Just because something has plateaued doesn't necessarily means that something has changed. It could mean that it is saturated and that the rest of
the population is not prone to getting fat either because of genetics, activity level, etc.... I know plenty of people (including myself) who eat like crap,
don't exercise at all and are still not overweight. I'm not saying that I'm healthy but I'm not overweight.
It's kindof like the war on drugs. Approx. 3% of the population is addicted to drugs and this holds true whether drugs are legal, illegal, or whether you
spend billions of dollars fighting it.

That map is extremely deceptive. The green dots are ALL the public schools in that state. They are allowed to but that doesn't necessarily mean they do and it would be unconstitutional to pass a law banning it. My guess is that most the schools in LA and TN don't. The red/orange dots are PRIVATE schools that accept school vouchers. That is a school voucher debate not a creationism debate. Personally I am supportive of vouchers to allow students to pick the school they would like to attend. That actually solves this issue as parents then have a choice of where to send their kids.

Basically you need to feel like an outsider and feel like you're better than everyone else to be truly successful.

Did you even read the SUMMARY???? There is a TRIPLE criteria. Blacks in general don't fit criteria #1 which is a sense of exceptionalism but
instead have a glass ceiling, not good enough, victim mentality, etc... This is obviously a stereotype but a sense that you can and are able to
accomplish anything is one of the criterias needed in order to take the risks needed to succeed. If you have a "learned helplessness" mentality
regardless of the reason then you clearly fail criteria #1.

I also would put a vote in for the MyTouch 4G Slide. Not as good as the n900 but it has been a decent replacement
and being mainstream it does have the advantage of having things like wifi hotspot, vendor support, and plenty of apps.
Make sure it is the HTC version and not the recent replacement which isn't near as good.
If you are trying to avoid android another option is to get a bluetooth keyboard case for an iphone. The case basically
attachs a physical keyboard to the iphone.

I was specifically commenting on the fact that the original poster stated that office and factory drones have a hard time finding jobs.
If you have a specialty then finding a job in your field can be difficult depending on the field but the "drone" jobs that pay close to
minimum wage are easy to come by if you're a good employee. Of course if you're a good employee then you will quickly be able
to demand more than most of the "drone" jobs pay but that's a different topic.

I would agree that transparently going to the lost page is a bad idea but I would not be opposed to
a 404 error page that has a link to the last known copy of the link. What would be so bad about that?
It would save me the step of trying to find it in the google cache and/or the internet archive which
is what I tend to try to do if it is a link that I want.

Don't underestimate the negotiating power of a good employee even in a "drone" job.
I had a friend working at a fast food joint that tried to quit multiple times and each time
his manager offered him a raise to come back.
I also know dozens of people who have left a job as a waiter,waitress,cashier,stocker,etc...
and come back on the summer/weekends and pick up extra shifts like they never left.
I also know people in IT that have left for a year and then come right back without even an interview.
And as an employer, I would gladly hire or rehire any good employee that walks in my door and
the number one complaint I hear from other employers is that it's hard to find good employees.
Why do you think these CEOs made this agreement? My guess it wasn't so much to supress
wages but rather to stop playing musical chairs with all their good employees.
If you're a good worker you can usually always find a job and are generally always
welcomed back by former employers with no questions asked.

This only goes so far. Many people (like myself) don't subscribe to Netflix because the content is crap.
I would gladly pay $15/month though if I had access to any movie/show ever made. I like that the
selection is slowly increasing but there are still alot of the content that is so expensive it might as well
not be there. Who really pays $2 an episode for a 10 year old tv show? They would probably make
10 times the money if they charged $0.50 an episode instead. I would also be content with a service
that gave you access to every movie/show and charged a flat $1/hour to watch if I didn't have to spend
30 minutes trying to hunt down a show every time I wanted to watch something. The radio method
of allowing you to stream whatever you want and paying royalties porportionally based on length
seems like the best solution. I'm waiting for the day when there is universally available content and
services actually have to compete on ease of use instead of selection.

I don't think the bar is quite as high as "intelligent life" but anything short of multicellular life that can be seen without
a microscope is not going to bring much excitement to the average non-geek. An animal that moves and eats would
be the ultimate prize but even a plant that grows would be awesome. Personally for me I would love for someone
to discover life (even here on earth) that wasn't DNA/RNA based. Having a single evolutionary path greatly limits
our understanding of how life may have originated.

You can be against anonymous and in favor of pseudoanonymous without being a hypocrite.
There is a huge difference between anonymous and pseudoanonymous.
Pseudoanonymous allows users to be blocked, get a reputation either good or bad, and actually
have a presence. It's been shown that people are even more true to their real self
when using a pseudonym. That's completely different than the anonymous people that
post stuff just to get a respond and would immediately be banned and/or ignored if they had
a real account.

You joke but that's pretty much how it is:

Windows 98 -- Worked
windows ME --Sucked
Windows XP -- Decent
Windows Vista -- Sucked
Windows 7 -- Functional Again
Windows 8 -- Sucks Again

It seems to take them one generation to flush the problems out of each new release so windows 8 is basically "windows 9 beta"

That's assuming they are evenly distributed. My guess is that they are using usage patterns away from the norm so
a classroom would be fine while a tech user who is using skype for some atypical use might have a 50% chance of
getting zapped. This is unfortunately the way it is. Noone cares about the outliers unless there is money in it.
Walmart sells to the 80%. if you are trying to buy swimsuits in august good luck, it might be prime swimming season
but 80% of people have already bought swimsuits so walmart has already liquidated their selection.
Also, if you are an atypical user, an atypical shopper, an atypical traveller, or even an atypical dresser expect to be
harrassed by TSA, your credit card fraud department, school security, etc... Everyone must conform to the norm. :-P

I noticed that out of the 3 choices you picked the chicken. The "demonstrably smarter" doesn't really hold very well when
you compare dolphin to pig instead. A pig is right up there probably falling somewhere above dog and below dolphin.
I like pork but I still think it is an important debate. Would farm-raised dolphins be acceptable? If not, why not?
Why is eating dogs and horses frowned upon in alot of areas? Should we let animals live out their natural lives in
comfort before harvesting them? What criteria do we as a society use to decide what should and should not be be eaten
and when and how it is humane to harvest it?