Kudos to Amazon for trying to save their customers' money. And isn't this the states' fault anyway? They wrote the crappy tax code, didn't they?

What's that flash at about 6:32 or 6:33? Subliminal messages!

Try Dell (where I got mine) or Amazon. It'll likely be cheaper anyway. Or eBay.

Is it important that this wasn't a "leak"? This dingdong who leaves his phone out was not risking anything to get the information out there. He was a dumdum who left his phone at a bar after getting too loaded and showing it off to some honeys. Why is it so important to protect his identity? But they do seem to be protecting the identity of the true leaker, the guy who found the phone, realized what he had, and gave it to the news outlet that would be best suited for publishing.

That's high latency.

Can someone please tell me what things like that damn suitability matrix have to do with suitability to work? Such as sexual orientation, traffic tickets, bad checks, eviction, incest, and bestiality have to do with ability to Science?

Just in case someone missed calmofthestorm's sarcasm, the suitability matrix he refers to (and the whole idea of background checks) has nothing to do with Science, and everything to do with trustworthiness.

Crap. Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fortitude

Here's a cool story:

It's interesting that the Luftwaffe was largely incapable of good reconnaissance at this time, so the bulk of the benefit came from radio traffic and double agents.

Dan Quayle, Ted Kennedy, and Bill Clinton were in a Spelling Bee. Surprisingly, Quayle won! The word was 'harass.' Quayle was the only one who knew it was 1 word.

You have overused commas her.

1. This is ambiguous. Is 'overused' intended as a past participle (You've overused the commas.) or as an adjective (You have commas and they're overused.)? Plus there's the feminine possessive at the end. No doubt that error was merely a typo: an imperfection due to your haste to point out imperfections.

2. You may want to look into the usage of double quotes vs. single quotes when quoting text or singling out key terms.

3. Also note that this is somewhat subjective and dependent on where you live in the English-speaking world.

Did you all read that review of The Ugly American in the /. summary?

If that's the case, then it seems that one company would find these good managers that supposedly are willing to work for 5x the wages of the janitor, and use the savings to become more profitable.

The bigger the gap between the rich and poor, the more the poor suffer.

It sounds as though you're defining the suffering of the poor in relative terms. It seems to me that the standard of living has increased for pretty much everyone who lives in the United Kingdom (to continue your example).

Dude, what planet am I living on that I NEVER HEARD ABOUT VIRTUALBOX UNTIL NOW!!!??? Thanks! As for the Parallels crashing, I've not had that problem. Is it because I never come close to overtaxing it?

That actually sounds like a lot of fun to me.