Certainly not on my car. But if it was Bob's car, and his car was a Hyundai Elantra he was trying to drive up the side of a mountain on an unimproved road, I would be calling it a user problem if his doors fell off (or any other of a number of mechanical problems).

With that kind of record, it has to be something to do with your use. Still anecdotal, but I've never had anything but HDD and inverter failures in my laptops (mostly Apple) across multiple models, years, and beatings.

But if laptops failed at your rate across all users, they'd have to cost three times as much to cover warranty repairs.

From one of your links

First that average, I expect, represents a few quite high salaries and quite a many lower salaries. No teachers I know even hit that average, even after teaching a few years in a district that really gives a damn.

Note, your other link claims that $6800 is for "instruction," not "teachers." And it says:

Note that your links disagree on total expenditure per student.

In any event, that seems like low pay for such important work.

Where teachers are not union, or where the unions are weak, teachers tend to get paid less than their union counterparts.

Funding for public schools needs to increase at all levels. Bad teachers need to go, but average teachers need to get paid more than they are.

Favorable movie ratings.

Saying the prequels were "unsatisfying" is like saying that a Corolla with two bad cylinders has "unsatisfying" performance.

IANAHipaa expert, but I would guess that since it is only providing anonymous info, it does not fall under hippo restrictions. That doesn't make it right, or even ethical, but it's probably not illegal.

Also, I don't think people can go to jail for HIPAA violations.

*Star Trek* is bigger than Roddenberry.

Once upon a time, when we talked about things like "Web Portals," and people knew who Jerry Yang was, Yahoo! was cool, and offered a lot of useful curating and information. Also some good times playing hearts and backgammon on Yahoo! games.

Then there was babel fish.

Then there was Google beta.

Then Deja News was no more.

And now Yahoo! is cool again?

R.I.P. I've been missing them both for two years now already.

Also, Google labs included services that ended, not just software projects.

The problem with your theory, at least in my case, is that I knew why I wanted a portable mp3 player before I ever had one. I saved my pennies to get that first Jukebox. And with the first iPod, I was like, Perfection! (although it would be until 2d generation before I could afford one.).

The same with iPad, although it still doesn't really function the way I want it to. It is the best option, however, and when it came out, miles beyond anything else, like the iPod.

The iPhone, of course, was truly revolutionary.

The wearable I want is something akin to a TNG communicator, plus the Enterprise computer, plus a floating display a la Star Wars.

Alternatively, they could build in watch functionality into a watch band that I could attach to my existing watch, using its crystal as an HUD. But even then, it would mostly be a toy kind of thing, with limited utility.

I get the joke.

But the truth is, the thing is, in fact, lame. I had a nomad when the iPod came out. And my next device was an iPod. Because it was *awesome.* The interface was awesome, way easier to use in the car. It looked cooler. It was more portable. It had better sound quality and a better shuffle/random function.

The watch I wear, when I wear one, is 60 years old. It tells accurate time, but it's largely a fashion accessory for me. I knew why I had, and wanted better, portable mp3 players. I have no idea why I want a computerized watch. The *only* use which as been at all seemingly valuable is that it might alert me to notifications I might miss when my phone is in my pocket. But I check my phone frequently enough that it's not really an issue for me.

Now, when a watch can *replace* my phone, well, we'll really have something. As in, those holo-phone things in Star Wars. Even if the floating display was just 2D.

Also, while I'm ranting, I'm sore displeased that both iPhone options are bigger. It's fine to have the big one, I get why people like that. But have the smaller one be truly smaller. Heck, I think the iPhone 5 is too big.

I have a great bridge to sell you. I will throw in some unicorns for the right price . . .

Seriously, I'm pretty sure that in most places the only consumer benefit in the contract is the price of basic cable and free or discounted service for a school or government office.

And, recording or not, they'll soon just start ditching "troublemaking" customers, like the hospitals do.