Just install a cell phone blocker. Problem solved. I'm sure the prison system can arrange an FCC exemption to use this. http://www.dealextreme.com/p/cell-phone-signal-blocker-40m-range-mountable-7709

Patrick Lo could use some lessons in this area. While some of what he says may be judged to be relevant or possibly insightful, the way he says it is incredibly insensitive. When someone is suffering ill health, to say "Once Steve Jobs goes away, which is probably not far away, then Apple will have to make a strategic decision on whether to open up the platform" is cruel.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=1230&bih=840&q=convert+313+miles+per+uk+gallon+to+miles+per+us+gallon&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

Of course they support this. How else are they going to get their streaming child porn if their ISP throttles their bandwidth?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2hwnGrn3go (Especially interesting if you enable Closed Captioning and use the "translate captions" beta feature)

Here's a snippet from a New York Times article, explaining that the 70 MPG number was achieved using the Japanese driving cycle, and that US customers can expect significantly less. 4:51 p.m. | Updated An earlier version of this post said the next Mazda 2 would get 70 miles per gallon. A Mazda spokesman clarified late on Thursday that the result was achieved from the Japanese test cycle. Fuel economy numbers will be lower in the United States. ... The Mazda release said the car would achieve 70 miles per gallon, but that number was based on the Japanese test cycle, meaning American mileage would be lower. A 15 percent increase from the existing Mazda 2 would result in a combined 37 m.p.g. (For comparison, the Toyota Prius, which gets a combined 50 m.p.g. from the Environmental Protection Agency, achieves 89 m.p.g. in the Japanese test.)

Per the article, the walls are 8 inches thick, not 18 as the article summary suggests.