I would be worried the RIAA would go after those that store music in the cloud.

I didn't catch on until "Southie" was used. Very apt quote, haha.

I thought this would be discussing my bedroom. Not much happens when there's a baby sleeping in the room across the hall.

If someone sneezes, a flight gets delayed in Atlanta... I do whatever I can to avoid flying through that airport.

Any state that allows the death penalty should automatically allow assisted suicide. Maybe terminally ill patients should commit a serious crime so the state has to cover their medical fees....

A state that bans the death penalty would have to decide to allow assisted suicide or not.

Maybe a decade or two ago. Most successful companies now realize that doing the "right thing" is better even if it happens to cost a little more than trying to ignore the problem.

I'm a packaging engineer, my job is to create "efficient" packaging designs that focus on QCDE - Quality, Cost, Delivery, Environment.

I knew this long before I took any MBA courses. Hell, any Engineer that does not take cost into account is not going to be very successful. Anyone can be great if they have limitless resources to work with. It takes someone special to do great things with a limited budget.

I do not put much value in an MBA either despite the fact I am currently pursuing one. My circumstance is that my employer partnershiped with a university to offer 1/2 off tuition and I get an additional $3k reimbursement from my employer each year. End result is I will pay about $6k out of my pocket... too good of an opportunity to pass up.

Most of the material has been common sense, in my opinion. The organizational leadership classes have been interesting. Right now I'm in a class that focuses on ethics and sustainability. Nothing to this point has been about cutting costs for temporary increase in profit. There is plenty of talk about efficiency, though.. but that is a necessity for a business to survive.

I plan to use my MBA to make a point in future job interviews - I am willing to take that step to continue learning. Regardless of the overall usefulness of the degree, it does take dedication to juggle my current job, school, and helping raise my 9 month old son.

I actually had no intent.. the phrase was in my head as I had just read it in my business ethics book.

Substitute pink elephant if that offends you less.

Can't ignore the 800 lb gorilla in the room, the US has a far more diverse population.. racially and culturally.

If my car tells me "may not restart" then I'm sure as hell not going to stop until I get to my destination.

Have you ever gone to Pearl Harbor? It's a hotspot for Japanese tourism. Americans also go to Hiroshima when site seeing in Japan.

Remembering historic events does not indicate rubbing it in the face of your former enemy.

They've gone into plaid

How is "school" pronouned in British English? I know the difference in "schedule" between British and American English, does it carry over to "school"?

I guess it's wrong to assume you are British.

Let's be honest with ourselves, that generation doesn't have much to lose at this point. Who wants to be the guy that puts a WWII vet in jail for stupid shit like this? An elected official's career would be over at that point.

I'm 34 with a wonderful family and a good job. No one is going to care when they throw me in jail and charge me with a few lame charges.. and that will follow me around for the rest of my life. Even if the charges are dropped, they'd be associated with my name via the internet.

Also remember which generation most of the politicians represent. I feel that our country will continue going backwards until the baby boomers are gone... then we can start making positive change.