Again, "Dot Com" is not poor, and infact has been involved in significant money producing ventures since then.

But thanks for being a stooge.

Sure. And he hasn't been engaged in any money producing business since then. Right.

the smaller "players" don't have the cash-ola that "Dot Com" has to pay lawyers to keep the authorities at bay, so it's not surprising that the "little people" are taking the heat and folding. Why is "Dot Com" not paying the lawyer fees for the people he employed to do his dirty work?

Mr "Dot Com" might be in the "right" here, but he's still a douche bag.

You can not fuck yourself unless your penis is long enough.

These people will be collecting Social Security long before any rocket to Mars happens, and if not, NASA or the governments that fund the project, will choose professional astronauts.

Really, it's a "fun" thought, but simply not realistic.

The Yamamomo didn't want to be found, and being found destroyed their world.

A racist ill-informed comment made by an idiot.

Cuba is 90 miles from Miami. Many Cubans have relatives in the US. You don't think they have English speakers?

I'm sure that at the high levels, computers are quite good. Lower down, we are probably talking 486 or even 386.

Interesting comments. I'm basing supply on "serious cigar" guys I know who bring a few back from Europe on military jets now and then.

Perhaps I have fewer problems with Castro than the unrealistic and venomous wing-nut expats in Miami (where I lived for a few years before the hurricane took out Homestead AFB...).

If you want to keep living in the 1960's or the "Cold War", not much anyone can do. But many people have moved on and are looking for actual real solutions that lead to peace and normal relations.

You can not make that kind of comparison without taking into account something called "cost of living". There are many civilized places where my wages are very nice indeed in comparison with the locals, but guess what? The cost of living is different.

Why do you think so many Americans retire to Costa Rica or other similar places? Because for the SAME level of "quality of life", it is less expensive.

But given the right-wing politics and level of personal freedom in Australia, I wouldn't live there if I were a Millionaire.

Not a bad way to get the average Cuban into the 21st Century.

It worked for India, first call centers, now they OWN the US development market.

We will start seeing an influx of Cubans up here in Washington State on the Microsoft campas as soon as they can swing the politics...

Within a year or two (or maybe sooner), the price of a cuban cigar in the US will drop like a rock. I have friends who bring them in from Europe all the time.

Now... What's all this about cuban software? They have computers?

Did they try walking into a federal facility with open carry guns? Probably not.

Folks, it's simply not legal regardless of if the Feds own the building or lease it. That's why at stand-alone US postal facilities there is a sign that informs you that firearms on the premises are prohibited.

This isn't an argument about the pros and cons of open carry and whatever amendment the gun nuts are in love with, it's simply a statement of fact.