Honest journalism.

Most of these criticisms are completely off the mark based on the cases they have taken on. ACLU has done more for society than you will ever do. I don't agree with them on everything, especially when it comes to their stance on the 2nd amendment, but I am not a one issue person and I will continue to support them.

It is fair enough that 3.0 and up has not been open sourced, however the number of devices with honeycomb being sold is very small, and google has stated they intend on releasing the source code. If they don't release the source, I agree it will cease to be open source, however it isn't the only difference from IE. And the insinuation that the anti-competitive practices of Microsoft with respect to IE4 are analogous to Google's business practices with respect to Android are absurd. Aside from the versions of Android on the vast majority of devices being open source, Android entered into the mobile market as the underdog, and they still face serious competition from more than one company.

Android is open source.

What's your point, that the guy is brilliant? Does the fact that quicktime ultimately didn't become the video standard detract the technical accomplishment?

Modern water filtration and purification is built on technology invented by NASA.

Right, because it is not like we haven't invented any new technology along the way that we use today.

I have no problem with a student having contact with old teachers. I find it inappropriate for a teacher to friend a student on a social network where there is personal interaction well beyond the teaching environment, and creepy that a teacher would feel the need to maintain contact with a current student through such a medium. I question the legality because of the constitutionality of such a law, not because someone shouldn't be teaching.

I don't ever recall saying that the teacher shouldn't be able to create a facebook group, I do seem to specifically say that they shouldn't friend students. I should have added the obvious exceptions which people seem to jump upon, ie a familial relationship with the student and post grade school students.

And kind of creepy as well. I would be perfectly comfortable with a teacher being fired for friending his students on facebook. I don't think it should rise to the level of criminality in and of itself though, and criminalizing the act itself is of questionable legality.

France is still a superpower. Any country that can wipe out the earth's population is a superpower.

Thank you. The adoption of the motto was a clear statement that the US is a christian nation, not a godless (communist) nation.

You seem to underestimate the US government's ability to enforce bullshit laws outside of their jurisdiction.

Yes.

This may be off topic but by far the most informative post I've read so far.