Quite to the contrary - a lot of things are obvious to The Uninformed, though a lot of those things are wrong...

Precisely the post I came looking for! :)

Stop flying SAS (if European), or American Airlines (if American), and this issue should solve itself.

(sorry, no experience in Asia, and never lost luggage in Africa)

From a fairly frequent traveller (me): Check where you're seated.

If you're in an aisle seat, or a forward seat, be amongst the later ones to board - it is simply more efficient, and you won't be asked to please stand up while people get in next to you.
If you're seated in the rear of the aircraft, or have a window seat (or middle of a 5-seat block), get in early, to get out of people's way.

Before boarding, figure out what you're going to need (and not need) during the flight, and put things into your carry-on or pockets (or a small plastic bag?) based on whether you plan on using them; don't wait until you're at/in your seat to start sorting through stuff.
The flight attendants can help you with your carry-on (they have more experience than you in this regard), and you don't NEED to have your stuff stored right above you; if you have the stuff you need on your person, there is no need for your carry-on luggage during your flight.

Also, don't explain to "yahoos" that their stuff need to be in specific locations - just move it, and proclaim loudly that people who don't understand the standards set forth by airlines, are idiots :)

Like this one? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...

They can fix astigmatism now? That would be the one reason I'd in for the surgery - if it can fix the near-constant headaches I get from wearing glasses with correction(?!?) for my astigmatism, I'm game.

An interesting setup could be selling the original version (and assets) under license, while including an "updated binary" option, compiled to work on more recent OSes, and possibly with some minor improvements.

What's a Brooklyn bridge?

He/she/it is clearly bashing the selectiveness of the News Outlets, not The Country.

Just tested...
* OpenOffice loads in 4 seconds
* 2nd load, 3 seconds (After closing the app)
* 3rd time opening it (without closing the app completely), 1 second

Am thinking if part of it is preloaded at boot-time, it would load a lot quicker; I'm told that this happens on Windows with MS Office for the same reason, which could explain why the work-laptop I was using earlier would load MS Office fairly quickly, yet take half a minute to boot :)

(from memory, opening MS Office 2008 on OSX took several seconds too; don't have it installed currently)

To clarify: Colbert only retweeted the request - I think the decision for iPads came from the particular school, notably from a specific teacher.

If the quality of applications (perceived quality, or actual) is higher on IOS, then the people behind it should have no problem replying that this is the case.

If there is a kickback or price-reduction in play, then that could be harder for them to explain in plenum, but if it is a public school (since asking for hand-outs), I truly hope such constructs are required to be made public; that is at least the case where I'm from.

Seriously, if nVidia and Marvel don't get on that, and kit all the characters in that not-very-good-show with SHIELD tables....

I see no reason why not ... might not be optimal, but technically you can implant anything into breasts.

(The following is purely about logistics, not a statement of support)
Hamas should start reducing the size of the warhead (or simply forgo explosives) on some of the missiles, to save on cost and construction-time.
Israel will still have to intercept, and the lower weight would likely result in more missiles getting into the actually-defended areas of Israel.

Alternatively, stop lopping missiles around for a year, then go to the world and explain how nice you've been, and how evil and cruel Israel is; bring it to the attention of the Russians and similarly interested parties, that Israel is support by the Americans, and the Palestinians should soon find themselves having new friends.

I saw an online request for help (money) to put iPads into a school (It was via Stephen Colbert's twitter).
Tweeted back the question as to why it had to be iPads, if there are notably cheaper Android tablets out there ... got a reply that they come back with a reply, and then nothing.

So far I'm mostly curious as to why it has to be this specific brand, as opposed to 100 EUR off-brand Androids, and I've yet to see anyone answer that, beyond, "but...iPad!"