Anything that moves in response to commands is going to be more interesting that stuff that just sits there. Start a robotics curriculum that can be expanded as you find more resources and sponsors.

Throw in a 3D printer and there will be all sorts of interest.

A great idea, but if you implemented it, companies would hack around it. Perhaps by adding another layer of lawyers invoking client privilege, or binding arbitration by a secret panel.

When companies sue each other, neither wants the results public. When a person sues a company, the company will offer them more money to stay quiet, than they can get from the original lawsuit. (once you figure the likelihood of winning & the time value of the money) A settlement keeps most of the facts away from the courts.

Stronger whistleblower protection and a better FTC would help shine light on corporate malfeasance. A law that made silence contracts non-binding would be bad for a few individuals, but good for the rest of the country.

People need privacy. Corporations, not so much.

Everything is possible if someone else has to do it and pay for it.

Movie companies still own movies that have child stars. What's special about entertainment contracts that can't be applied to PayPal contracts?

Kids write, record and perform songs all the time, the the record companies have found a way to hold them to contracts. Ditto for kids that appear in films. What does Nashville and Hollywood know that PayPal can't figure out?

They shouldn't wage an expensive a war against nature.

You shouldn't spend too much just to stay alive.

I will spend whatever it takes to stay alive and comfortable.

Substitute anyone for "They", "You", and "I".

Well, yes. Livestock that are given antibiotics, even when not sick, gain weight faster. We don't know why.

People are getting fatter...

You're tough, you didn't die, you've lived to post about it.

Every kid that was killed by weird diseases caused by picking things up, isn't posting.

Cool. I stand corrected.

The Global plates are moving all the time, so this has had to be taken into account when you are doing high accuracy surveying.

If you had a run of the mill GPS system, and you drove your car very, very, far North, eventually you'd lose signal.

What I imagine is going on here, is that there is a ring of base stations watching the GPS satellites around each pole. If you know the base stations haven't moved w.r.t. the pole, then you can calculate where the center of spin is, thus where the pole is.

My mom, also a grandmother, still uses an OS9 machine next to but not networked into her OS X laptop.

I've been stockpiling parts so I should be able to keep it running for at least 20 more years. (B.t.w. I have 33 year old arcade machines that are still running fine)

Sometimes there's no reason to upgrade.

You are correct. The problem is that people don't know what they want. But perhaps, if they tried, the networks would find that "Box of Puppies" and "Pictures of Cats with Funny Captions" are their highest rated programs.

1. 1) Find a friend in Lawrence in line of sight.
2. 2) Get some really good, gold plated Pringles cans.
3. 3) Get the highest powered WiFi rig you can.
4. 4) Surf away.

With any battery technology, it's almost never the "Memory Effect", but simple overcharging. If your laptop batteries are always hot just sitting there when the laptop is plugged into the mains, they won't last as long as ones that are properly charged and left alone until they are needed for discharge. With cheap cordless drills and other tools, simple putting a timer on the charger will greatly increase the number of cycles you can get out of the batteries.