How often is that really happening? In the last two years I've been without internet or power at my residence for a combined time of 4-5 hours. I certainly am not so attached to digital media that I can't survive that long without it.

Nope. Netflix only.

I'm guessing you're younger. I was there once too - perpetually broke and willing to tolerate anything to save $10.

A lot of people aren't there anymore. The cost for these services is trivial, and far worth saving the hassle of downloading stuff for sketchy websites that may or may not even be accurately labeled. Plus you get well maintained clients or professional devices. XBMC on a Raspberry Pi might work OK, but its a lot more hassle and far less polished than Netflix's app on Roku/FireTV/etc.

Eventually there comes a point when the hassle of piracy outweighs the monetary cost of just going the legitimate route.

Sorry, but none of this stuff is "renting" anything - you don't pay for a specific show on Netflix or the like. You pay a flat rate for "all you can eat" content. I have no qualms with DRM applied to such content because I'm not buying it.

If you go to a chinese buffet you don't get to take extra plates home for dinner (not without paying for them anyways). Same concept.

Frankly, the "unlimited" access model works very well for me. It's far easier to budget for (non-variable monthly cost) and I can watch as much or as little as I want without having to worry about racking up a bill.

I'm pretty open to trying out their service if it's good - but not if it means having to buy an Apple TV. Netflix, HBO Go, etc, seem to have the right idea: offer the service and build the client for just about anything with an internet connection.

I typically use an Amazon FireTV downstairs and my PS4 in my bedroom to run my other video services. I have no interest in replacing them.

Yes. Ads are tacky and fucking atrocious. If something is free, - meh, I can put up with them. However, if I'm paying for a service I absolutely WILL NOT tolerate them. Put ads on there and they can keep whatever they're peddling.

And no, I don't subscribe to newspapers are magazines either. Heck most of the "articles" in that archaic medium have just become disguised ads anyways.

Actually, no, I had no idea what they meant until I got down into the comments. I assumed that craters were actually popping and was reading the summary trying to figure out if they were just observing some recurring natural phenomenon or if (far less likely) the probe itself was disrupting something on the surface.

"You know what I meant" is a terrible excuse because half the time it's simply not true.

School aged vaccinations for this type of stuff are generally available for free (there's usually a local government-run "Health Department" that will administer them).

Basically all the mandatory vaccinations are that way. The yearly flu-shot isn't completely free, though almost all insurances cover it if you elect to take it. At work they'll bring a nurse in for a day or two and you can just stop in and get one if you'd like.

I do have to concur with this. Every "non-stick" pan I've ever seen - if its used regularly - has flecks and pieces missing from the non-stick part. Those have to go somewhere. Hopefully the sink or dishwasher during cleaning, but you know some of it is making its way into your food.

I will admit I do have some of them because frankly, when I bought my house I couldn't afford to outfit myself with an entire pantry full of quality cookware, but as I "upgrade" my stuff, I pretty much buy ONLY stainless steel. Any stainless steel pots/pans of decent quality will last a lifetime. You get 3 or 4 $50-75 pieces per year for a few years and before long you're set forever.

I think part of it depends on family size too.

I cook a decent amount. I actually enjoy it, however I've found that when I buy ingredients for a meal I'm looking at either eating the same thing for several days in a row or throwing out enough of it that it would have been cheaper for me to go out for dinner (ie, buying a whole bag of hamburger buns and then using one and throwing the rest out isn't very cost effective).

For more complex recipes I still enjoy the process but it's not uncommon to go to the store with a list of stuff I need to get for one meal and the total come up to $30 or more. Sure I've got enough to make a meal that would feed a half-dozen people, but half the stuff will go bad before I'll need to use it again.

Just from the financial aspect (not the health), it's far less convincing for a single person to cook unless they truly like it or they want to do it for the health benefits.

Wild turkeys can. As a hunter I've seen them do it quite frequently. Farmed turkeys cannot.

Hasn't been the case here in South Carolina. I graduated back in 2003 and its taken 12 years to work my way up to $62k per year - I started at $27k. I do have excellent benefits though - fully employer covered healthy insurance and an actual pension plan (I retire in 17 more years).

There just aren't a lot of companies here looking for programmers or tech talent, so you kinda take what you can get. I could make more money if I was willing to relocate to say, Atlanta, but realistically my friends and family are here. More money isn't worth moving to get it.

The Options button is a key one. The thing is tiny and aggravating to push. For any game that you end up using it a lot (ie, Dragon Age Inquisition) it gets annoying really fast.

Other than that though I have no major complaints. The touchpad I don't see as useful but it also doesn't really get in the way either. Bigger battery - yeah it would be nice but its not hard to keep it charged up (I just keep a second cell phone charger near my nightstand and connect the controller when I'm finished playing).

If they just got that options button taken care of that would work great.

Also - a cheaper wired version would be nice (even if third party). My 6 year old likes to occasionally play Skylander Co-op, but she generally doesn't need a great controller (and keeping two charged up is more aggravating). The availability of a ~$15 second controller is why we're still playing that on the PS3 instead of the PS4.

Hunters like to take long shots. Realistically the vast majority of gun crimes are committed with cheap "throw-away" handguns. The use of rifles - particularly bolt action scoped rifles - is negligible in overall crime rates. Strange though - SHOT Show (http://shotshow.org/) - basically the hunting/shooting equivalent of CES - is kicking off in 2 weeks. Seems like it would be a lot more appropriate there.

Google is your friend :).

Here's an article detailing Idaho's recent allowing of carry on college campuses - with it being the seventh state to do so. The others listed are Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Mississippi and Wisconsin.