No, They do not, not for me anyway.

The only conclusive relief I have ever been able to achieve was through oxygen therapy.

I also have an auto-injector of Imitrex which helps when I'm out-and-about...but it is **prohibitively** expensive to use.

I have used LSD to break a cycle, and it works...The problem is that I do not maintain a lifestyle where finding LSD is an easy experience, nor do the benefits outweigh the risks, though to be fair, things take on a different perception when I'm in the middle of a cycle.

Bullshit.

Plenty of space is wasted in not using lightweight, high-strength, low deforming materials on the back (non-touch-screen side.)

For the cost, a wafer thin sliver of titanium would work, perform the same function, and reduce the 'problem' of size/thickness/what-have-you. On the other hand, it would raise the cost of the device by about a nickel...Can't have that.

If you were to go ahead and disassemble the iPhone4 you will find enough voids in the sub-and-super-structure that could house a standard-sized sim card...hell, a couple of screws on the above mentioned back and you could change the battery yourself too.

Glucose is a powerful oxidizer. In sufficient quantities it can oxidatively damage the mitochondrial DNA of cells. The quantities involved are not high.

The government entity that laid them no longer exists.

Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any contract or engage in any combination or conspiracy hereby declared to be illegal shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $100,000,000 if a corporation, or, if any other person, $1,000,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding 10 years, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.

 2. Monopolizing trade a felony; penalty
Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $100,000,000 if a corporation, or, if any other person, $1,000,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding 10 years, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.

 14. Sale, etc., on agreement not to use goods of competitor
It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the course of such commerce, to lease or make a sale or contract for sale of goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities, whether patented or unpatented, for use, consumption, or resale within the United States or any Territory thereof or the District of Columbia or any insular possession or other place under the jurisdiction of the United States, or fix a price charged therefor, or discount from, or rebate upon, such price, on the condition, agreement, or understanding that the lessee or purchaser thereof shall not use or deal in the goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities of a competitor or competitors of the lessor or seller, where the effect of such lease, sale, or contract for sale or such condition, agreement, or understanding may be to substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce.

Government employees really need to be reminded that as a condition of being employed by the state that they are held to a higher standard and can be tossed to the wolves for stuff like this, namely:

TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 13 > 241

  241. Conspiracy against rights

If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or
If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured—
They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 13 > 242

  242. Deprivation of rights under color of law

Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

Negative. You are asked if you have ever been convicted of a felony, in most cases.

Unless your employer is a LEO, or you require a security clearance, or NASA, or you want to work for any other government agency, or...well, you get the idea.

It could also be said that .999... is 1/Infinity away from 1.

i.e. .999... + 1/inf = 1

But that's as stupid as this whole argument. .999 is as close to and may as well be for all practical intents and purposes for as much as it matters to anyone equal to 1.

(.999 is still not Unity)

Well, duh, when you break that 1 into 3 parts you're going to miss a few crumbs here and there, you know, onto the floor, stuck to whatever you cut that one up with...I mean, why get so worked up over a crummy unit?

As an aside, our local devs did in a week, with greater quality, than what the offshore folks did in a month...

There are people in india and china who will work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week for a third of your pay

Sort of...The in between you'll have to use to gain access to those folks eats about 1/3 of that third, so now you're looking at a savings of 2/3. The 'loss in translation' loses you a bit and the time difference effectively kills the other third so now you're looking at a 1:1...

Now we add to that the ability to respond in real time to problems...good luck...you're looking at another 1/3 (and I'm being generous) and you're at a c/b of 1 1/3.

Contract over, you've got a bug 6 months into production? 1 2/3.

Scrap the overseas stuff and hire local? 2 2/3.

We have tried this. Offshoring is for the foolish.

Since you cannot seem to understand obvious disagreement and agreement I shall point out the following:

You do not understand what he said.

You do not understand that you do not understand what he said.

You follow up with a misunderstanding of your complete lack of understanding of what was said.

If you provide me with your patient number, I will route your handlers to your location to pick you up and take you back to your facility.

You must not know many Americans. One third of them are stupid enough to do whatever the guy next to them tells them to and another third know that the evil terrorist is going to kill them anyway, while the other third are going to panic.

It has been ingrained into the social consciousness in the US that you will absolutely die if you let the terrorist take the plane and you only *might* die if you resist.

How, pray tell, are you going to maneuver your massive bulk through the swarming throng of people in front of you who are convinced they're about to die and the only thing that stands between them and the only chance possible of continued life, and health insurance for their children, is to smear the guy being tasered by the air-marsal with their carry-on-luggage?

If you had only been blessed with the sense that was given unto the common Anvil you would understand that the universe of discourse is 'United States Hijackings' and that your link, while very linky, is completely useless, providing nothing in the way of contextual information.

You do understand that over 12,000 pilots flying commercial, passenger, aircraft carry firearms, right? That there exists a peep-hole in the door? That they are not actually flying the plane unless it is taking off or landing?

So yes, in your fantasy scenario, assuming the terrorist is not beaten to death with a scared father's laptop, or incapacitated with the taser of the air-marshal, somehow gets let into the cockpit (the pilots fully-aware of what is going on as they have had a chance to look) and it is an un-lucky chance that these particular pair of pilots is not packing...The terrorist will still get an escape-ax to the base of the spinal cord while focusing on one or the other (an Axe is standard equipment on *every* cockpit, to enable the pilots to shatter the glass, if necessary)

You must be a retarded, moronic, mouth-breathing, moron-of-morons, cared over by other like-minded fud-slinging, twit-talking, swill of bastardized, twice-removed-actually-smart people, if you think that the American people will sit still for what is, in their minds, certain death anyway.