I respectfully disagree that chomping on meth is a standard practice everywhere. And, honestly, what you're mostly describing is the hedonic treadmill. If you have to take amphetamines just to keep pace then you're likely in some ultra high pressure job. Get out. If it means taking a pay cut and moving to a smaller place then so be it. In the end your children will do better having a healthy father around than they will being shuttled off to violin/dance/soccer/drama class every day while Dad palpitates at work, awaiting his final heart attack.

To say nothing of how the republicans literally fall over themselves to come off as the bigger Israeli boot licker. It was disgusting to see them swarming Netanyahu on the floor of the Congress like a bunch of teenage girls at a Bieber concert. It was simply unseemly and undignified. Now any criticism of Israel is considered absolute heresy in the Republican party.

Small government, personal liberty, Constitutional adherence.. and hypocritical jackasses.

So let them burn out and crash. It sounds harsh and while I don't wish ill on anyone, we live in a world of consequences. There's no clearer an autonomous act than putting a pill in your mouth and swallowing. If you are so damned desperate to climb the ladder, impress the boss, get the next raise that you're willing to pump yourself full of amphetamines all the time you shouldn't be surprised at all if there are negative repercussions.

Son, we could end obesity if people would just eat less. The system is not corrupt. That would imply it was something else originally. The system is itself an originator of corruption.

No surprise. I kid you not, I was at the gym the other day and the CNN headline was "DRONE TERROR NIGHTMARE." Not the drones firing missiles at people in Pakistan but, you know, your standard quad-copter. The news is so pathetic these days I pretty much don't watch it.

I do enjoy how we tech people less-than-quietly display our scorn of all the varying fields in IT that aren't our own. Because, hah, stupid Javascript developer, couldn't explain northbridge from south! Or what DMA is! He probably doesn't know a single assembly instruction! Clearly an inferior being.

Javascript guy meanwhile regards the C guy as a primitive, bearded man from the hills who labors all day on some stupid library that is ten layers of stack between that mortar and pestle and the awesome browser-art he's creating.

Systems administrators wish everyone would run off and die because they are all irritating, stupid whiners.

DBAs are just smug because nobody else understands their schemas and, hey, this is where it all happens.

Networking would rather be back below the hold, No, the network isn't broken, your app is buggy or the stupid website you're trying to load is just slow..

Help desk guys meanwhile consider themselves the cocks of the walk because, generally, their camaraderie and opportunity to interact with more regular people means their souls haven't been totally crushed.

Is that you, naivete? Yes, there is some degree of experimentation necessary but you clearly didn't RTFA. So many of these projects were dead from the get-go if anyone was paying attention. BUT, you gotta spend that budget or you don't get it back.

Your blind "thank the boys and girls who protect us" is simply facile and ignores the massive corruption and waste in the MIC.

All too often we assume that dealing with trolls is like pissing in the wind but a few crushing responses now and then (being made "famous" and getting fired) is a start. The idiocy of these guys writing stuff like that to a dude who has a wide audience is nothing short of astounding. It's akin to threatening Obama and then being surprised when the Secret Service shows up.

At any rate, screw the scumbags, they deserve their comeuppance.

Welcome to the new Amerika. Your possessions and money may be seized at any time via civil asset forfeiture, your communications are under constant surveillance, and now they want to make sure absolutely nothing can be kept private.

But, hey, so long as we're having "dialogue" (you'll do what you want anyways) and we have your permission to ask questions then it's all good.

Who really won the cold war?

As someone who gets 2-4 pre-recorded calls a day on his cell phone (that has been registered on DoNotCall) I have nothing but contempt and disdain for the FCC. If you look through their settlements page you'll see that in the rare instance they prosecute a case they invariably settle for whatever profits were made by the criminal. No jail time, no seizing of all personal assets. This is akin to making a thief put back what they stole as punishment. It's no wonder these robo-calling scum keep doing what they do.

What's galling is that the FCC prosecutors have their cases made for them. Hundreds if not thousands of people attest to having received calls from x number on x date promising x services by filing complaints at FCC.gov. It's a slam dunk. Yet the useless fucks are so ineffectual that the crooks have no reason not to keep trying.

Were I in MD I would seriously start calling CPS every single time I saw a child by itself. Put up a public website with a log of reports made, including photo, and whether the CPS responded in time. Seriously, fuck these guys and their power trip. I'm surprised some of them haven't been shot given their intent to take people's children away.

Something's up with your phone.. I have a z10 as well and it runs like butter.

You may well just be a troll (your sig indicates such) but you're without a clue. BlackBerry is "close to death" with $3 billion in cash in the bank and positive cash flow in the last quarter? Yeah, revenue is taking a hit as Chen said it would but the guy is calmly executing on his plan.

Have you even tried a new BB10 phone? If you're more interested in productivity than Angry Birds it is the best phone out there bar none.