My dad invented one in 1962 called "Chuck"... as in "Chuck, get up and change the channel." "Chuck, get up and turn the volume down." "Chuck, get up and turn the God-damned boob-tube off and go out side!" (Yes, my dad calls it a "boob-tube" to this day... His favorite phrase back then was "Garbage in, garbage out!")

I undestand your concerns. However, we can move between states much more freely than we can move between countries. When one state makes draconian laws such as this, we can always move to New Jersey or somesuch... Who wants to bet that weeks after this law gets enacted that there will be a mass exodus out? Also, we the people, can have more influence over state legislation than we can at the Federal level.

A few years back I introduced a young man to Linux. His name was Bob Cole, he was blind in one eye, mostly blind in the other, was very interested in accessibility features, and he moved from Ohio to California. What are the odds that this is the same person?

So what do you do when you live in a nanny state and things don't work out the way you want? You sue the nanny. Maybe these young peolpe should be taught to rely more on themselves than turning to and pointing fingers at the Federal government. Just saying.

Really!? Are you really comparing battery packs to propane tanks!? How much is an empty propane tank? How often do they wear out? Now, how much is a battery pack and how often do they wear out? While it's not rocket science, or brain surgery, your suggestion financially unsound.

That's not exactly true... H & R Block will represent their software and will trestify that their calculations were accurate. They will not represent whether or not the numbers you plugged in are "right".

Does this mean that lawyers have mutated HOX genes that fail to unwind, thus leaving them spine-less?

Think about it! If "it's not fission or fusion", then what the hell is it!? Magic or snake-oil? At best this is a cool science-fiction energy source. If you want to see really cool, *real* possibilities, check out the Focus Fusion Society [http://http://focusfusion.org/] and learn about Dense Plasma Focus and p+B fuel! This is something that has potential and could fit in a garage. Maybe.

I do have a problem with this. I do not have a problem with refusing to travel to or through Mass.. I also do not have a problem with not living in Mass., not doing business in Mass., etc. I encourage anyone who feels the same to do the same. If the people who currently live in Mass. don't like this, then they can cast their votes against it in many ways, either at their polling place on election day or by picking-up and moving to a different state. New Hampshire is not that far away... Check out the Free State Project [http://http://freestateproject.org/] to learn more really cool reasons to move to New Hampshire. We always have alternatives.

Quoting the Bonzo Dog DoDa Band without attribution is bad mojo...