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Windows 7 like XP does what we need, with a familiar UI.

As an office we are going to skip 8/8.X - its not a bad OS, my parents adapted once I installed Start8 (yes I know there are free apps out there).

Arming more people is not necessarily the answer IMO I would prefer to see ballistic doors, and glass installed - keep the gunman out.
This does not address the vulnerability of drop off and pickup times where I think the local police should provide a presence - its a couple of officers per school, for an hour or two a day - and most large school districts already have some liaison officers - this is just a few more to supplement the liaisons. I agree with your comments on Mental Healthcare - our nation needs a better system.

...my astigmatism is too great for lasik.

Giorgio A. Tsoukalos wants to know.

he was still alive.

I will listen to him today to get refine my snark for accuracy.

...surely the recent "Polar Vortex" and cooler temps I am experiencing means that Global Warming is a hoax!!! Rush Limbaugh told me so.

Dear Microsoft, Please sell a Family Pack similar to Windows 7.

WIX, and its other "partners" will soon be absorbed - their technical uniqueness will add to Google's own...

...because he calls them Hawking Holes!

I didnt see a spec on RAM - anyone know what it ships with? I recently bought a Samsung Centura which has very similar specs as this tablet, and it has left me wanting.

bought it before the issues with the Win8 task bar was fixed.

My parents bought a Win8 AIO monstrosity, it was nightly support calls.
I bought them a copy of Start8 and showed them how to get to the desktop - now all is better.

http://ldd.lego.com/en-us/

Lego has their own free 3D-ish design program. I have played with it a bit - it can be finicky, but it's pretty cool.

Did all these rocks fall from the sky, maybe, but, could some have been brought by ancient astronauts, as gifts to the native population?