A sales tax on items ordered via the Internet? Fine, then. Time to go back to good ol' fashioned mail-order by catalog.

Right. The 5th amendment doesn't specify that due process is guaranteed only for citizens; it applies to all persons. That's the point of the bill of rights: it outlines inalienable human rights that belong to all humans, citizens or not.

30-year old stereos that are still around are still around because they were expensive and high quality when they were purchased. The cheap crap bought 30 years ago broken down or was upgraded 5 years later and is no longer around, just like cheap crap bought these days is tossed out in a few years.

So 30-year old stereos that are still around to be listened to sound better because they weren't cheap crap to begin with.

When I started using the NY Times app about a year ago, I really enjoyed it. I travel internationally a lot and often don't have a data connection. What the app will do is download all the stories so I can read them even when the phone is offline. A few months ago, the NY Times changed the app to only allow free users to access "Top Stories" and "Most Emailed." That was frustrating, but I continued using the app because I still got some good content, and I could still read it when offline. But a few weeks after that, it started getting buggy. Even stories that were in "Top News" would tell me I had to subscribe to read them. I didn't investigate thoroughly because it's just not worth it. There are plenty of other free news apps out there that do the same thing. I'd rather read the NY Times, but not for $20/month. The other services have content that's almost as good.

If this is true, then why have traffic fatalities trended downward for the last several years while cell phones have shot up dramatically during the same time period?

I work at McMurdo Station. We have pizza every couple of weeks or so. Its quality varies quite a bit. Earlier this summer the sauce was really sweet and that gave the pizza an off flavor. More recently, it's been a lot better--but I certainly wouldn't call it the best pizza I've ever had. So yes, anyone who votes Antarctica is either being a smartass or has never had pizza in the real world.

"I’ve had a lot of jobs in my life: boxer, mascot, astronaut, baby proofer, imitation Krusty, truck driver, hippie, plow driver, food critic, conceptual artist, grease salesman, carny, mayor, grifter, body guard for the mayor, country western manager, garbage commissioner, mountain climber, farmer, inventor, Smithers, Poochie, celebrity assistant, power plant worker, fortune cookie writer, beer baron, Kwik-E-Mart clerk, homophobe, and missionary, but protecting people, that gives me the best feeling of all."

I'm confused about the purported correlation of texting to accidents. We know that traffic fatalities are at an all-time low. And we know that the rate of texting is increasing dramatically.

So shouldn't we assume that texting makes driving safer?

Let's not forget, though, that facts can be misleading. By choosing what facts to present and which to leave out, an implicit moral judgment may be presented. Masturbation can cause soreness to the affected areas. Some people become addicted to masturbation and can't think about anything else. Being caught masturbating has lead to embarrassment and social awkwardness. All facts.

I wonder if the put the option to make favorites available when offline back in IE? It's not in IE 7 anymore. It was actually kinda useful for traversing and downloading webpages to store offline for use while traveling. Though I must say HTTrack does a fine job of it.

Won't that be 23 hours and 59 minutes before the year ends? Isn't midnight the first minute of the day?