When the laws are changed so that any citizen can put up a windmill and then sell power DIRECTLY to their neighbor, then we will have an environment in which the free market can allow for cheap power. Until then we have a government back monopoly based system that will need to be carefully monitored and controlled by the government to prevent/stop involved companies from taking advantage of consumers.

"Deregulation" is just a made up word used to sell us some bullshit. At the end of deregulation in any state there are always even more regulations then when they started, and I still can't sell my extra solar power to my neighbor.

Typing speed has no bearing on how good a programmer is. The time spent actually typing lines of code is not that significant when you factor in design, unit testing, debugging, integration, and so on. BUT, the best programmers tend to spend a LOT of time at the keyboard. They become fast, even if they can't touch-type, their hunting and pecking will become speed pecking. So, while I agree that you don't need to be a fast typer to be a good programmer, I've never met any good programmers that were not also fast typists.

In my opinion Sirius is killing satellite Radio. I've been an avid listener of XM for 4 years or so. I liked the country stations 10 - 13, 16, 17. I really enjoyed the "Visiting with the Legends" shows with Bill Anderson, and also the Outlaw America shows that used to air live during my commute time. Outlaw America had a call-in line that took requests. These shows are now gone. They have an "Outlaw Country" channel that very seldom plays music of the outlaw country genre. They have a hand full of new D.J.s most of which are annoying. Some are too annoying for me. ( Mojo Nixon _really_ _is_ a bugar eating moron. )

I have no idea how they are doing for other kinds of music, but they've totally screwed up the stuff I like. My yearly subscription ends in April. I plan to cancel then.