Revenue Neutral Carbon Taxes seem to be working in British Columbia.

People are using less fossil fuels because, yes, they're more expensive. That's the point. They've found other ways to get things done.

To me it makes sense to use taxes to discourage things you don't like, like excessive carbon usage (and we all have to pay for it down the road; not charging the tax is just kicking the can down the road to the people that are children today). Use tax breaks to encourage things that are good. So don't tax income as much. It's good if you're out making money. You can make estimates and balance the two. People will naturally tend to not spend as much on the things that cost more, even if they'd be even if they kept their usage levels static.

So we finally know APKs real SlashID!

What the hell does that have to do with anything? You seem to think you cannot use verizon with a non-google or apple phone. Just get one that doesn't have google apps and use it. Problem solved.

"Someone above hit the nail on the head when they commented on the price of bandwidth that Ads take."

It is 2014. You buy unlimited bandwidth, and the cost of it is zero. If you try to be cheap, then you should have purchased a regular cell phone, not one that uses data. Period.

That's how we ended up battling superior A6M Zero's with technically inferior F-4F Wildcat's during the first years of WWII.

These scientist need to understand that the people writing the checks get to make the priorities. If they don't like it, get elected and change it or find someone with money that agrees with them. Being a "Scientist" does not mean you have some moral superiority over others concerning what tax dollars are spent on.

No, the web site needs a developer with a bigger brain. Screens come in all sizes and aspect ratios, and any developer who doesn't realize that is an idiot.

That's wierd. I would have thought it had a slight curve to it. Unless you call a Trinitron an "old" CRT monitor.

Clearly you have never seen a properly tweaked KDE4 installation. I used to love enlightenment, but KDE4 blows it's doors in.

I always thought "hipster" was used to describe someone who does something in an inferior way just to be different.

It's like google, but for cellphones.

In some North American markets there is no cell service at all! Can you belive it! I am outraged! Outraged I tell you. Don't the cell phone companies know that it is their responsibility to make sure that every US Citizen has the right to a cell phone service of their choice!

In case you didn't pick up on it, that was scarcasm. Where you live is also a choice. People who live in the middle of nowhere gain the advantages of that decision, and live with the disadvantages. What, prey tell, makes you think that a very small subset of the US population have the right to live in the middle of nowhere while still gaining the advantages of living in a populated area?

Also, I am betting you can't actually name an area where your claim holds true and there is cellphone service. If you can, go ahead and offer one up.

Our first encounter with an alien civilization will be the EPA trying to fine them millions of dollars.