I'd like to see what carriers would be getting, vs what we will continue to pay.
Fee hikes every year leaves me bouncing between two carriers that I hate, just because they're the only two in town.

You forgot: When life is just plain sh*tty, God works in mysterious ways.

Having bought a home recently, and having seen my mortgage sold to Skank of Ameriwhore, I can offer the following:

In MA, there is a separate document you must sign, when applying for a mortgage, as well as closing on your home. This document says that the lender you are going through, has the right to do so. If you choose not to sign it, you can pretty much kiss your mortgage goodbye.
It is not an uninformed decision, and legally has to be explained to you.

Again, you are pretty much screwed into it, so there's a reasonable gripe...

Even in Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) science was top. Granted, it was used in the wrong sort of way, but with knowledge comes responsibility.

At that distance, what would the estimated temp be in space?
More for my own curiosity, but the tech needed to survive a constant furnace/radiation bomb is also very cool.

Not wishing to add to this fire here, but I think the parent has a valid point.
4x closer, would have me assume the distance x4, is the distance of our planet, relative to the sun... in so many words.

Instead of shielding our kids from all the world's baddies... expose them. Teach them how to cope.
Back before the days of "cyber" bullying, we had... wait for it... regular bullying.
We taught our kids how to stand up for themselves.

Instead of protecting the children, why not focus on educating the parents on preparing their kids for real life?

What's next, curtailing my right to flip you off in traffic? That'll go over great in Boston...

I had a professor explain this to me as the "shoes in China" theory. Basically, it says that you can make any assumptions you want, but unless they're based on cold hard facts, and 100% true, you're just FOS.
If I sell shoes in china, I could *in theory* be rich off of a 1/1000 success rate. It may never happen, but it looks like an easy goal on paper...

Regretting saying "yeah, we can make that happen" every day since.

I even do that to my wife, and she hates it.

If you just get a Google voice number, and chain it to your cell (for those not wearing a tinfoil hat as thick as a lead x-ray vest) the caller is asked to state their name. You then can answer, screen who it is, and decide whether to accept or deny. Deny shoots them to VM.
Added bonus: free texts if you have a data plan.

The page also *says* that they will delete the image, once your identity has been verified. Until there is a way to remotely verify that you are who you say you are, and that I am not you, and vice versa... that's what they're working with.

What sort of proof would you want that the person requesting YOUR information is anybody but you? It is a serious question, because I am looking for a fool-proof, better method.

You're worried about your "private" information, yet are irritated that you must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that you are, indeed, you.

This x10.
WTF.

Looking around, it turns out that there are many places that either already have some people starting occupations (no not jobs), or are planning some to add to Wall St. A list of hashtags are popping up, and at least one protest is being planned in Boston.
It looks like this could be something gaining some steam... whether or not it continues to the point of influence is another question.