but I can't feel bad for anyone that trusted a 'bank' called Mt. Gox or 'bankers' named PirateAt40.

No, banks are protected by the FDIC. Mt.Gox is like leaving your money under the mattress in a hotel and then expecting it to be there when you come back again.

+1 - (Never have the damn mod points when I need them!)
Thanks for an informative and lucid reply to an off handed comment.

>B of A and Target credit cards users are protected by Visa/MC/FDIC. Define 'protected'.

I have a handlheld green light pen laser that runs off of two AAA cells and I can hit clouds quite easily. When demoing for friends I have to be particulary careful as my town is in the flight path of a major airport. I'm confident that if I wanted to (and I don't, of course) I could easily hit any one of the planes on approach.

of the beta. The only thing the two of them have ever agreed on....

Run by the townships communications/PR department. Not by the cop at the front desk who is going to look at you with a blank expression and say, "So what do you want us to do about it?" For a crime to be committed, the cops need to ascribe a dollar value to the stolen item. Having had my home broken into by a relative who took only mementos - irreplacable mementos - that had no real dollar value I can tell you first hand that they are not going to call out an APB for someone's Twitter handle. If you believe that they would, then I think you are the one living in a SNL skit.

Yes, I forgot to include that - thanks!

Oh how I would love to be there to see the RCA Victor Dog expression on the Police face when he tries to describe what the 'stolen item' is. "Your what was stolen now? Your bird? What the hell is a Twittle?"

His sound activated switch is a piece of crap. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...

I wanted to dislike this movie, but it actually wasn't bad at all. It's even more intresting if you compare it to "Lost in Translation"; another movie about romance post separation. Intrestingly enough, these two movies were two different takes on the same subject matter by a former couple, Spike Jonze and Sofia Copolla. Viewed from that perspective the comparison is even more interesting.

of materials from verifiable and curated sources. Bring relevancy back to the library by making sure students understand that just because it's "on the Internet" that doesn't necessarily make it true. That's a place where books and encyclopedias still hold relevancy. Teach your students how to curate and verify their own sources so that when they DO have access, they know the difference. That will set them apart from the students from the 'higher-income' schools who were just turned loose on Google by some bored librarian who didn't care as much.

Allow anonymous comments, but then let NON anonymous member/moderators decide whether they are full of shit or not. You know, like we do here.

MOD +1 If you're going to copy and paste, at least take a look at context.

No one can 'spy' on you unless you invite them in. Google's not busting into your home and forcing you at gunpoint to install one of their thermostats. If you don't want to participate, then don't. But don't complain because others want to and because a company finds yet another avenue to generate a revenue stream. That's what their business model is all about.