Are all app preferences, SMS conversations, non-Google Calendar alarms, browsing history, wifi network passwords, wallpaper, brightness, etc, etc transferred as well? He said clone, and he really means it. I was surprised when I first did it, too. Now, if Android does that too for different devices from different handset makers using different OS versions, then I'll be happily surprised.

Doesn't really happen that often, from what I've seen. More often, mature students returning to school are returning because they realize the value of an education on account of having a hard time without it. Additionally, university gives students something that is hard to come by in the working world: an appreciation of how many diverse perspectives there are in the world. Don't get me wrong - success stories happen. But for every Steve Jobs and Peter Thiel, I bet you there are a hundred or more drop-outs (stop-outs?) with nothing to show for their sacrifice. I think it's irresponsible of him to take the highest achieving students and encourage them to leave university.

they'll understand why university comes in handy.

It'd be hilarious if it wasn't so sad.

If we're defining "ignored" to mean "no replied to in the medium of the original message", then 99% of newspaper articles are "ignored" as well.

They're not "ignored" - they just aren't replied to online.

Define "significant", please. You don't get RT'd or @replied to on three quarters of tweets? Not surprising. Your friends read your tweets and know what you wrote, that's still significant (as happens to me all the time). I love being able to keep up to date on the goings on of my friends across the country. It helps me feel connected to them. I don't necessarily @reply or RT each of the ones I read.

I think it's adorable how self-important you are.

They were already employing those gov't employees anyways, I bet, so the cost was already there. At least now they're starting to get some revenue. I bet this started out as one employee bored on Google Earth one afternoon ...

Or Marc Emery, for that matter. It seems a little stupid to send a man to jail for 20+ years for doing something in his own country that would cost him a $250 fine.

Apple only got where it's at by copycating.

Hmm ... it appears that only step 1 is actually copycating. The rest of those steps are SOP for businesses.