Okay, I've had it. I am a Christian myself, but this is just embarrassing. This guy is even a "young earth" creationist, which in my opinion should disqualify him from serving on any committee associated with science. If you agree, please consider writing your local news station to suggest that they report on this story. If it gets wide enough press, perhaps there will be some pressure to hand the job over to someone who actually accepts the tenets of basic science.
Rent a trailer or borrow a truck. You can even rent an SUV several times per year for far less than the price premium of an SUV over a compact.
It is easily feasible to 'cut the cord' provided you are not too demanding in your programming requirements. In any reasonably-large city you can easily pull down all the major networks in HD over the air with a small digital antenna and a pc-HDTV card or equivalent. Quality is reputed to be even better than the quality of HD cable. Many other shows are easily available through your browser at nearly the same time they are broadcast. If you *must* see the latest HBO series, well, then choices are either to bend over and pay, or break the law and fire up the rationalization engine.
One notable exception is that if you are a big sports fan you will definitely miss live programming on ESPN.
Me? I've been watching only broadcast TV using Myth for over 10 years. That's $6,000 saved so far, minimum.
I already posted this in my own thread, and don't want to spam, but you should check out work that has been done integrating Dasher with a gazetracker:
Oh, it's already been done. 20 words per minute, no less.
Wouldn't it be a lot faster and cheaper to integrate eye-tracking technology into Dasher?
Factorials were someone's attempt to make math LOOK exciting.