Fixed that for you. Telegraph operators use handwriting. Teletype was what delivered a printed message with a mono-spaced font.

It's a moot point. According to WUSF, the Tampa NPR station, the FCAT is being replaced with a test shared by a couple dozen other states. This should be happening within the next year or so.

My 4th grader is in the middle of her FCATs now and loves taking tests... but she's always been weird that way :)

This story brought to mind something from The Thirteen Gun Salute from the Aubrey Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian:

Apparently, this was at one time a common method of execution in the Malaysian states...

'Abdul is gruesomely executed in a bizarre sanctioned execution via "peppering," in which a bag of pepper is placed over the head (hands are also bound). The executioners, often the victim's family, then beat the bag, resulting in inhalation of the pepper and painful asphyxiation. '

Some of us mow the lawn to make it look good. If it takes a little longer to leave a nice pattern, that's what headphones and a good collection of MP3s are for.

that's why Steve create Apple-Script and all sort of applications have exposed hooks so that users can script things that just ain't gonna happen in the other camp.

Think that might have anything to do with the story being in the Sidney Morning Herald?

NOW WE'RE TALKIN!

I've just gone to the netflix website and watched from there, although I haven't checked in a while, I was able to launch my netflix account from within boxee.

Fact Check... according to the last census statistics, over an adult's working life, high school graduates can expect, on average, to earn $1.2 million; those with a bachelor's degree, $2.1 million; and people with a master's degree, $2.5 million. True, he still won't pay the fine, but 1 Million is not many people's lifetime earnings.

Check again. A lot of public services are not available to convicted felons.