That's just weird. I too have a surplus of cheese and not enough crackers...

Typical AC remark...

This needs some additional explanation. Why is signal use prohibited?

I pay the Verizon bill by having my bank, ESL, mail them a check. No fee from Verizon and all the convenience of on-line bill paying.

or dessert you.

So if a person is a person and a corporation is a "person", then if a site posts something harmful to a person it's OK, but if they post something harmful to a "person" it's copyright infringement?

Organic alcohol is my favorite: http://www.imakenews.com/gaultbmw/e_article002241575.cfm?x=b11,0,w

The organic farmers I've talked to claim they lose 30% of their produce to insects and disease. Honestly, I don't know how anyone can stay in business with losses like that.

Blue is the traditional Muslim color. Just heard it on a Rick Steves Europe travel program about Turkey.

I hear frogs like green. You must be a frog.

There used to be a requirement for a working model before a patent could be issued. No longer as of 1880 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_model. I'm pretty sure it is possible to patent things that don't actually work. Items like perpetual motion machines are automatically rejected as a category though.

You cannot make an argument against safety even if what you are doing is wasteful. What if there is an attack right after the TSA is disbanded? This is political suicide and no one will do it. If I want to make the TSA even larger, this is considered improving safety! It's like trying to argue that the speed limit should be raised or even eliminated. Remember: "If even one life is saved, it is all worthwhile!"

Well, that explains why my 400MHz WINXP laptop with 128M memory has a heart attack trying to scroll down a page of comments on Slashdot.

Don't you guys mean ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan?

Open Door Mission in Rochester, NY.
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and yes, I had to look up the ASCII code for the cents symbol, but it does not display.