plug in a 3 prong electrical cord (US style) and it wouldn't go in. I decided to get down on my knees and look into the outlet. Turns out there is a tiny screw driven deep into the ground hole part of one of the outlets. Arrg.. We had to have a talk about that.

Anyway, I still haven't taken the time to go find the breaker for this outlet and proceed to disassemble the faceplate/recepticle to a point to see if I can get the screw out.

Now that I think about it...never mind. She would have most like just taken the outlet kiddy protector/cover plastic thing off anyway, then inserted then screw. After she realized her mistake, she would have most likely replaced the plastic cover. Then, it would have really blown my mind.

Oh well. Smart 3 year old, slow dad.

(BTW, I tried using a high-power neodymium magnet against the screw....but, it looks like the screw is aluminum ...appears to have come from a disassembled HDD.)

> Good analogy, and I second that.

Agreed! However, can you convert this into a car analogy? ;)

Dude, your GPS receiver is 14 seconds off!

People who use GPS for accurate timing need to be aware that GPS doesn't account for leap-seconds. As such, GPS is ahead of UTC by about 14 seconds. You can read more about the problem here.

It gets more complicated, however, as some receivers correct for this. You can read more about the correction here.

Man, I haven't had any issues with ATI either, since about 2004 when I decided to go with nVidia. [ducks!]

I think that is what ParticleGirl is saying.... natural selection is simply, "that which survives, survives. And, that which thrives, thrives. That which dies, dies." There are no goals.

Evolution isn't about making things "better overall", evolution/natural selection only makes things "better" in a given system, in a given environment, at a given time.

I think what the grandparent poster was alluding to, is that in our current system/environment, it is the poor/uneducated that, generally speaking, seem to not understand the benefit of a reduction in offspring; they therefore have more offspring than those that are more highly educated.

That, or the ones having more offspring choose not to think at all, and just do what comes naturally...and choose to base their choices on what feels good and to live in the moment. ie: no delayed gratification.

It is sad the number of people on direct government assistance that are on the assistance because of the poor choices. There are those who need the assistance, but it frustrates me when I meet people that try hard to get on permanent social security disability...so that they don't have to work. It is truly sad that they don't want to better themselves; they are willing to just take a free handout provided by the hard-working, tax-paying population. In the last year alone, I have met 4-5 people living this way.

Just my $0.02.

What, then, does common carrier mean?

sorta. OS X is both Mach and BSD.

The kernel is Mach, the OS is based on BSD (net and free).

Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X#History

Just over a month ago, Slashdot reported 1000Mb connections (up and down) to the home for $349.99 per month covering all of Chattanooga, TN.

I can order it where I live...and, no contract for this fiber to the home connection either. If you want to hear it from the horses mouth, read it here.

Also, I discovered that by adding a home phone (delivered via the same fiber) to that quote, the total price actually drops to $317.03 per month.

I have no personal affiliation with EPB, but I do think it is uber-cool that I could upgrade to 1Gb by making a phone call and paying [a lot] more each month. Their 30Mb up/down for $57.99 is enough for me. :)

I get the joke, but it is also a bit interesting to consider this seriously:

So, how much does it cost to maintain a horse?

Food/grain

If not grain, how much acreage is required to have the horse(s) mainly subsist from the naturally occurring grasses?

How much will that acreage cost in property taxes?

What about local zoning ordnances that disallow "farm" animals?

Vet costs/medical care/medicine/ (don't want my horses getting ticks/flees/etc)

What about shoeing?

Barn, infrastructure to support proper care when temperatures drop/bad weather, etc.

Speaking of care, how much time to spend brushing, cleaning, etc? This is an animal with a personality, you know. Needs some regular attention if you want it to listen/behave when you decide to go out.

I am just guessing, but doesn't sound real practical right now...the economy would have to really really tank bad to make these even seem slightly reasonable.

However, I do like your idea of allowing youth to be doing something useful. Shoveling horse apples is the kind of thing that will cause a kid to want to pay attention in school so that he doesn't have to do that for the rest of his life...unless he likes it...then, more power to him.

Interesting thought at 2am.

yes yes, but could you actually do your dissertation work on your droid today?

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I have heard many people claim things like, "my wristwatch has more power than a supercomputer in the 60's that took up an entire floor of the building". The next question to ask is, what did that computer that took so much space do? The response is something along the lines of, "it ran the payroll for 190k employees." I then ask if their wristwatch can run the payroll for 190k employees. Then it dawns on them that the old systems of yesteryear weren't quite so simple and trivial.
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mod parent up. grandparent is wrong.

;) Lady Java