I might have to agree with you on that one!

Thanks nedlohs.

Funny how the ratio of Anonymous Coward comments to logged in user comments seems to have spiked on this thread.

Only one error in 100,000 miles -- I'll take that in a heartbeat over the thoughtless people I drive beside each day. I guarantee the best drivers have more than 1 bug in 100K miles.

"Most skeptics reject everything outright" This may very well be true of most skeptics you know, but my definition of skeptics is different. My definition, and the skeptics I know, more closely align with the definition of skepticism associated with philosophy (second definition here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skepticism#Definition) or the one just following for scientific skepticism (here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skepticism#Scientific_skepticism). They tend not to reject everything outright, but to suspend judgement until sufficient evidence is in place to make a judgement.

Two very powerful predictors of future health risks are family history and some forms of genetic testing. However, thanks to a fairly recent regulation change, GINA (Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008), which is designed to prevent insurers from using this type of data improperly (i.e., limiting/dropping coverage or adjusting premiums), insurers are now very hesitant to collect any of that type of information. Sounds good, right? Well, consider that many companies and individuals utilize Wellness programs which are typically provided by those same insurance companies. The Wellness programs attempt to identify and stratify members based on available information in order to provide coaching and guidance on how to best mitigate current and future risks. Available information many times no longer includes these two fairly powerful predictors. Wellness programs do help to reduce both the employer's and the insurance companies long term costs, but the also benefit the individual members. I, personally, want to know as much as possible about my potential future risks and what, if anything, I can do about it.

Hey, if something works for you, great -- even if it doesn't have the proper evidence to support it. Everyone needs a good placebo in their back pocket. Hell, there's even a remote/outside/small/minuscule chance that something about you is different than the rest of us and said treatment does actually work on you in some unknown way. Great. But really, I don't care how far out and strange a treatment may sound, it can be tested, but that takes time and money. People truly interested in helping their fellow humans out will spend the time and money to do the proper testing and those just trying to make a buck off the gullibility of our fallible human minds won't. Where do you want to put your trust?

Don't we all do this? Maybe not on the same level, but everyone makes mistakes. All I ask is that you correct your mistake and learn from it. How many projects, business decisions, or other collaborative efforts "get it entirely right the first time"? Failing is the better part of success.

> "They're interested in getting the most effort out of their employees for the least possible reward."

That's because we all keep shopping at Wal-Mart. We all want the most we can for our money. Employer's are just meeting the demands of their customers. Since we, "the customer," want as much as possible for the least amount of money as possible, employers must cut costs to meet that demand . . . or die off and leave a more competitive company (one which likely pays it's employees less) to fill our need for cheap products/services.

Surf using a virtual machine and revert to a stored snapshot upon close. Problem solved.

(helps to preview) Here's the fixed link: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html/

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt has an interesting discussion on TED (<a href="/talks/lang/eng/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html</a>) about 5 distinct moral values and the different ways liberals and conservatives score on each of them. I can see where those mental differences/preferences might expose themselves physically in dress or emotionally in facial expressions. Speculation yes, but it seems plausible given that there are so many subtle visual clues we each give off that we are very much unaware of.

... and my first thought was, damn - I wish this screen was bigger. Plus as much as I despise the iTunes store (for numerous reasons), especially loaded on a PC, accessing it over the iPod Touch directly, wasn't so bad. It will be interesting to see how this thing takes off.

"In a moment, all of your plans can change" - This is true in all aspects of life. Loss of job, loss of family, and other catastrophic losses are difficult to deal with. Looking at your situation as rationally as possible and making the best of what you have left is the only way to reduce the suffering that goes along with such painful situations. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" depicts a great example of someone that did just that given an awful situation, the magnitude of which most of us, hopefully, will ever be exposed to.