This. I have a couple of relatives that grew up in the exact same area with the exact same accents, but 10-20 years later their accents now reflect where they moved to (Kansas, Georgia, South Carolina). Though their accents aren't as heavy as the average joe from the area, it still clearly isn't what it used to be.

At the same time, I moved someone only a few hours or so away from where I grew up. My coworkers occasionally make fun of my accent, while I didn't notice a difference. I finally visited home again after a year, and I immediately knew what my coworkers were making fun of.

On a similar topic, is that some kind of phenomenon? Where you don't notice your own accent?

You're mixing constants with statistical probabilities.

Those people had something wrong with them to begin with. They just needed an excuse to act. Religion in itself isn't the cause. Just like guns and bombs aren't the cause. They just aide the people who want to abuse it for their own means, even though it might go against what it was originally designed for. I don't know of too many religions that explicitly state "go out and murder a bunch of people because they disagree with this religion". Twisted interpretations should not represent the source material, or anybody else who uses it to help improve their own and others' lives.

It certainly doesn't help to demonize such large groups of people because of a few extremists. While whining about religious people not being tolerant, blaming these same people for the majority of wars is showing a similar style of intolerance. The people who started those particular wars may be citing their religion as the reason, but the real reason is they're just insane assholes.

Interesting that it kept you alive back then, because now it almost kills me. Family is crazy.

That's because Woz is all about cool tech. Woz kicks ass.

Curious, because all the reviews I read about Windows 7 praise it. Which UI elements are we even talking about here? Note that I've only used it maybe a few days total time, but when I did it seemed fine.

Apple used to include schematics for the computers they sold. So no, they didn't always used to be about proprietary, and they weren't always complete dicks.

It's not the correct use for that particular sentence, and that's what I had a problem with. But I could just be splitting hairs, here.

No it's not.

Pfffft. It was 6 days of creation, you ignorant clod!

Wrong. Nothing adapts. What you see is what survived based on traits that were randomly mutated.

That's what they'd like you to think. Dictators love elections.

It doesn't matter who's in control. If they get too powerful, it's time to think twice about the situation. And guess where we're at now?

Flaps down or not, this has gotta be one of the coolest things I've ever seen, period. My dreams of being a superhero are reborn!!!

It's broken because last year I was spending over $90/month for all of a few channels... and then only a few programs on those channels. Why on earth would I do that? It's like paying for a whole cupcake when all you do is eat the sprinkles. And an overpriced cupcake at that!

I don't give a shit who said "TV is a passive experience", because that's not the way many of us want it to be 100% of the time. I want content I pay for. I want to be able to look for it in an engaging way without channel surfing. And, the technology has come to a point where we are able to get the content on the spot without futzing around with crappy DVRs. It opens up new worlds and possibilities. Suddenly, content publishers don't need (or they shouldn't anyway) extensive contracts and agreements with broadcasters just to get their stuff on the air. Suddenly, publishers can be in more control and get a bigger cut... and probably with less ads. Everybody wins. Maybe this way we'll get something worth watching instead of Ghost Hunters 47, season 15 of survivor, or the next "reality" TV show following the latest waste of space that calls themselves a celebrity.

My question is: what the hell isn't wrong with TV as it is now?