My home page: http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&client=google-coop-np Simple, no frills, fast load-time, doesn't enable any of this stuff.

Watch the commercial - the sponsor pays.
Skip the commercial - you pay.

First "Flying Humvees" THEN "Automated Flying Humvees". AKA where's my flying car?

Just out of curiosity, is the 1 meter cube defined at a particular temperature?

Well, I'm very apprehensive as well. I do have an iPhone 4 and previously an iPhone 3 (not s). I've seen my signal strength drop abruptly several times on my iPhone 4, but never drop a call. This was typically in sections that I expected low signal strength and even poor phone quality (below-ground parking garage, elevator, etc). My phone performance is (subjectively) exactly the same as my old busted iPhone 3. I still experience the same amount of call degradation in spotty areas. So, even though my reported signal strength is a little lower than expected, I still experienced my previously expected performance of the 2-year-old model. I really don't know which side of the fence to toss my 2-cents in.

Well, I'm very apprehensive as well.

I do have an iPhone 4 and I've seen my signal strength drop abruptly several times, but never drop a call. This was typically in sections that I expected low signal strength and even poor phone quality (below-ground parking garage, elevator, etc). My phone performance is (subjectively) exactly the same as my old busted iPhone 3. I still experience the same amount of call degregation in spotty areas. So, even though my reported signal strength is a little lower than expected, I still experienced my previously expected performance of the 2-year-old model.

I really don't know which side of the fence to toss my 2-cents in.

1. Accept prize
2. Create trust fund or some other fancy-smancy-thingy with the money.(or, go straight to step 3)
3. Make the money available for the pursuit of mathematics knowledge.
4 Profit! (of world knowledge - improvements of collaboration, etc.)

Duh. Dah. DAHHHHHNNNNN.

You're welcome.

It can be construed that way - for a specific value of n. Not that I agree with it... The over-simplification that always irks me is "time slows down" for person X. this is wrong, person X would never experience this. Sigh,

It's all photons - get over it. Only the observer knows how what is being shown is being processed.

Have 2 carabiner clips - my usual configuration is:
clip 1 : my car key and my house keys (2 separate rings) - ad other rings if you require
clip 2 : an "inka" pen, a "utili-key", my RSA key, my work ID, and a lanyard

Usually the two carabiners are clipped together and I usually have that clipped to my pants. However, it's very quick to rearrange for the appropriate solution and keep at most 2 sets. The lanyard is handy as a quick grab/hang hind of thing. I typically have my keys around my neck when running out the house this lets me lock the door quickly regardless of all the other crud I'm juggling.

*whispers* I tend to take my ID carabiner + car key (leaving others in car) when flying. I've flown + 20 times with my utili-key and that hasn't been an issue.
I'm sure there's a Layer 1 thru 3 analogy in my keyring arrangement somewhere.

About once a year I read a comment that I wish I could nominate for "insightful comment of the year" or some other slashdot-esque award. You sir/mad'am receive my nomination.

Exactly!

RFID and the policies that surround it can make for an easy blanket "attendance required" policy; a bureaucracy with no flexibility. Typically this policy is, say, 10% for attendance. The slackers couldn't really care while this can be very detrimental to serious students .

I worked 40+ hours a week while enrolled full-time in college - it sucked. However, I had an open dialog with my professors and they knew about the absences and the causes. With their cooperation, flexibility in attendance policies, and understanding I ended up graduating first in class*. If my campus had RFID attendance I doubt I would have had this flexibility.

* Actually I firmly believe my work overload helped me earn good marks. I was forced to learn time management because it was blatantly obvious I would fail otherwise. Come to think of it, this is probably one of the greatest things I learned while in college.

I'd say it's PG-13 at best.

Marriage in this country is sanctimonious. Many other governments actually require separate ceremonies wherein the wedding is for symbolism only and does not confirm any legal status.

I agree with you, and would even be willing to extend the abstraction further: An adult picks an "important party" that is their legal representation. By default, this is your Guardian until 18, after that pick someone - *Any adult*. This scares people because it sounds random, but it is just as random as picking someone to marry. I argue that the selection may be more, uh, rational. It could be the person you are "married to" (religiously) and I would image that would be the common case. I can see many of the legal benefits that are bestowed on a spouse as useful to give to someone else. I feel that requiring marriage to confer those rights to someone else "discriminates" against those that wish to remain single. For example, I am married, but if my wife should die, I should be able to confer these benefits upon my friend since the age of three If I desire. It's a matter of trust, not marriage, not emotion.

This abstraction could be useful for other issues such as mental illness where the guardian, or the state, could remain the "important party". Unlike today that requires More Laws And Paperwork to allow this to workout.

PS I've yet to figure out what to call myself. I'm typically cast into the "liberal" category by those more "conservative" than my self. Then again I'm fiscally Conservative. Not sure if you were trying to knock "liberals" but I agreed with everything else you were saying.