Say no more.

Nah, the adrenaline rush comes when you're napping and the car's computer has a kernel panic.

For the love of God, NO! Don't believe the post above!
Please, future information seeker, I'm talking to you...

The person above was KIDDING! Do not dry your baby, cat, dog, hamster, mouse, whatever, in a microwave! It will kill them!
Okay, maybe that's slightly too broad a statement. For some odd reason it works fine for drying Pekingese dogs.

"When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years."
-Mark Twain

If your car is a Prius, just hit the Park button and the car will immediately go into Neutral (even at full throttle). Other pushbutton cars may work the same way.

Yup, sounds like intimidation.

Like we have some kind of spacecraft that can make it to the sun and back in one night? No, we'll have to wait for the winter solstice and go from the North Pole. That'll give us plenty of time for the round trip.

For a small bundle like a rolled up mouse or keyboard cable, a "tin-tie" peeled off a coffee bag (ie Starbucks) works nicely if you just wrap it around the bundle like a boa constrictor (not twisted on itself like a "twist-tie"). Easy to adjust and reuse.

Second!

FTFY

The Acer Iconia A500 is too fat (13.3mm) and weighs more than an iPad, but otherwise:
1280x800 display
10 hour battery life
$399.99 at Staples

It also has:
hdmi 1080p / Dolby Mobile output
full-size USB so you can hook up standard keyboards, hard drives, etc.
microSD card slot
wifi, bluetooth, dual core, cameras, etc, etc.

Those figures appear to be "actual dollars" uncorrected for inflation. So you're technically correct, but if you want to compare years, the Wikipedia graph is a more accurate way to look at it. And it's not just Wikipedia. Other sources which have corrected for inflation look the same.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/Government-Debt-Graphic/39255812/1
http://www.supportingevidence.com/Government/fed_debt_over_time.html

This site looks at the debt in a lot of different ways: http://www.marktaw.com/culture_and_media/TheNationalDebt.html

A quick check of Wikipedia says different: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt
In straight dollar terms, the national debt started dropping after WWII (Truman) and kept decreasing until about 1975. As a percentage of GDP, it decreased year on year until it went up slightly under Ford. After decreasing during Carter's term, it began to climb after Reagan was elected and continued to climb under GHW Bush. During Clinton's term, the curve was reversed and the debt began decreasing again. Since 2000 it has been back on an upward climb.

I remember the jungle gym of my elementary playground. Looking at it from today's perspective, it was a frickin' deathtrap. Basically a 4x4 cube of metal bars, probably about 12-15 feet high. It's hard to imagine anyone surviving climbing in it; one slip and you're done for. Then again, in the seven years I went there (K-6), I don't think anyone got so much as a bruise. You had to respect that thing or die.

Wow, that was fast! Thanks!

phbrown, gmail, 'nuff said

Many thanks!