You forgot per capita incarceration rate.

Interesting point. I don't even notice this for the most part, using noscript.

I've found the vast majority of javascript on any page is superfluous at best and useless/damaging at worst. Most pages work fine without it, and if not, I can usually get away with only allowing the TLD and maybe their CDN domain. This has helped keep my 2ghz dual-core pentium computer feeling plenty fast on the internet. Without adblock and noscript, the poor thing feels downright sluggish.

Apparently there's a rule on slashdot where I only run across underrated insightful comments on days I don't have mod points.

Greed.

Hemp has the perfect ratio of Omega 3, 6, and 9 fatty acids, so always eat your marijuana.

I try to stay positive and look at it this way: Maybe the slashdot audience has gained a bit of perspective as it has aged.

What once mattered has been recognized as trivial.

Posts like yours are why I still come to Slashdot. HAH.

Of course, coming from Tennessee, I see a potential issue with rednecks intentionally hitting these at high speed while a buddy gets video.

I'm a college dropout and have no idea what any of this means... so... uh... kudos to you; you have my envy, younger yet superior nerd.

Seriously. I feel like this post comes across as sarcastic but I mean it.

While he's very much correct, I try to think of the quality of life improvements I'll get in my 40s through 60s from regular exercise now.

That and looking better never hurts things with the ladies.

WWU isn't in business to educate kids; they're in it to stay in business, and liberal arts majors vastly outnumber technical majors. In trying economic times, the money sinks are going to be the first to go.

As for the utterly irrational economic policies that have resulted in scores of directionless kids heading to college and picking the easier majors, distorting the market for technical degrees and leaving us with bottomless piles of college-educated baristas, well... I don't know where I'm going with any of this.

America: We're getting what we deserve.