And that seems to be everyones argument here. The US took down our websites, in our countries. Only they didn't. They removed the .com from the domain servers under their control.

If you want to keep control local, use a local TLD.

The Tea Party is never going to vote for a liberal, or even a centrist.

So, if this is a district that is going to vote in a Tea Party candidate no matter what, what single thing could you change about that person to make them more acceptible to you without totally disenfranchising them from their own party?

If only I could make ALL Tea Party candidates real engineers with a snap of my fingers,

You should fly more often in the US. Seems like many of the discount airlines provide much better service now than the big guys (southwest being the notable exception).

I found a phone once while on travel. I opened it up and called the number listed as "Home".

The person who answered accused me of stealing his phone.

I told him fuck off and that I was throwing his phone in the garbage.

Then I had a change of heart and left the phone with the front desk of my hotel, texted "Mom" where the phone was and that her son is an ass.

Strictly speaking, if you were trying to "convert" someone, would you go where you are likely to find people of opposing viewpoint or someplace where everyone is already pre-disposed to your belief?

He could of been talking about this. Mechanically read video from a black disc (in a caddy).

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

Anecdotal, but my experience perfectly matches this.

I started couch-to-5k three years ago (to gain fitness and lose weight). I never modified my eating habits, but I gradually increased my running until I would run 5-6 miles a day, 2-3 times a week.

I never lost weight.

1 month ago I decided to restrict carbs (and I because I injured my calf I stopped running). I didn't try to restrict calories, watch fat, or do anything except keep as low carb as possible (usually try for under 100 grams, under 50 if possible).

With several cheat days (probably about 1 a week or more), and no exercise, I still lost 18-20 lbs. I can't friggin believe it.

I don't even feel like I have been "trying hard" to diet.

And I have always felt that when someone asks you what you do / what "are" you; it would be most correct to answer with what you get paid to do.

If you have a degree in EE, but your job position is "Programming Team Lead", you are a programmer, or possibly even a manager, but not really an engineer.

Conversely, if you never went to college but somehow manage to work your way into a full engineering position and you perform that work adequately, I would call you an engineer.

Of course, take that attitude to the extreme and If someone pays you on the street to give medical advice, can I call you a doctor? I think the answer is yes, you may be the worlds shittiest doctor but someone believes in you enough to pay for your services.

Spoken like someone who has never owned one. Aside from the '95 and '96 models, they are some of the most reliable cars on the road today.

My whole family drives them, for the same reasons that the OP stated.

My current neon is a 2003, has 206k miles and has never needed a single repair. I did the preventative maintenance (timing belt at 115k, oil changes, etc).

My previous neon was a 97, which I put 190k miles on and the only issue it ever had was a bad fuel pump, which took me an hour to fix.

In my neck of the woods they routinely drop MPLS lines to the towers. Mich higher bandwidth and much lesser cost than what you mentioned.