I don't think any of the designs will get up to mach 10 in the atmosphere, there's little point. Staging out of the atmosphere is a lot easier. And once you're in space, it's probably easier to kick yourself along (a boosted skip-glide) around the world to get back to the launch point.

Effectively, they took away Amazon's ability to do what was best for itself at the expense of the industry as a whole. After all, Amazon wins by lowering prices regardless of what happens to the publishers

I am not sure that is the way it works. The publishers can make any sort of deal with Amazon that the publishers want. The publishers could tell Amazon, and anybody else, this book has to sell for at least $X. If Amazon did not agree, then Amazon could not sell the book, and publishers would sell the ebook through Apple, or B&N, or whatever - and Amazon would not want that.

Your assertion that Amazon ever had complete control of the pricing does not seem accurate to me. Can you cite your source for that?

EVIL!!!! EVIL!!!! EVIL!!!

It is not as if MS, Oracle, and Apple, have been running patent scams against Google.

For example: Korea has huge class sizes, and they kick our ass in math and science.

Propaganda from teacher's unions always say to just, randomly, throw money at the problem.

If you are smart enough to master master, and real science, then couldn't you earn about 3X as much as a teacher?

You mean like the country that bombed our shores? Or bullying the country that declared war on us?

Here is in idea: if you people to punch you, don't punch them first.

And then what? The US will be called "invaders" it happens every time. The US will be accused of invading Syria to steal mid-east oil, just like when the US pushed Iraq out of Kuwait.

Muslims, all over the world, will blame the US for everything. Terrorist attack against US interests will follow.

And for what? The crazies will go right back to killing one another, just like they have for over 1000 years.

Neither side, in this conflict, will ever be friends with the US. Neither side are the good guys.

Leave the mid-east alone, let them solve their own problems, in their own way.

According to your post:

> especially since this civil war has no end in sight.

Exactly. Both sides are committed to non-stop violence against each other, and everybody else. It is just the way things are in the mid-east. It is their culture, and we cannot change it.

Why not?

It's a good chance for the USA to flex its military muscles and show the rest of the world that yeah, Iraq wasn't too great. But challenge us and we'll tear your country to pieces.

Then we can enjoy even more terrorist attacks against innocent civilians.

The Qur'an demands that those who make mischief om Muslim lands be slain. That is what the terrorist, who butchered the British soldier on the street, was referring to after his attack.

Obama is even worse than Bush.

Obama was supposed to get us out of Afghanistan, instead he increased US forces there.

Many consider Obama's actions in Libya to be illegal.

Now this.

Just a guess. But, it seems to me to be the only explanation that makes any sense at all.