Logic would also denote that you should know what the hell you're talking about. If the ( ) is supposed to represent a circle as to where you place your answer it could then make sense. Algebra has rules, parentheses have rules. Zero is a value, and because there is nothing with in the parentheses, it's assume a zero value and there for the the problem is incorrect.

Parentheses are not a place holder, they are not a variable. That is logic, and I encourage you to go ask a Math professor at your local University.

Actually it's going to be around 1 Million years. We're slowing moving out of the "Habitable Zone", which we're already on the inner edge of to begin with, and that will happen much sooner than when the Sun begins to expand during it's Red Dwarf stage. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/extrasolar-99m.html
Also the Moon is moving away from us and in about 1-2 Billion years our axis wont be stable which will cause profound weather changes. http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=769

So does this mean that all the John's in the world get to sue port-a-potty company's for associating their name which follows their reputation with port-a-john's?

Okay, wait a second here Apple. You found a "bug" in your software that misrepresents signal strength, but does it in a way to make AT&T look like they have good coverage? I'm seeing this as it's own, separate issue than the antenna one. My first thought is, was that intentional? Really makes you wonder how the people in New York were feeling when they'd look at their iPhone and have 5 bars but just dropped a call. Now they'll see the truth of one bar, so does this make it some sort of "false advertisement" by either or both parties?

I also am not understanding this philosophy of everyone saying, "Well just return it" blah blah blah {insert kesha song here}. Yeah, sure you can return it. There is obviously something wrong with something you bought though, and you may really enjoy this product and you'd rather see the issue fixed rather than give up what you use daily. I am less inclined to believe you will get Apple to fix the issue by doing a recall of the phone by having a mass of people return it versus having that mass file class action lawsuits that end in forcing Apple to legally do so. I highly doubt Apple will do anything about the antenna problem without some sort of legal action, but I also believe it will have to be better than a class action lawsuit. It should be the FCC coming after them.

In the end, kinda makes me wonder if Steve made his cronies "fix" a iPhone 4 for him so he wont have the problems because I bet he's pissed for lookin like a fool with his pants on the ground!

As a Marine Vet, I'd have to agree with the previous poster. You give up your rights when you sign to serve your country. You welcome the dictatorship over the democracy you swore to protect. You're rights are those given to you by your NCO's or CO's. The USAF is more like a glorified civilian anyways, so I guess you probably wouldn't understand.

I agree with doing away with those stupid social networking sites while you are in. You get phone privileges and can call home while overseas. The only people that would be severally pissed off would be all the POG's and Fobits that abuse that shit daily while there. You probably wont catch many grunts willing to waste their fucking time on that shit, I guarantee that. From patrols to post duty, when you are afforded your time to sleep, you do that over playing on the internet.

Semper Fi!
Semper gumby!
Kill'em all and let God sortem out!

It's the United States of North American Korea.

Please enjoy your stay.

Don't forget the rodin coil and circuits involving the joule thief.

WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Does he weigh as much as a duck?

Total "first" failure! You planning on "fristing" someone? :P hahhahaha ;)

Well no shit. Last time i check the population is growing, not at a standstill or decline. So us older folks who grew up in a non DRM gaming environment to what we have now are the ones that avoid that shit with a plague unlike our younger counter parts who most of which probably have no clue what DRM is. If they do, they don't give a shit, they're having fun playing their game one way or another. It wasn't their money if they bought it and they become a "rebel" once they hack it and have bragging rights to their friends to sound uber cool!

However, this doesn't justify DRM's methods of preventing piracy. I think this guy has it right: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-mt4BpnfAN-o/how_anti_piracy_screws_over_people_who_buy_pc_games/
Enjoy! :D

Finally, the crystal I needed for my lightsaber! :D

Are you busy? Just because you've posted the question doesn't necessarily mean that you are. Bodies usually are warranted on a need basis not based on how many of X that you have. In a small shop you're probably going to have a mixture, like I do. We have 110 Employee's, 12 Windows servers(2 DC's, 1 SQL, 1 X-CHNG), 6 linux servers(2 are XenServer Hosts, 1 Firewall). We both handle everything, neither of us are assigned to just do Servers and the other to answer the phone. Honestly we hardly get phone calls, and when we do the Tech Support dice could answer the question(no joke). Usually simple stuff. I've been more busy with server maintenance than anything.

Anyways, the point is how busy are you? Is some of the slack not being picked up by other tech's? If I was also judge this based on machine count it would be around 50 to 60 machines per Tech. Probably around 500 Machines warrants the segregation of Tech's(phone and email support) and Sys/Network Admin.

We've seen all the major carries do something to this same effect dozens of times and even more frequent with these smart phones becoming more efficient tools. They know it'll piss customers off, but they know you want the phone you have. They also know a lot of people aren't willing to cut their contract and pay the fee. There are a few out there that probably would do this, but it's not enough to make a difference.

All Your Base Are Belong To Us.

If they truly feared people leaving them for doing something like this, they wouldn't do it. It's unfortunate that most of their pissed off customers can't leave either, no one wants to take a 300 dollar hit to make a "point".

Ohh, I just thought of something though. If you could make a site... lets call it, "letsleaveverizon.com". On that site you see a couple things. One being a counter of how many people would agree to leaving if the amount was above 10000(just throwing out numbers). You'd also see a link to click on that would allow you to "join". This join would only send you an email once the counter reached the specified goal. You'd obviously want a Captya to prevent unnecessary joins. Lastly a paragraph explaining the simple guide lines, like.. Don't join if you are not 100% on board with leaving once the goal is reached. Also the leave can be canceled if Verizon meets the criteria... IE: Adding back my option to choose, because after all that is why you bought the phone in the first place.

Thoughts?