There's room for both. Put a few "sythetist" type thinkers in with of a whole bunch of specialists and you've got a pretty amazing combination. Some people are better suited to specialty, while others excel at being a "jack of all trades". We obviously can't all be a DaVinci but those who are really make an impact.

Tell that to the Egyptians. Or the Syrians. It hasn't happened, yet, in the USA but rest assured, at some point the tide will shift away from the government as we know it and move back (hopefully) toward the government as it was intended. I believe that will happen with guns, personally. I hope it doesn't but I believe it will.

"Insane worries" which are statistically unnecessary. The USA has no worries other nations don't have, we just hype our worries up a lot more than other nations do because it sells advertisements. It sells guns. It sells movies. Basically, it just sells.

There really aren't that many "home invasions" (with people at home), despite what the news and Hollywood tell you. The FBI doesn't even track the information, as "home invasion" is usually considered part of a number of different charges all falling under "violent crime" heading.

That said, the "violent crime rate" (which includes, murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery of all types) was 386 per 100,000 in the USA for 2011. That's 0.3 percent of the population actually being victim of ANY violent crime.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-1

You have speakers right? Same basic principles at work...

And the solution, as any good technology pro that actually travels to foreign countries for business should know, is to file export paperwork. It's a simple solution, takes about 10 minutes to file relevant papers and then you're covered.

It won't stop any actual spying, which is being blown way out of proportion by this article in my opinion, but it will protect you the "exporter" from prosecution.

Your experiences are far from perfect. I can count at least 15 native English speakers, born in the USA who say "stuffs" all the time. It annoys the hell out of me, but there you have it.

I watched Logan's Run recently. They do rotate through though, so maybe you missed the window of opportunity. I've also seen Escape from New York (I think) in the list though I don't believe I remember seeing any of the others. If you're looking for distopian, go older, say the 20s through the 50s and you'll find lots of options.

I find the selection is reasonable for now and they've been getting newer releases more consistently now. Especially the Disney owned Marvel comics stuff. I think anyone paying attention could have seen this deal coming based on that alone.

For all those complaining that there will be no other distribution, please read again. First run doesn't mean exclusive.

Thanks, that's good to read. Does it differentiate between foreign tourists traveling within the US and domestic tourism? I didn't see anything in the article except the insinuation that it's in part due to the Obama administration making efforts to "speed up the visa process", which would imply that they're including foreign tourists as a significant chunk of that dollar figure.

See above. Why is it the only people who respond with these kinds of bullshit statements are always anonymous cowards?

I actually have three children, the oldest of which is about to start college. Nice try though. I never said anything about being a perfect parent, just that it's a lot easier to teach the children what to do than it is to assume they're not going to lose some device they don't want in the first place.

Exactly! See my other post about teaching this exact thing as opposed to buying a device that only has this function.

That's not the point I was making. Someone asked how a 3 year old could use a phone... I answered it's pretty easy for most (I suspect) three year olds to use a phone. Would I buy one for my 3 year old? Not a chance.

I call BS on this one. Yes you can probably get into the gate area of US airports with a faked ticket. Getting on the plane is far less likely. I have yet to see any "non english speaking gate agents" in my 150 flights over the last 6 years either. Nice try, though.

As for those who "got my boarding pass at the gate" and then the "gate agent waved me through" it's because they gave you the damned ticket, they know there's nothing wrong with it.

All that said, security at airports IS a joke and doesn't actually provide safety to anyone. As others have mentioned a bomb outside of security would do just as much (or more) harm than putting one on a plane.

Wrong. I know of at least 10 people personally who have stopped traveling for pleasure because of the TSA. They do "stay cations" (I hate that f'in word) now. If I know this many people (who used to fly as families of 3-5 people at least once every year) then there are a whole lot more who've also chosen this option.

Except GP didn't actually say target groups, it said target "behavior" and doing "actual police work", which is the right way to do it. It's also the most expensive and time consuming way to do it, which is why it isn't done. And the fact that this isn't actually about making it safer to fly, but that's a whole other argument.