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>What we need is a MASSIVE overhaul of national taxation so it doesn't discourage savings and capital investment in the USA. I hate to break this to you, but this will only widen the wealth gap in the US. Not that I disagree with you, but it won't solve the problem of people complaining about the rich.

While this may sound good in ideal circumstances, the reality is that everything has costs, and traffic shaping is -way- cheaper that "building out the network". I worked in IT for a bit during university on campus, and without traffic shaping most HTTP would have been unusable during peak hours. We had two options, try and disallow popular file sharing completely or just limit it, and the best solution for everyone involved was the limiting.

Wait, you mean just like Clinton?

33 ish percent is at the top of that chart...

According to wiki this happened in July. Also, for info, they have received over 180 million dollars in grants from the government, and closed their las vegas plant in order to "focus on international opportunities".

What are you saying? It would be VERY easy to start a petroleum industry in that world. Literally scoop up oil and burn it. 0 technology required and you have an energy source, unlike this, which is still not a positive energy source even with modern technology.

if you are developing an energy source, you want the energy produced to be more than the energy it took to create it. Solar, wind, hydro and fossil fuels all pass this test, algae does not. It's not hard.

The majority of gas stations where I live sell diesel as well, and the "truck stops" on the highways and interstates sell gasoline as well.

Yeah, and my hamster turning a wheel technology doesn't work at the current state of the technology either, not that it isn't a viable alternative if some of the technological challenges can be addressed.

they were thicker, had much worse battery life, and had smaller screens.

Are you joking? http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/872800-REG/ASUS_UX31A_DB51_UX31A_DB51_Zenbook_Prime_13_3.html 1920 x 1080 Native Resolution, better than MBA, also cheaper.

And in a few years once you get tenure?

Did you miss the 50 references above to studies that prove its safer without a helmet?

Except, you know, it isn't correct and Linus apologized the next day.

Yes and no to this... reloading webpages on other tabs because the phone didn't save them is a ram thing. Yes, internet reloads are not really "performance improvements", but in reality they might as well be.