"No reason to do this. As a fucking human being this is totally unwarranted."

FIFY.

Windows Explorer is not the same as Internet Explorer.

Have you upgraded to IE9 in Windows 7? It closes Windows Explorer in order to install. That wouldn't be necessary if it wasn't tied to the OS. You could try to make the argument that Explorer isn't tied to the OS, but as it's the way that people interact with the OS, that wouldn't hold much weight.

Bogota hired a few hundred mimes about 6 years ago to make fun of people breaking traffic laws. It was reported to be quite effective actually as the people were more apt to change their behavior because of shame then because of fines. Probably much cheaper than radar as well.

Kitchen PC is the best use that I can see for it. Hook up a 7" usb touchscreen monitor, and use it to browse recipes online in the ki.

Videos, pictures, and text is fantastic, and I'm glad you're capturing that. However, our most personal recording device is our brain as it captures emotions as well. I'd encourage her to make something for each of your daughters. It doesn't matter what it is, a drawing ,a knick knack, a story in a bound book, a little table, it doesn't matter a bit. It just has to be a thing that will be there and remind them of her. Digital information is great, and I love technology as much as the last person on /. but they are no substitute for memories brought on by something tangible that you can hold and was created by someone.

I can see where they could use stored electricity to shut engines off when landing to reduce noise, charge at the gate, and take off without engines as well.

That alone wouldn't affect efficiency necessarily, but would probably allow the use of louder engine types that might be able to reduce efficiency, and it would reduce the opposition to airports allowing them to be placed in better locations.

The earth is flat though! It's not the earth, but space that's curved due to the influence of gravity, causing the edges of the earth to meet. I don't get why otherwise reasonable people don't understand this.

The Nexus One is pretty great in data centers. It kills pretty much all of the background noise. The Motorolla S9-HD headset however, while fantastic for music, is pretty much worthless in the data center or if you have your windows down in the car.

That's because the Nebraska Oranges are in such high demand that the farmers don't sell locally. Where do you think frozen orange juice comes from?