Ok, I'll fill in the blank because now when I look at it that does seem kind of strange -

My middle school and an elementary school were in the same two-story building. Grades 6-8 took up half of the second floor, and K-6 got the first floor and the other half of the second floor. This was also at a military installation in Germany so turnover was insanely high and long-term familiarity with the bus system servicing the school was a pipe dream. So when bus passes got handed out, they got handed out to everyone in the building. I didn't need a bus pass to remember I rode bus 6 (yes I still remember), but the school administration preferred to play it safe rather than have a dunce get on the wrong bus and be lost in a foreign country. ;)

When I was in middle school they gave all the kids a laminated bus pass with the bus number in big block type, and had the bus numbers spray painted on the sidewalk so everyone who had to ride the bus knew exactly where to line up. Nobody ever got on the wrong bus because nobody ever got in the wrong line. So why is this a recurring problem for your daughter's school district?

I say make them fix the problem instead of forcing you to shell out money to cover it up for them.

First picture makes the damn thing look like a VHS tape... heh

Bing goes 'beyond the traditional search engines to help you make faster, more informed decisions' by combining a 'great search engine' with organized results.

They change the search engine's name in an effort to draw a crowd, then they fuck it up by weighing it down with language that's awful damn close to the infinitely-scalable enterprise class web 2.0 productivity enhancement solution corporatespeak that makes people roll their eyes.

Tell that to every successful webcomic out there right now.

The only difference between a "beta" product like Gmail and any other software product requiring monthly patches is the fact that Google is honest enough to still call their product a work in progress. Like you said it's sufficiently stable for most folks, but I'd argue that they aren't any more non-committal to their SLA than other companies are to getting their product right on the first try. And anybody in charge of purchasing software for their organization - assuming they're doing their job properly and getting sufficient information before making decisions - will be aware of that fact.

Are there any obvious problems you would foresee?

How are you going to dial 911?

You don't achieve a stranglehold on the desktop OS market without getting something right...

Interrupting Bob and Tom merits a medal, not a kick. Just sayin. ;)

I hope the data reported will be impartially selected, honestly gathered, clearly explained, and perfectly accurate.

Sorry, but HA.

I'd be interested to see in how the rental money is divided up once it's lifted off your credit card. Perhaps a larger portion of that will go directly into the hands of the designers as opposed going into Blockbuster's pocket. If that's the case, then a pricing structure similar to or slightly cheaper than any current rental service may suffice.

I ran into that snag the one time I tried to get onto a McD's wifi too. Must be on a per-franchise basis or something.

A lot of great PC games were even more successful than they otherwise might have been because they opened themselves up to the mod community.

While that may be true, it's irrelevant to this story. Chrono Trigger has never been a PC game and is already highly successful both in terms of sales and its influence on the console RPG market. The brand never has and never will need the "help" of the mod community or fangame creators.

I don't think he's supposed to be Japanese, just Asian.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulu_Sea

Who do you talk to, people who go to Trek conventions dressed in full Klingon gear? It was a damn good addition to a series that's been in the shitter since 1996.

Decide for yourself on this one... imo.