The microphone parts are pretty bad. There's no obvious way to configure your mic either...

Why should you learn Spanish? They should learn English if they come here, just like all of my ancestors did.

Someone needs to get together a wall of shame website for companies like Qualcomm. Call out and shame these bastards constantly. Boycott whoever you can on that list. Never forgive; never forget.

They don't give the power of the shock in either the summary or the article. Perhaps these people valued their time enough that they'd rather have the electric shock and move onto other things that day. I mean, if I could get money and extra 15 minutes out for my day for a brief shock, I might consider that although I enjoy being alone for long stretches of time. What is the opportunity cost here?

Also, Slashdot: a place where nerds come together to talk about being alone.

You scare me on so many levels. Another restriction on freedom that's absolutely essential for a free society is mandatory education? And without it, the population can fall prey to charismatic demagogues? I guess that's why the Prussians, the Soviets, the Nazis, the Chi-Coms, and the hosts of other nasty totalitarian assholes instituted MANDATORY EDUCATION for the masses... oh wait, they did it instead to control the populace. Plato is VERY clear in his Republic that his "Special Dictatorship" can only exist while mandatory, censored education is the law of the land. Remember, the Founding Fathers didn't need a mandatory education to establish this nation and form the well-thought out laws that govern it. Ever read the Federalist (or anti-federalist, for that matter) Papers in school? Probably not, because they're above a high-school reading level today. And, pray tell, who is going to be doing the auditing of schools, both private and public? You?