Did you even read the article you linked to? No, it's not most of the land area, but hardly "just the Houston area initially."

Verizon announced today that it is bringing the world’s first large-scale 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to the Houston area. The initial availability of a 4G LTE wireless network in Houston is part of the company’s major network launch in 38 major metropolitan areas by the end of the year. In addition, the company is launching 4G LTE in more than 60 commercial airports coast to coast

With a statement like that, you'd almost expect Amazon to be selling eBooks at a 60-to-1 ratio compared to rival Apple.

In other words, they know bloody well it is a tool for killing people, not a dick-replacement for middle-aged balding men.

You act like middle-aged balding men are the leading demographic of gun crimes.

Yet the US allows gun ownership

The US doesn't "allow" gun ownership. We recognize it as a fundamental human right, the right of self-defense.

You don't understand how government IT works these days.

Most government IT shops in the U.S. have not yet recovered from the election of Bush the Younger. When he came into office, [cut for sanity]

Right, it's all Bush's fault. Just like everything else.

I am not the typical idiot user. I'm the guy most people come to when they have a question.

I didn't realize that the circle with the Windows logo in upper left was a menu for almost a month.

Which is why they replaced it with "Backstage" in Office 2010.

Blackberry - goes to 90mph, drives comfortably, reliably, and 45% of the nation drives one, but no one talks about theirs. However, it looks like a 1986 Taurus.

I don't think it is necessarily a negative to be able to provide customized experiences across carriers and devices. *shrugs*

There's a difference between "being able to," and "needing to in order to be competitive."

But if an airplane's engines die, it'll crash, and everyone inside the plane gonna die with it.

Actually, no, if an airplane's engines die, the plane becomes a glider. What happens next is up to the skill of the pilots (and the availability of the emergency generators).

The longest flight without engine power was Air Transat Flight 236, which was in the air for 19 minutes between final engine flame-out (due to fuel exhaustion) and touchdown. And there were no fatalities.

Check out trapcall.com to get the actual ANI information from *67 blocked calls.

Performing work is much different than implementing binding restrictions and regulations.

The Alien and Sedition Act weren't regulations passed by the FCC (the Fairness Doctrine was).

A win for freedom - even if you support Net Neutrality.

I do support Net Neutrality. I think the very companies that it would apply to are government-sanctioned monopolies or duopolies, giving few a choice if they implement anti-neutral policies.

HOWEVER... Let's let our elected lawmakers decide the issue. This is the problem with America today, the UNELECTED 4th branch of government: the bureaucracy. Policies that get set in stone with nary a vote on the issue, let alone on the official that enacted it!

If you agreed with Net Neutrality, get it passed as a law. Today, the FCC (or EPA or any other bureaucrat) can be issuing a policy you agree with, and in later administrations, the opposite - but regardless, you have no say.

Apple thinks everything it touches will become gold. So it's assuming -- like all the gushy tech reviewers -- that this is a device that will "make its own niche" or for which people will "discover needs and uses they didn't realize they had."

A lot of people forget that Apple (under Jobs) can fail. See also: Apple TV.

The fines are around $700, if I read that correctly.

That sounds like more than health insurance would normally cost.

I think you need to research health care costs. A family could easily pay that per month for health insurance.

And for a good reason - a childbirth, for example, costs upwards of $20,000. And this bill does nothing to address those costs.